By Mata Press ServiceCanada’s reliance on temporary foreign workers (TFWs) has never been greater, with new Statistics Canada data showing they are now essential to hospitals, care homes, farms, and restaurants. But as their numbers rise, so does the political fight over whether the TFW program should be overhauled or scrapped entirely. Poilievre, meanwhile, has vowed to dismantle the TFW program entirely, claiming it depresses wages and pushes young Canadians out of the job market. “Businesses tell me their top issue is tariffs, and their second issue is how to get more foreign workers,” Carney said during a cabinet meeting in Toronto. From 2019 to 2020 alone, the number of foreign workers in health care jumped 50 percent, reaching 39,300.