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Answer Overview

Response rates from 120k Canada voters.

45%
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37%
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43%
Increase
26%
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
4%
Decrease, companies are currently taking advantage of this program to decrease wages

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Other Popular Answers

Unique answers from Canada voters whose views went beyond the provided options.

 @57MXLNHfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

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.

 @4VQ296Sfrom British Columbia  answered…4yrs4Y

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.

 @4L6DJ6Qfrom Manitoba  answered…4yrs4Y

 @8KLCJ9Tfrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

Keep the current amount the same, but implement policies that prevent companies from taking advantage to decrease wages/exploit workers.

 @9ZYVF3Mfrom Ontario  answered…1wk1W

Companies are taking advantage of this program to hire immigrants at a lower cost instead of hiring Canadian citizens

 @9WYDMSDfrom British Columbia  answered…1mo1MO

Eliminate and put laws in place to prevent a program similar to it from ever being implemented again.

 @9W27QN2from Ontario  answered…2mos2MO

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.

 @9VY5FM6answered…2mos2MO

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.