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Canadian Government does little to protect the rights of migrant workers
November 4th, 2009 | 
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VINCE TALOTTA/TORONTO STAR
The following is an article from The Toronto Star about the hugely problematic Temporary Foreign Worker Program run by the Government of Canada.
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How we’re creating an illegal workforce
Controversial federal program brings in foreigners for temporary jobs, but leaves them ripe for abuse
By Sandro Contenta & Laurie Monsebraarten from the Toronto Star – Nov 1, 2009
Foreigners in Canada on temporary work permits are being pushed into Toronto’s underground economy by the recession and a controversial federal program that leaves them vulnerable to abuse, a Star investigation has found.
They include people like Tony, a 29-year-old Honduran, who left his Alberta farm job after complaining of long hours and lower-than-promised wages. He rode a bus to Toronto in mid-September with two fellow Hondurans from the same farm. He now works illegally renovating homes, and his friends work illegally cleaning schools.
“I want to be someone, to do something with my life – that’s why I’m here,” says Tony, who fears being deported.
Also citing employer abuse is a Salvadoran couple fired from their Halifax hotel jobs when the woman got pregnant. They moved here to look for work in September. Read the rest of this entry »
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