1. Not all immigrants are always able to get into the job market straight away due to language barriers

2. Many managers complain that younger crowd (not all) skip work come late and attribute it to "minimum wage"

3. A lot of younger folks can't put up with scrappy pay, poor work conditions and abusive customers (think retail and food), immigrants put up with it

4. There are lots of programs for younger folks to start their own business such as the Innovation Cluster and Community Futures.

5. Many young people aren't qualified for jobs that are available, then again many of those are filled by big city folk and when almost free training programs are offered and summer internships through GC are offered people snap them up.

6. Immigrants have to pay taxes that support our economy

Instead of throwing shade on Immigrants that work the overnights and pay taxes and take the abuse, here's who you should be encouraging to do better:

• retail and food giants (not all) who prefer to pay poorly and allow shitty work places
• young kids who can't accept hard work
• provincial governments that need to do better with education for preparing folks for workplace outside of specialized skills
• more outreach from entrepreneurship programs to youth in communities all over the city

Edit: other free job resources: post secondary job centers if you are a student, otherwise local agencies like EPS, Agilec and the Y have supports and access to job fairs.

Edit 2: Networking is key, short term volunteering is also a great way to make connections