A powerful feature documentary by multiple award-winning director Min Sook Lee (El Contrato, Hogtown, Tiger Spirit) and Emmy award-winning producer Lisa Valencia-Svensson (Herman’s House), tells the undertold story of migrant agricultural workers strugg... read more
By: Jim Rankin The Star Canada | 8 October 2017 Convinced by friends that Canada’s low-wage temporary foreign worker program would provide a better life for her family, Gina Bahiwal borrowed $6,000 to pay a recruiter in the Philippines to take care of p... read more
By Nicholas Keung | Immigration reporter The Star Canada Liberal government eliminates notorious rule that kicked out migrant workers after four years, ending what critics dubbed the ‘revolving door’ for indentured labour to Canada. Ottawa has elimina... read more
18 December 2015, CBC News Hundreds of temporary foreign workers have launched a class action lawsuit against Mac’s Convenience Stores, claiming they paid more than $8,000 to get jobs in Canada that did not exist. The notice of claim, filed with the... read more
4 September 2015, The Toronto Star After lobbying by oil companies, the federal government allowed Alberta to recruit foreign workers faster than before. Gil McGowan was elected president of the Alberta Federation of Labour in 2005, just as oilsands devel... read more
23 March 2015, Canadian Labour Congress They come to Canada to fill jobs that employers cannot find Canadians to fill, they work, pay taxes, contribute to CPP and they put back into the local economy. These are Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers (TFW). ... read more
4 March 2015, Interaksyon MANILA, Philippines — Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz ordered Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Hans Leo Cacdac to investigate and file charges against officials and staff of a firm allegedly offering non... read more
18 February 2015, Open Democracy There has been lots of talk about multinational corporations’ responsibility for fuelling forced labour. But what about the labour market intermediaries who recruit and supply vulnerable workers to these firms? In many... read more
5 February 2015, CBC News A Toronto woman has been charged in connection with a scheme that defrauded would-be immigrant workers of more than $1.5 million, police say. The investigation into GoWest Jobs International, an employment recruiting agency on Fi... read more
11 December 2014, MarketWired TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Dec. 11, 2014) – The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has issued a statement regarding a recruitment program run by the federal government, in the wake of data pointing ... read more