Nathaniel Erskine-Smith at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On June 21st, 2022. See this statement in context.

June 21st, 2022 / 4:50 p.m.

Liberal

Nathaniel Erskine-Smith Liberal Beaches—East York, ON

Thanks very much.

I want to stay with you, Mr. Macdonald. You are contradicting Service Canada, and I didn't get a clear answer from IRCC with respect to the TFW program and the impact of the TFW program in suppressing low-income wage growth. It seems obvious, though, that it would suppress wage growth, so I appreciate your answer.

Do you have a comparison in any way between the low-income wage growth we've seen in the United States versus the low-income wage growth we've seen recently in Canada, and the impact of inflation specifically? Are we seeing much lower low-income wage growth in the Canadian context, and certainly being outpaced, and to a significant degree, by inflation?

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