
Ford government declines to say if temporary foreign worker program should end
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says young people aren’t looking “hard enough” for work in the province and suggested unemployed people should consider “fast food” as a potential job choice.
At the same time, the Ford government has declined to take a position on whether the federal government should eliminate the temporary foreign worker program, which other Canadian premiers have suggested is one of the root causes of the country’s employment woes.
Day 16 of posting https://t.co/oTQc8H47EL data!
Toronto Unemployment: 8.9%
Ontario Youth Unemployed: 206,000But a Tim Hortons in the area wants to fill a job with a temp foreign worker for $56,500/yr and @LenaMetlegeDiab is going to let them!
Canadian jobs to Canadians! pic.twitter.com/SLlt9M7Y3c
— Michelle Rempel Garner (@MichelleRempel) September 10, 2025
