BC Premier Eby Joins Push to End Temporary Foreign Worker Program

B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference at Clayton Heights Secondary School, in Surrey, B.C., on Sept. 4, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

B.C. Premier David Eby is calling for an end to the temporary foreign worker program, saying it is linked to “unacceptably high” levels of youth unemployment.

“The temporary foreign worker program is not working,” Eby said at an unrelated Sept. 4 press conference in Surrey, B.C. “It should be cancelled or significantly reformed.”