CFIB has obtained quite a few calls from frightened enterprise house owners, a few of whom are “heartbroken to should say goodbye to their international staff who’re already in Canada and whose visas are quickly to run out.”
New wage stage necessities for expert non permanent staff additionally place small companies underneath monetary pressure, with many employers expressing that the necessities don’t mirror the truth of a small enterprise and can jeopardize their survival.
Moreover, limiting entry to lower-skilled TFWs is anticipated to influence these companies’ potential to construct important groups.
Lowering everlasting immigration can be elevating issues. Whereas Canada’s unemployment fee has not too long ago elevated, there are nonetheless 379,000 persistent vacancies within the personal sector.
As CFIB President Dan Kelly factors out, regardless of housing pressures, Canada’s demographics point out that with out immigration, sustaining a robust workforce will turn into more and more troublesome.