Job seeker Agamvir Singh reportedly said, “I came here around 12 noon and the line was really huge. We put the application on the internet and were told that an interview would be taken. But nothing like that happened. People are just coming here. I don’t believe there is scope of jobs here. It is really tough.”
Another added, “It’s so bad, its like everyone is looking for a job and no one is getting job properly. So many of my friends don’t have a job right now and they have been here for 2-3 years.”
However, ET.com cannot independently verify the authenticity, date and time of the video.
The situation highlighted in the video led to strong reactions online. One user commented, “Alarming, if true. Canada is facing massive unemployment. Didn’t see this number of youths lined up for a job at new restaurants even in India.” Another pointed out, “They will accept any job there but feel shy doing the same job here in India. Of course working conditions and payments are far better than India in Canada.”
“It’s alarming to see 3,000 students, mainly from India, lining up for waiter and servant jobs in Brampton. This reflects the harsh reality of unemployment in Trudeau‘s Canada. Those leaving India for dreams need a serious reality check!,” another user wrote.
Some comments reflected deeper issues within the study abroad system. One stated, “The worst part is that most of them are engineers, MBA holders and IT engineers who had job in India with up to 100k RS a month salary coming here for the Canada dream !! These students are depressed and struggling! Everything that glitters is not gold!!! Stay away.”
“The problem is that they will accept any job there but feel shy doing the same job here in India. Of course working conditions and payments are far better than India in Canada,” another one wrote.
Calling the incident heartbreaking, another user wrote, “Heartbreaking scenes from Brampton: 3,000 students, mostly Indian, line up for waiter jobs after a single restaurant opening. Is Trudeau’s Canada the land of opportunity or broken dreams?” (sic)
Earlier this month, Canada announced that it would reduce the number of study permits it would grant to foreign students and also tightened its foreign worker rules, a move that will impact many Indians.
“We’re granting 35% fewer international student permits this year. And next year, that number’s going down by another 10%,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had posted on X.
“Immigration is an advantage for our economy – but when bad actors abuse the system and take advantage of students, we crack down,” he had said.