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Poilievre Blames Temporary Foreign Workers for Youth Job Losses as New Data Fuels Clash

IRCC says the apparent overshoot reflects permit renewals rather than a surge in new arrivals.

Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a press conference in the Foyer of the House of Commons in Ottawa, on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Canada's Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre takes the podium after winning a by-election in Alberta's Battle River-Crowfoot constituency, after he lost his long-held Ottawa constituency in the general election, in Camrose, Alberta, on August 18. (REUTERS)
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Overview

  • At a news conference in Charlottetown, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused the government of letting foreign workers displace young Canadians from jobs.
  • Statistics Canada reports youth unemployment reached 14.6 percent in July, the highest since 2010 outside the pandemic.
  • Poilievre cites federal figures showing 105,000 Temporary Foreign Worker Program permits issued in the first half of 2025 against a 2025 target of 82,000.
  • Immigration officials say the 105,000 includes renewals and that only 33,722 were new TFW arrivals, with total temporary-worker arrivals falling to 119,000 in January–June from more than 245,000 a year earlier.
  • IRCC data also show 302,000 permits under the International Mobility Program in the first half of 2025, and the dispute is intensifying ahead of a fall update to immigration levels as Conservatives prepare reform proposals.