Canada’s unions are marking International Migrants Day by calling for greater protections and improved conditions for migrant workers engaged in the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Thousands of workers come to Canada each year to work through the TFWP; Statistics Canada reports that temporary foreign workers represented around one-quarter of all agriculture workers in 2021. Many of these workers face exploitation and abuse. Following a visit to Canada earlier this year, United Nations Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Tomoya Obokata reported that “the agricultural and low-wage streams of the Temporary Foreign Workers Programme (TFWP) constitute a breeding ground...
  • Mongostein
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    2 years ago

    100% agreed. If you work in Canada you should be paid and treated the same as any Canadian

    Ignorant people will blame the TFWs for low wages and the housing problems we’re facing, but I won’t fault a person for coming here to create a better life for them and their families.

    The fault lies with the government allowing them to be treated as second class citizens, which saves the megacorps money.