There are a couple of things I'm comfortable saying. One thing I'm certainly comfortable saying is that with a large temporary foreign worker program, it's hard to see how you get wage growth. If you imagine a situation where the economy's growing, wages should tend up. If employers always have the option to bring in temporary foreign workers, I think at the very least it will slow wage growth. The bigger question is whether it depresses wages, actually causes real wages to go down. My belief is that it can, but I don't think it always does.
On May 15th, 2014. See this statement in context.