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Poilievre proposes unemployment cutoff for temporary foreign-worker program

Global News's Brampton clip shows the Conservative leader tying his proposed restrictions to youth employment, housing and public-service capacity.

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Why this story? One of Global News's most watched videos since yesterday, with 81,088 views.

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Communities with unemployment above 5.5 percent would lose access to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program under a proposal Pierre Poilievre outlines in a Global News news-conference clip.

Speaking at the Brampton Food Hub on Friday, the Conservative leader accuses Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government of bringing in workers while young Canadians struggle to find employment and housing.

"Our youth are desperate. They can't find homes. They can't find jobs," Poilievre says.

His proposed cutoff is part of a broader argument that immigration levels should reflect the country's capacity to provide homes, healthcare and employment. He says the system is unfair to both immigrants and existing residents, and accuses the government of prioritizing corporate lobbyists over young jobseekers.

Poilievre also challenges the immigration figures associated with the federal budget and criticizes the timing of their release. Those are his accusations against the government, not findings established in the clip.

The upload drew about 81,000 views since yesterday, making it Global News's most-watched video from the past two days over that period. Its central policy pledge is a geographically targeted restriction on the temporary-worker program, rather than a proposal to end it everywhere.