Harper denied the recession and has/had plans to privatize all public assets to be sold to foreign markets, including the potash industry in Saskatchewan, Nexen to China and nuclear isotopes used for Xrays (world-wide) in Ontario to foreign control ... that leads to massive layoffs of Canadians. 

The cons also increased the temporary foreign worker program to insane levels and if it wasn't for some reports of teenagers (not legal to vote) going to the media about how they were even turned down at fast food joints for temporary foreign workers, they would have continued to deny it.