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Re:Housing is at the root of many of the rich world’s proble... by newsclues on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @12:25PM (#32498401)
In Canada business and government says this stuff, to justify importing immigrants to work for low wages and often lower standards of living.
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Re:Housing is at the root of many of the rich world’s proble... by randomdata on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @01:22PM (#32499170)
Importing immigrants in Canada requires that the employer provide suitable housing for the imported workers, so that brings us back to the earlier comment.
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Re:Housing is at the root of many of the rich world’s proble... by newsclues on Wednesday August 17, 2022 @04:44PM (#32501462)
In a lot of documented cases a tim Hortons franchise owner owns rental housing and rents it at outrageous rates to temporary foreign workers.
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