Canada is making it harder for immigrants to help build much-needed homes — despite the construction industry’s growing reliance on them
Arjan has wired electricity for some of the GTA’s biggest construction projects, including condo towers and office buildings, doing work that lights up homes across the city while he remains in the shadows as an undocumented worker.
Despite more than a decade in Canada, a diploma in electrical engineering from Sheridan College and years of experience in a sector facing severe labour shortages, he has no status.
The no longer licensed electrician came to Canada in 2014 as an international student and worked legally for a construction company for several years.
The industry figures quoted display a real fondness for cheap foreign labour.
