Pierre Poilievre’s call for the Carney government to permanently scrap the temporary foreign workers program may well prove to be a winner with voters who agree with the Conservative leader that the Liberals broke the immigration system.

But that doesn’t make it good policy, or even a smart political move in the long run.

Poilievre was accompanied at the announcement by the party’s immigration critic, Michelle Rempel Garner, who is the driving force behind the policy.

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She said that young Canadians can’t even think about buying a house or starting a family without a good paying job. Today, they can’t secure those jobs because they can’t find entry-level positions, even with a university degree. Those of us who are parents of you

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