The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is complaining that the very modest measure just announced by the Liberal government to cap the number of temporary foreign workers and students will “unfairly” hurt businesses.
Business lobby groups have for years been among the most vocal advocates for mass immigration.
But why should we care if some businesses are hurt by cutting immigration?
It’s up to businesses to adapt to the needs of society at large — NOT to society to radically transform itself so as to fulfill the needs of businesses.
There are other ways to deal with labour shortages than importing cheap labour from abroad.
One major reason why our productivity has been stagnating for years is that businesses prefer to hire low-wage immigrant workers rather than invest in productivity-enhancing technologies.
That’s also why our standard of living hasn’t been increasing.
Businesses can also offer higher wages to attract local workers, even if that means also increasing the price of what they sell.
If they can’t find ways to remain competitive, perhaps it’s because there’s no viable market for their products and they should do something else.
Of course, the best help would be a lower tax and regulatory burden, which is what they should focus on instead of acting as parasites constantly lobbying the government for subsidies and cheap foreign labour.
I’m a strong believer in free markets — and being dependent on government intervention to stay afloat is not it.
When evaluating immigration levels, we should be looking first at our capacity to integrate immigrants, cultural stability and social cohesion, pressure on housing and infrastructure, wages and cost of living, etc., and not at answering the short-term labour needs of businesses.
What is more important? Protect our standard of living and quality of life? Or help business managers make quick profits?
Business lobbies pushing for mass immigration are not working in the interest of Canadians.
It’s time to once again put Canadians first!
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