Oshawa Conservative MP Jamil Jivani has launched a petition to end the temporary foreign worker program.
The petition says the temporary foreign worker program is a “large contributor” to an unsustainable level of immigration and claims the program is taking jobs away from Canadians and suppressing wages.
In a social media video about the petition, Jivani links immigration to doctor shortages, crowded hospitals, the housing crisis and a challenging job market.
“There’s a pretty clear consensus, even across people with different political views, that immigration levels are just unsustainably high,” Jivani said.
“Anyone who goes to a hospital can see there’s not enough beds. Anyone who goes to look for a family doctor can’t find one. You go to buy a house, there’s not enough of those. You go to find a job, there might not be one of those for you either.”
The Ontario MP said it’s reached a …