Carney says temporary foreign worker program needs a ‘focused approach’

Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada’s temporary foreign worker program needs a “focused approach” that targets the needs of specific sectors and regions.

Addressing the Liberal caucus in Edmonton today, Carney says plans to reduce immigration rates are meant to “ease the strain” on housing, infrastructure and social services.

Read more: • Almost half of Canadians want the Temporary Foreign Worker program eliminated: poll • Premier calls for economic migration in conversation around temporary foreign workers • As support for immigration wanes, survey says optimism key to retaining immigrants

At a press conference in Brampton, Ont., yesterday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre claimed that the high immigration of recent years is the reason “our youth can’t find jobs or homes.”