More than 8 - in - 10 Canadians
agree temporary foreign workers should be proficient in either French or English before being allowed to work here (82 %), and as many as two thirds agree strongly (64 %).
There is an even split in opinion between those who
agree temporary foreign workers should seek citizenship (45 %) and those who disagree (46 %).
Not exact matches
The wide majority
agree some Canadian firms take advantage of the
temporary foreign worker program to reduce labour costs (70 %).
Two thirds of Canadians do not
agree with the current law where employers are allowed to pay
temporary foreign workers less for equivalents skills and duties (66 %), and just more than a quarter
agree (28 %).
In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll among 1,385 Canadians 18 years of age and older, the majority (51 %) do not
agree Canadian employers should be able to hire
temporary foreign workers (a federal program which has just been curtailed), while fewer than this
agree (45 %).