Any kind of incentive that provides tax relief to workers for travel should, in theory, reduce reliance on temporary foreign workers.
The temporary foreign worker problem is a much larger issue for Canada and the Canadian economy. It's not only the construction industry. It's across agriculture, fisheries and other areas, as well. We need a holisitic approach to improving our labour market availability across all kinds of sectors in Canada, and to look at ways to reduce reliance on temporary foreign workers.
Since the temporary foreign worker program exists, however, there are many things we need to do to change it to make it more reflective of our Canadian values and to protect workers from exploitation when they come to work here from places outside Canada.