'We depend on these people': community leader on temporary foreign workers
September 6, 2025
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6:03Now Playing'We depend on these people': community leader on temporary foreign workers
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as posted by the channelJohn Farrell, a small business owner and the executive director of Community Futures, says his community of Prince Rupert, B.C., needs the temporary foreign worker program because there is a 'chronically short, limited local workforce' in his region. This comes as Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling for Ottawa to scrap the program in its current form.
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