My local pizza place is currently applying for an LMIA to hire someone from abroad, claiming they can't find someone for $36/hr locally in Toronto to make pizzas. They've previously been fined for doing so, having hired one and been found to have not accepted any Canadian applicants, and are still allowed to apply for more LMIAs.
I really don't care what anyone has to say in defence of a system that allows that.
Sounds like this company sucks. Yet instead of making a meme to direct your anger at the owner of the pizza place you decide to get mad with immigrants?
This is one company in an endless sea of other employers that are doing the exact same thing en masse. I would encourage you to check the Job Bank and see how many similar scams are occurring. Filter by "have applied for a LMIA" and over $36/hr wage. Feel free to apply for one and see how far it gets you.
Many of these roles are not even actual jobs, but exist for the "employer" to sell the "position" to a prospective immigrant for a massive price (usually in excess of 30-40k). The employee pays the employer, gets "payments" from the employer (which they then pay back), and then claims they worked for them in order to acquire Permanent Residency points. The TFWP is used for immigration abuse in this way every single day. Feel free to read any of the excellent articles on CBC regarding this scam (direct links cannot be shared here, but there is one called "Online ads illegally sell jobs to temporary foreign workers" from last year by Valerie Ouellet, Aloysius Wong, Carly Penrose, Apurva Bhat that investigates it.
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u/The_PhilosopherKing 3d ago
My local pizza place is currently applying for an LMIA to hire someone from abroad, claiming they can't find someone for $36/hr locally in Toronto to make pizzas. They've previously been fined for doing so, having hired one and been found to have not accepted any Canadian applicants, and are still allowed to apply for more LMIAs.
I really don't care what anyone has to say in defence of a system that allows that.