That’s exactly right…you boot out one group for another. Plus certain areas are tageted in Washington for ’sweeps’. So things are very interesting in various counites.

The Guest Worker Program is a joke, pretty much you come to the States ( in our case ) work and you keep your mouth shut and if and I mean IF you’re lucky you MIGHT get to stay.

It’s got nothing to do with becoming a citizen, it’s all about cheap disposable labor.
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The “detention centre” issue is a fascinating one, are you saying the government was sweeping up illegals with the intention of replacing them with cheaper legals?

There is such an economic boom in Alberta right now because of the oil fields that there’s an incredible shortage of service sector workers (ie: restaurant workers like McDonald’s cooks, Pizza delivery dudes) that people are being offered $20/hour with full benefits to flip burgers. And there’s still an incredible shortage of workers. Employment migration patterns inside Canada have actually changed because of this.

So what Alberta has done is opened a recruitment centre on university and college campuses in Mexico, and there are now courses being offered on these campuses on Canada.

What they’ve also done is allowed restaurants to bring in workers from SE Asia on specific contracts… basically, if I own a Boston Pizza, I can go to SE Asia, sign up ten workers to a three-year contract, and bring them to Alberta. However, if the workers break the contract they get sent back immediately.

It hasn’t been around long enough to see any trends, but obviously it has the ability to create a subclass who can be treated in whatever manner the Boss wants, but as soon as the Worker complains they’re on the next flight home.

It’s not Alberta-specific, and it’s still an experiment, but… wow.

Tracy: Thanks for dropping by, feel free to comment anytime.