Canada It will gradually reduce the share of temporary foreign workers it accepts each year from 6.2% now to 5% of Canada’s total population in 2027, the latest measure taken by Justin Trudeau’s government to limit people entering the country.

Canadian Immigration Minister Mark Miller announced this measure at a press conference this Thursday, at which he noted that in September the Canadian government will announce the number of temporary workers which he will take in 2025.

The restrictions announced this Thursday will not affect agriculture, healthcare and construction.

Miller said Canada is “addicted” to using temporary workers from overseas to meet the country’s labor needs. The minister also admitted that Some industries use foreign workers to keep wages down.

According to official data, in 2000 there were 111,000 temporary foreign workers working in Canada. By 2021, this figure will increase to 770 thousand..

These workers stay in the country for up to 10 months in some cases and work in sectors such as agriculture.

Canada has agreements with MexicoJamaica and Central American countries so that the country’s agricultural operations could employ hundreds of thousands of people each year.

Canada’s Employment Minister Randy Boissonneau said that in the agriculture and fishing sectors, for example, employers are having trouble finding local workers willing to do the tasks they do. now foreigners do.

“The answer is that Canadians didn’t take those jobs, and that’s why we have the farm worker program,” Boissonnault said.

The decision to reduce the number of temporary foreign workers in the country was made earlier growing complaints from the provinces and a large number of Canadians due to high housing prices and degradation of social services.

Canada already announced last November that it would limit the number of immigrants it accepts each year to 500,000 starting in 2026.

Since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau came to power in late 2015. the number of immigrants has grown steadily. In 2015, Canada accepted fewer than 300 thousand people. This year this figure will be 465 thousand, and in 2024 it will increase to 485 thousand.

Thanks to immigration, Canada is the G7 country with the fastest population growth at 2.7% per year. This is the highest level since 1957.when the post-war baby boom and immigration brought the figure to 3.3%.

The Trudeau government has also started demanding March 1st. visas for mexican tourists limit the arrival of refugee seekers.

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In 2016, when the Canadian government visa regime was canceled260 Mexicans sought asylum in Canada. In 2023, this figure reached a record high of 23,995.

It was on this Thursday that Miller assured that from March 1 the number of refugee status applicants decreased “significantly”. (EFE)