Mr. Speaker, those questions are coming from a member that, if she had her way, would shut down the oil sands and eliminate all those jobs that Canadians would be performing.
While we have made a comprehensive and balanced overhaul of the program, the Liberals and NDP have been incoherent about where they stand, while inundating our government with requests for temporary foreign workers in their own ridings. They are voting in favour of an expansive moratorium on the program, while demanding changes to the program. They have voted against all of the previous reforms to tighten the access to the temporary foreign workers program and all of our previous efforts to crack down on employers who abuse this program.
These reforms will require that employers make greater efforts to recruit and train Canadians for available jobs. These initiatives, like the Canada job grant, will ensure that the program is only used to provide temporary help where clear and acute labour shortages exist and Canadians are not available for the job.
I encourage the member opposite that if she is aware of abuses to call the tip line: 1-800-367-5693 or email [email protected].
Any employer who misuses this program will be publicly named and shamed on our blacklist, be banned from the program and face other consequences.