#the solution is to give contractors and gig workers fucking rights btw and if uber folds let them fucking fold

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Anyway if you really wanna see me go off later remind me to talk about the fucking assholes trying to blame economic problems on immigration rather than the temporary foreign worker permits because I learned about that last week and I am MAD

Wild how literally every problem plaguing Canada at the moment boils down to corporations saying “hey would you mind if we just don’t follow these labour laws” and the government saying “yeah sure”

Fucking absurd

(Short form: immigrants pay taxes and contribute to the local economy and are basically free adults and workers you did not have to pay childcare or wait for them to grow up and are great

Temporary foreign worker permits were issued to bail out companies who “couldn’t find” local labour - because they refused to offer reasonable wages or benefits, or just plain didn’t want to risk Canadians calling out unsafe labour practices - and let them “temporarily” bring in people from other countries who do not know our labour laws and would accept worse conditions

They’re also not allowed to properly apply for permanent visas and shit to become immigrants because The Bullshit™️ levels are off the fucking charts. Come over to be exploited but oh you’re not allowed to stay?

This is why no one could find a job despite all the places “hiring” in 2022 and SO MANY companies are finally being fined for abusing the system but not enough to make them fucking stop)