Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel Garner sits down with host Noor Azrieh to unpack why she thinks we should scrap the temporary foreign worker program, and how far she’d go to overhaul immigration. 

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Post Production), Max Collins (Director of Audio) Jesse Brown (Editor), Tony Wang (Artwork)

Guests: MP Michelle Rempel Garner

Credit to Film Mission and Joe Anidjar for footage from the Canada First Protest. 

Background reading:

• Toronto’s Christie Pits Riot  – Toronto Museum
• Police charge 9 people in connection with Christie Pits rallies – CBC News
• Popular support for more immigration has cratered. Politicians are taking note – CBC News
• Poilievre calls for temporary foreign worker program to be scrapped – CBC News
• Without national identity, integration is impossible and collapse is inevitable – Michelle Rempel Garner 

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