British Columbia Premier David Eby said the temporary foreign worker program should “be cancelled or significantly reformed” because the province can’t have an immigration system that’s linked to high youth unemployment, while putting pressure on homeless shelters and food banks.

Eby said Thursday that one reason the province is facing “significant fiscal headwinds” is because of “very high unemployment rates” among young people, which he linked to both the temporary foreign worker program and the international student program.

“We can’t have an immigration system that outpaces our ability to build schools, and housing, and we can’t have an immigration program that results in high unemployment,” Eby said Thursday after making an unrelated announcement at a school in Surrey, B.C.

His remarks came a day after similar comments from Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, who blamed the program for an employment crisis among young Canadians and called for it to be scrapped.

The premier said B.C. was willing to “convene provinces that are interested in this issue” to have a “serious, grown-up” conversation about immigration in Canada and its impact on critical infrastructure, such as housing and schools.

 

AND ( Yes. a black immigrant)

The 12-year-old charged with attempted murder two days ago in Markham, who was out on bail at the time of the shooting, was released on bail again today.