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Immigration increase alone won t fix the labour market, experts say
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Immigration increase alone won t fix the labour market, experts say
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Illustration by Myriam Wares, Published 14:35, Apr. 14, 2021
In 2017, the head of Canada’s largest labour organization sat down with Ahmed Hussen, then minister of immigration, to discuss an idea that had bubbled up from a building trades union in Toronto. The Canadian Labour Congress suggested testing a program that would invite an underground workforce into the light. According to the CLC’s estimates, thousands of carpenters, concrete finishers, and other foreign tradespeople were working in the region without the legal right to do so. Some had expired work permits; others had originally entered Canada as students or tourists and never had a work permit. With the construction sector expecting a quarter of its workforce to retire in the coming years, the building boom had come to rest on the labour of under-the-table workers. Instead of tracking workers down and deporting them, argued the CLC, why not set them on the path to citizenship?
Overseas holidays and stable employment have become a thing of the past for many people since the pandemic began. Borders shut, planes languished on runways and hotels emptied. Major economies shuddered under strict lockdowns.
But some young people holding Canadian working holiday visas were undeterred. They were still allowed to enter or remain if they were already here. The program allows those under 35 to spend a year or two travelling around Canada, while being able to work as much as they need to get by.
Due to the pandemic, the number of valid working holiday work permits as of late 2020 was down by two-thirds compared to the year before. But a portion of these visitors may be thinking of staying permanently a boon to Canada at a time when immigration numbers have plummeted.