Early last fall a United Nations Special Rapporteur concluded that Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Programme (TFWP) was a “breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery” as a result of the policies …
Ottawa is considering significant changes to its Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, prompting agri-businesses to call for more streamlined processes and increased flexibility to stay competitive. According to a new …
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board’s new measures to help foreign agricultural workers recover from an on-the-job-injury is a good move, but doesn’t go far enough, says the Industrial Accident …
The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology has released a report calling for substantial reforms to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The report highlights that the …
A new documentary titled “My Friend Omar: The Battle of a Seasonal Worker,” now available on CBC Gem and ICI Tou.TV, highlights the struggles faced by temporary foreign workers in …
By Richard Hutton | The Lake Report The fight to compensate a seasonal farmworker injured on the job in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., is likely to continue despite the man’s death earlier …
Proposed changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program that will directly affect thousands of Niagara-on-the-Lake seasonal workers won’t come soon enough and don’t go far enough, says the head of …
Ontario will revamp how it compensates injured migrant workers. Workplace Safety and Insurance Board president Jeff Lang says the changes affect how the board pays a worker who cannot return …
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