Should Canada increase or decrease the amount of temporary work visas given to high-skilled immigrant workers?
Skilled temporary work visas are usually given to foreign scientists, engineers, programmers, architects, executives, and other positions or fields where demand outpaces supply. Most businesses argue that hiring skilled foreign workers allows them to competitively fill positions which are in high demand. Opponents argue that skilled immigrants decrease middle class wages and job tenure.
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Response rates from 19.2k Alberta voters.
41% Increase |
40% Decrease |
38% Increase |
28% Decrease |
2% Increase, our economy relies on businesses hiring the highest skilled workers at the lowest cost |
7% Decrease, and the government should provide more incentives to prepare our citizens for these jobs |
5% Decrease, companies are currently taking advantage of this program to decrease wages |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 19.2k Alberta voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 19.2k Alberta voters.
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Unique answers from Alberta voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@57MXLNH4yrs4Y
Educational institutions & government should join to evaluate the need for skilled workers, then provide $$$ incentives such as free tuition & small living allowance to Canadians willing to train to fill these gaps. We have too many unskilled, unemployed arts degrees, and educators are still pushing students to a prestigious ARTS program.
@4VQ296S4yrs4Y
Our education system should be tailored to the job market. Too much utter waste of artsy fartsy programs when people can't find a plumber.
@4L6DJ6Q4yrs4Y
Educate more cons in highly skilled job areas
@8KLCJ9T4yrs4Y
Keep the current amount the same, but implement policies that prevent companies from taking advantage to decrease wages/exploit workers.
@9WYDMSD3wks3W
Eliminate and put laws in place to prevent a program similar to it from ever being implemented again.
@9W27QN21mo1MO
the government needs to provide opportunities for these highly educated immigrant to get jobs in their fields because often they end up working for Uber because they cant get a job in their field. another major issue is that they don't have the canadian certifications for their fields of expertise but are quite educated and have the certificates that their country of origin needs.
@9VY5FM61mo1MO
Monitor how this impacts our economy and increase or decrease as is needed. Ask for more detailed public input and provide more information to the public in terms of information across the board.
@9VW96WQ1mo1MO
Make it easier for current immigrants to transfer their skills without the next to spend high amounts of time and money to retrain for skills they already have.
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