According to recent study , unemployment soared in Canada to 6.4% with back-to back increase in May and June .In June 2024 , there were up to 1.4million unemployed an increase of+ 3,1% from the previous month witnessing an increase in unemployment among individuals under the age of 24 .Canada saw a drastic increase in temporary foreign workers with numbers surging from under 16000 in 2016 to over 80,000 last year representing a morethan four-fold rise over seven years.As a measure to mitigate this trend of unemployment, the Canadian authorities saw the means of decreasing the number of temporary foreign workers as a solution . Companies in areas with an unemployment rate higher than 6% will be restricted from hirring temporary foreign workers.Canadian authorities had previously relaxed immigration rules to address labor shortages in key sectors , resulting in a significant increase in foreign workers , nevertheless in response to current economic difficulties, the government consider reduring temporary foreign worker numbers a necessary measures to safeguard employment opportunities for young Canadians and mitigate rising unemployment . According to African experts, this development is unfavorable for Africans who have been migrating to canada in unprecedented numbers over the past  few years.                                                                                                      

Christelle Koambi