2025-12-25 20:22:37

Canada's new subsidy program is worth looking at if you care about how policy shapes markets. The government covers 40 hours of minimum wage labor per week for any company that hires a foreign worker. That's a full work week paid for—essentially free labor.

Break down what this creates: employers get subsidized foreign hiring while local hiring carries the full cost. The math is stark. A company paying full freight for a Canadian employee suddenly faces a different calculus when a foreign worker costs them nothing for 40 hours weekly.

So here's the uncomfortable question hanging over this: Under these conditions, what's the actual incentive to hire domestic workers? You're looking at a policy structure that economically penalizes local employment. Whether intentional or not, it flips the cost-benefit equation. Companies optimize for margins, and if the subsidy makes one path cheaper, they take it.

This touches on something crypto and decentralized markets care about—how policy incentives ripple through systems and create unintended consequences. When governments subsidize one behavior, they're essentially taxing the alternative.

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MonkeySeeMonkeyDo

· 11h ago

Canada's policy is really incredible, giving away 40 hours of free money... Local workers are directly sidelined. --- It's another classic case of policy-based reverse incentives. Government subsidies for foreign workers are essentially a disguised tax on local employment—simple and brutal. --- So companies are foolish to spend money hiring locals; isn't this just distorting the market? --- This logic is similar to on-chain governance incentive mechanisms—one wrong parameter can ruin the entire system. --- Cutting labor costs by half, which boss wouldn't choose... Why would locals even have a chance? --- The invisible hand of the government is once again messing things up, resulting in local employment being exploited.

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SadMoneyMeow

· 11h ago

This policy is ridiculously designed, clearly encouraging companies not to hire locals. --- Canada's subsidy logic is truly brilliant, essentially directly subsidizing companies to avoid using local employees. --- So the government is spending money to prioritize outsourcing labor, and local workers are left to figure it out themselves, right? --- This is similar to incentive mechanisms in Web3... Poorly designed incentives can ruin the entire system. --- No wonder, subsidizing foreign labor is not as good as directly increasing wages for local employees. This math problem is not difficult at all. --- 40 hours free of charge. If I were the boss, I would also have to do the math. How can local employees compete? --- Wait, what is the true purpose of this policy? Is it really to help businesses, or is there another hidden agenda?

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DeepRabbitHole

· 11h ago

This policy design is really clever... giving away 40 hours of wages for free, locals still have to pay full price, only a fool would not choose outsourcing.

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ChainMelonWatcher

· 11h ago

This policy is absurd... The government directly subsidizes 40 hours of wages. How can local employees compete? It's essentially encouraging companies to shed local labor force indirectly.

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