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Why Ontario is opting out of a federal temporary worker program (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 4 weeks ago by sbv@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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I fully support this move, but I suspect it's going to encourage automation and other productivity improvements before it'll make a dent in youth unemployment.

"Canadian young kids, I’m sorry, they’re not signing up for jobs on farms. They’re not signing up for jobs at the meat plant, they’re not going and planting trees like decades ago in rural and remote locations," he said.

"My 17-year-old son in Toronto is not going to go and move to Timmins to take the job washing dishes in the pizza restaurant."

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[–] Jason2357@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 weeks ago

Are there no pizza restaurants in Toronto? Or teenagers in Timmins? Why would anyone expect a Toronto teen to fly to Timmins to wash dishes?

The whole point was to allow locals to work (and allow the market to force pay rates up to where locals show up).