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> Some places like Canada even import developing world labor to work these jobs because they cant find local employers for the wages they offer. This might be
by EForEndeavour 5y ago
> Some places like Canada even import developing world labor to work these jobs because they cant find local employers for the wages they offer.
This might be naive of me, but is it equally valid to say that these Canadian employers are only paying such low wages because they have access to cheap migrant labor from poorer countries who are willing to work for less pay than local labor? Without access to their existing low-wage workforce, these employers would have to raise wages until they attracted enough local labor.
- ayngg 5y agoI think that is largely the case in some circumstances. Specifically in agriculture, fast food and meat packing the temporary foreign worker program is used to hire people who will work for less than what Canadians consider fair, either purely based on compensation, or a combination of compensation and qualification.