Thread by @rohanarezel

Temporary foreign workers are exempt from hotel quarantine.

965 workers arrived from Brazil in January alone.

Brazil variant #P1 is now raging through Canada.

#cdnpoli

[Source: IRCC Open Data]

31,700 Temporary workers arrived in January 2021.

Temporary foreign workers are exempt from hotel quarantine.

Meanwhile, 512,000 Canadian citizens are out of work.

#cdnpoli

27,690 international students arrived in January 2021.

And colleges are pushing government to make international students exempt from hotel quarantine requirements.



#cdnpoli

Direct links to the data for the lazy:

Temporary Residents: Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and International Mobility Program (IMP) Work Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates

open.canada.ca/data/en/datase…

Direct links to the data for the lazy:

Temporary Residents: Study Permit Holders – Monthly IRCC Updates

open.canada.ca/data/en/datase…