Overview

• Speaking in Charlottetown, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said temporary foreign workers are taking jobs from young Canadians.
• Poilievre argued the government overshot its own limits, pointing to 105,000 visas issued this year against a target of 82,000.
• The immigration department countered that the 105,000 figure includes renewals, with 33,722 visas issued for new arrivals under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program in the first half.
• A spokeswoman for the immigration minister said temporary foreign worker arrivals fell to 119,000 in the first six months of 2025, down from more than 245,000 a year earlier.
• Statistics Canada reports youth unemployment reached 14.6% in July, and Ottawa’s plan targets about 368,000 temporary workers in 2025, declining to roughly 211,000 next year.