Out of Workers, Canada Is Throwing Its Doors Open to Migrants

  • Businesses say they can’t find workers for tough, rural jobs
  • But program has been criticized for potential exploitation
Migrant workers arrive at a farm in Notre-Dame-de-l’Ile-Perrot, Quebec in May 2020.Photographer: Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government is opening up Canada to an increase of temporary foreign workers in a controversial experiment aimed at easing strains on the nation’s overheating economy.

Starting Saturday, the federal government will loosen limits on hiring low-wage employees from abroad, changes that could bring in thousands of additional migrant workers.