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Originally Posted by eternallyme
If there was a moratorium placed on immigration (except for legitimate refugees) and a shutdown or change (requiring full salaries) of the TFW program, how long until we reach full employment with the existing population? That assumes people move where jobs are (i.e. unemployed in Ontario are persuaded to Alberta). The net migration would be slightly negative due to emigration in that time.
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You can cut down the foreign worker program but other things must be done in conjunction. One thing that would change things somewhat is actually apply equal benefits and access to EI across Canada making it harder to qualify in some parts of Canada and easier in others. That alone would cause some people to move (specifically in rural parts of Atlantic Canada to the cities where the jobs are). After a certain point if you do not have a job where you are for long enough and cannot get EI where do you get the money to live. You have no choice but to move. In addition, the feds could help pay the travel expenses for that person to go to the job. So for example we have 100 people about to get cut off from EI in rural NB but we need 100 workers in Fort Mac. The feds could offer to pay for the travel expenses upfront and then garnish the wages until it is paid back and that person will not qualify for EI again until it is. So that would encourage them to stay at their job and ensure it gets paid. The feds benefit from that person no longer getting a paycheck but instead would be paying taxes. NB benefits as they would no longer have to pay for costs of social services etc. Alberta sees no change as the job is filled but the advantage. So overall an advantage to Canada.
With regards to immigrants and their qualifications that is a tough thing to do in many cases on a national level and must be done by the provinces. But for example the college of physicians could be forced to accept the person as soon as they land in Canada but part of the application would be to complete the acceptance test. So if they can pass it they are in the day they arrive. The immigration applicants must submit to a health test and language test, security test etc so why not make them write the exam for their profession and if pass it all then they can come work in their profession the moment they land.