One witness testified that: "The effect over the past 10 years following the war has been to set lumbering wage scales on a Canadian basis. The lower living costs and lower tax rates in Canada make work in Maine attractive indeed for the Canadian woodsmen. Glaring mismanagement of taxation allows bonded laborers to claim maximum dependency. and this circumvents our withholding taxes. Many persons with visas. socalled synthetic Americans. have no intention of acquiring citizenship. but use this opportunity to collect employment insurance while residing in Canada. The understandable attitude of the Canadian. working in a foreign country. is one of exploitation. He works only for the weekly check to take home.
Identified stereotypes
Canadians are only working for the weekly check to take home.