Canadian unemployment rate hits 7.1%: Will TFWP reforms reverse the slide or worsen the crisis?
Canada’s unemployment rate has surged to 7.1 percent, its highest since 2016 outside pandemic years, after 66,000 jobs vanished in August. The downturn coincides with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s sweeping reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, raising debate over whether curbs on foreign labour will protect Canadian workers or cripple industries that depend heavily on migrant support.
Canada’s unemployment rate has surged to 7.1 percent, its highest since 2016 outside pandemic years, after 66,000 jobs vanished in August. The downturn coincides with Prime Minister Mark Carney’s sweeping reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, raising debate over whether curbs on foreign labour will protect Canadian workers or cripple industries that depend heavily on migrant support.
