Signs are shown in front of the hunger protest in Charlottetown on Friday May 31, 2024. Hunger strikers outside the Prince Edward Island legislature began drinking water and eating small amounts of food on Friday after a meeting with government officials left them with cautious hope. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Morris

P.E.I. foreign workers resume hunger strike, say government offered no solutions

by The Canadian Press June 18, 2024

written by The Canadian Press June 18, 2024

As a group of foreign workers protesting recent changes to Prince Edward Island's immigration rules resumed their hunger strike on Tuesday, an immigration consultant said the eastern Canadian province should look to Manitoba for a resolution. Twenty-three-year-old Jaspreet Singh said he and four oth...

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