The quote is from his 2014 opinion piece, critical of the Conservative government: https://www.reddit.com/r/CanadianVisaReform/s/tQvRyNpD9K
Thanks u/plsQuestionOurselves and u/CentoCellar for the original formulations of the meme!
Truly shocking to see how Trudeau knew full well ALL the problems of the program way back in 2014. This is as close as you can get to an out-right confession, he must have known the likelihood of disaster with the COVID era changes to the program.
Link to archive: https://archive.is/tUvDV
Highlights:
"it drives down wages and displaces Canadian workers."
"Most concerning, the program has grown dramatically in regions facing high unemployment"
"Liberals proposed a motion to conduct a full Parliamentary investigation into the program and propose solutions to remedy instances of abuse a year ago"
"Abuse is not rare. It is far too common, and it must end immediately."
"I believe it is wrong for Canada to follow the path of countries who exploit large numbers of guest workers, who have no realistic prospect of citizenship. It is bad for our economy in that it depresses wages for all Canadians, but it’s even worse for our country."
Direct link to podcast (select your preferred app after clicking the link): https://pod.link/1439621628/episode/ZnJvbnRidXJuZXItNjMwZjUwOTYtMjA2NS00MGRhLTk0MDEtZmE2YjE2OTRkNDA4
Description:
Prime Minister Mark Carney's message on immigration is all about control. He has repeatedly talked about how new arrivals are down. And deportations are up, too.
Today, part two of our documentary on how Canada's political class changed course on immigration, how it happened so quickly, and what it means for the country now as our population shrinks for the first time in Canada's history.
For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts
How the political narrative on immigration in Canada changed dramatically over less than a decade.
This CBC Marketplace investigation shows how trucking schools and corrupt examiners are helping dangerously unqualified drivers obtain commercial licences. Operations like these are known to intersect with abuse of the TFW program, allowing unscrupulous trucking companies to quickly put vulnerable foreign workers behind the wheel with inadequate training. A recent Globe and Mail investigation found nearly 100 companies approved to hire TFWs despite safety, labour or regulatory violations. Its findings echo a 2019 Globe investigation into companies and immigration consultants selling trucking jobs to inexperienced newcomers as pathways to permanent residence.
I have been careful to not publicly call out news organizations or reporters. I typically do get a response from reporters when I raise concerns about biased reporting regarding the TFW program, (although it never results in an update).
However, in this case, not only have I been completely ignored by the reporter and their newsroom after multiple email outreaches, the article is also the worst I have seen in terms of corporate propaganda. The article "Canadian youth don’t want the jobs filled by temporary foreign workers, research suggests" is not even journalism, it is essentially a transcription of a "research report" from a lobbyist organization, CFIB (Canadian Federation of Independent Business), an organization known for their support and lobbying for the TFW program.
A simple clarification in the article that the CFIB is a lobbyist organization that lobbies for expanding the TFW program would be sufficient, but they can't even be bothered to do that (presumably because, once you know that, the article itself becomes a joke).
Imagine that. Youth don’t want to work jobs that, under the TFW program, the UN has described as creating conditions akin to slavery.
My emails below:
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Date: Thu, Jul 23, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Subject: Concerns regarding your article "Canadian youth don’t want the jobs filled by temporary foreign workers, research suggests"
Dear Jordan Fleguel,
I manage a subreddit with over a million monthly visitors that covers issues of fraud and abuse in Canadian visa programs. Your article, "Canadian youth don’t want the jobs filled by temporary foreign workers, research suggests", was recently shared in our subreddit as an example of corporate propaganda, and I was hoping you might consider revisiting it to add the missing context and strengthen the piece. Doing so would improve the article’s credibility and overall journalistic value.
This article largely repackages claims from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business without clearly emphasizing that the CFIB is an employer lobbying organization with a direct interest in preserving access to temporary foreign workers. Its survey is also inherently biased: employers using the LMIA system must already claim they cannot find Canadians or permanent residents, so of course most will repeat that claim when surveyed. More strikingly, one in ten employers apparently admitted in the survey that the positions could in fact be filled locally, an admission that appears fundamentally inconsistent with obtaining a TFW work permit in the first place. The article instead frames the issue as Canadians simply refusing to work, while ignoring that some employers may prefer temporary foreign workers because closed permits give workers less ability to leave, are easily exploited, and operators can profit from illegally selling jobs or immigration access.
These omissions are especially serious because widespread abuse is well documented from highly credible sources, and forms one of the many reasons the program is being challenged by the public. A United Nations Special Rapporteur described the system as a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery,” citing wage theft, debt bondage and workers’ dependence on employers. A Toronto Star investigation found that federal officers had been directed to reduce or skip fraud-prevention checks, while internal warnings from the staff processing applications were ignored and reports of potential fraud reportedly led to no action. A CBC News and Investigative Journalism Foundation investigation exposed allegations of LMIA jobs being sold and fake payroll arrangements used to disguise nonexistent employment. I can also provide more sources if you would like to read more on this.
Sources for the above can be found below my signature.
Best regards,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sources:
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Date: Jul 30, 2026, 1:00 PM
ATTN: Editor Fwd: Concerns regarding your article "Canadian youth don’t want the jobs filled by temporary foreign workers, research suggests"
Hi CTV news,
I think Jordan is too busy to respond, I just wanted to follow up regarding my email below. Jordan wrote a piece from a obviously biased lobbying group (https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/article/canadian-youth-dont-want-the-jobs-filled-by-temporary-foreign-workers-research-suggests/), and while the group is named, nowhere in the article does it describe the organization as a one-sided lobbying group. It reflects poorly on his work as a journalist and your company as a news organization. Biased reports from lobbying groups are quite common and should be viewed with strong skepticism, their goal is not to provide an unbiased neutral opinion, but to pressure the government to change policy in favour of business interests.
Can an editor's note be attached to the article so that readers are not misled?
Best,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
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Re:
Date: Aug 5, 2026, 4:40 PM
Hi Newsroom,
I'm going to make a post about this as I consider it to be very disappointing that a news organization would uncritically parrot lobbyist "research", especially after I provided notice of the concern and additional information. Can someone at least confirm the editor and the journalist will not be making a statement regarding the concerns I have raised?
Best,
XXXXXXXXXXXXX
"According to recent research from CIBC [...] Canada may not have actually lost population at all. CIBC estimates that future revisions to Canada's population growth could add 160,000 people to the 2025 count, 210,000 in 2026 and another 210,000 in 2027, and then another 110,000 in 2028. Under that scenario, Canada's reported population decline in 2024 and 2025 disappears. Population growth would actually turn slightly positive by ~7,500 people."
First off, I want to thank everyone, most of you have been super awesome regarding our rules! (Some of you, not so much, I don't like you).
This is our monthly reminder that we hate our policies too! We literally have no idea what can result in a sub ban or algorithm throttle, so we aggressively over apply what we assume to be reddit policy (this includes removing comments that could in theory attract bad comments, or removing comments that could be read in a way that sounds bad, even though you probably didn't mean it like that).
Anyways, new fear unlocked, we found an interesting government email regarding a subreddit thread, and that very same week the sub was completely nuked and removed from any algorithmic distribution. And you guessed it! It's about scams in immigration (LMIA specifically). So if I behave particularly unhinged in my mod behaviour, it's because I have reached Howard Hughes levels of paranoia with kleenex boxes as shoes.
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I had to ramp up my artificial sweeter to deal with my sweet tooth (even small amounts of sugar cause me to have reactive hypoglycemia), and was annoyed to find out Splenda is not actually a "zero calorie sweetener" as the box claims, it's simply under the minimum threshold for labelling. Not really the definition of zero, but whatever...
I bought 'JD Liquid Sucralose', which honestly looks like something home made in their kitchen, but it does have a proper tamper seal/internal seal and it tastes great. Definitely no calories; a single drop is the equivalent of a tea spoon, so nowhere to hide the sugar.
If you want something more reputable, the big brands have similar products but they are a lot more expensive. This JD 16 fl oz is literally a 2 year supply.
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