Mexican leader urges Canada to open doors to ‘guest workers’

“Mexican President Vicente Fox has proposed that Canada open its doors to growing numbers of unskilled Mexican “guest workers” to deal with a looming labour shortage brought on by an aging Canadian population.

In an exclusive interview with The Globe and Mail on the eve of this week’s Cancun summit with Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President George W. Bush, Mr. Fox said Canada should greatly expand its current temporary work program for agricultural workers from Mexico.”

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