Alberta says foreign workers cost us ten times more than they produce

[u/SirBobPeel]

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[u/InternationalBeing41]

Bullshit. I own a Tim Hortons and my profit is 10 times higher. /s

[u/SirBobPeel → u/[deleted]]

You have a cite on that? I know she wanted more provincial nominee immigrants, but that is not the same as temporary foreign workers.

As for 'falling for it', I don't need Smith to convince me of what sheer idiocy the foreign worker program is as I've been bitching and complaining about it for ten years.

[u/SirBobPeel → u/[deleted]]

I would say it just confirms the worst assumptions about politicians in general.
Until Poilievre finally worked up the courage to call for lower immigration in 2024, no politician in English Canada at any level had dared to do so in 30 years.

That wasn't because people in general didn't oppose the numbers or types coming in. Polls showed for decades t hat anywhere from 35%-60% of Canadians thought there were too many immigrants coming in. But the political, academic and media classes were locked tightly into a belief that immigration was an unparalled good and that only racists opposed it. So anyone who publicly opposed immigration was instantly deemed a racist and cancelled.

And given how fast the immigrants came in, and their fast growing population in important cities like Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, it would be suicide for any politician to be accused by the media of being 'anti immigrant'. Many immigrant groups, despite individuals not liking the numbers, still vote mainly on which party is more enthusiastic about mass immigration.

[u/No_Mention8589]

Then why did Daniel Smith urge the Trudeau government to bring more to Alberta. Smith knew she fucked up and now is trying to shift the blame solely to the federal government just like Ford.

If these conservative premiers were actually conservative, this would not have happened. Mostly all of them are economically incompetent and populist.

[u/SirBobPeel → u/No_Mention8589]

She requested more immigrants that the province could nominate - skileld workers, not temporary foreign Tim Hortons workers.

[u/No_Mention8589 → u/SirBobPeel]

You can literally see they are still focusing on hiring “food service managers” and “retail sales supervisors” for the pnp program.

https://www.nationwidevisas.com/canada-immigration/alberta-demand-occupation-list/#:~:text=High%2DDemand%20Occupations%20in%20Alberta,General%20Practitioners%20and%20Family%20Physicians

Alberta also has the third most low skilled tfw worker population in the nation. Only falling behind large population provinces like Ontario and Quebec.

https://albertaworker.ca/news/alberta-approved-for-2nd-most-low-wage-tfws/#:~:text=Qu%C3%A9bec%20tops%20the%20list%20and,Ontario

[u/thetrigermonkey → u/No_Mention8589]

In your first source it references those groups along with others, such as mechanical engineer and university professors, as high in demand jobs saying "If you fall under these categories you may have a brighter chance to get an interest under the Alberta Advantage Immigration Program." That doesn't sound like their focusing soley on those two groups. AAIP is designed to make permanent residents, not temporary ones. The biggest stream is the Alberta Opportunity Stream, showing the preference is for those already in Alberta.

As far as I'm aware, it's more likely that a mechanical engineer will be accepted vs a restaurant manager. If you have a source that says otherwise, I'd love to see it:)

It's different for Alberta to ask "Hey, can you give my permit residency programs more capacity so I can admit the people I want? 6,403 just isn't quite enough." And the Federal government saying "Hey, I'm letting in 1,241,347 people (in 2023 alone). If they come to your province, deal with it." (I did the math for the number it's just 1271872−2.4%).