B.C. Industry Leaders React to Calls to Scrap Temporary Foreign Worker Program

Former B.C. minister Katrina Chen ‘furious’ with Eby over foreign worker remarks

VICTORIA - Former B.C. cabinet minister Katrina Chen says she is "furious" about calls by Premier David Eby to cancel or reform the temporary foreign worker program.

Moe says Canada should focus on economic immigration, as some leaders call for end to temporary foreign worker program

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Canada needs an immigration system focused on economic migration. His comments come after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre called on the federal government to scrap the temporary foreign worker program. Poilievre said the program has flooded the market with cheap labour and made it harder for young Canadians to find work. B.C. Premier David Eby also called for the program to be "cancelled or significantly r

B.C. industry leaders react to calls to scrap temporary foreign worker program

Industry leaders are speaking out in response to David Eby's comments calling for the cancellation or reform of the temporary foreign worker (TFW) program.

Former B.C. minister Katrina Chen 'furious' with Eby over foreign worker remarks – Energeticcity.ca

VICTORIA — Former B.C. cabinet minister Katrina Chen says she is “furious” about calls by Premier David Eby to cancel or reform the temporary foreign worker program. Chen says on social media that Eby’s comments last week were “dangerous and unacceptable” and an example of how the government “points fingers at immigrants” after underfunding services. Chen, who was minister of state for children until 2022 and served as co-chair of Eby’s NDP lead…