The Globe and Mail's Canadian coverage. Get the latest national news featuring Canadian events, politics and perspectives.
Making people pay for jobs in Canada is illegal. It’s also a lucrative business for some recruiters and agents who offer hope, but deliver exploitation.Iran Jasmine, one of thousands of victims, gave $2,000 to a recruiter in Mexico who promised her a $4,000-a-month job. Instead, she cleaned hotel rooms along with other undocumented workers who were crammed into filthy houses in Barrie, Ont. When she complained, she wasn’t paid for a week.
Along with employers and career colleges who paid the agents to help fill their job openings and classrooms, they collectively stand accused of exploiting at least 2,300 people in recent years, from countries such as India, the Philippines, Mexico and Guatemala, for their money, their labour or both.
From coast to coast, the stories are the same: Newcomers paid thousands for the promise of a better life, and received nothing – or worse. SNC-Lavalin sells stake in Ontario’s Highway 407, revives court bid for deferred prosecution agreementregarding the company’s corruption charges related to its work in Libya in the hopes of securing a deferred prosecution agreement.toll road for as much as $3.25-billion, an infusion of cash as the company deals with pressure on its investment grade credit rating and braces for more damage to its reputation from legal issues.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Evening Update: Canada won’t reopen USMCA trade talks, Freeland says; Ethiopian Airlines crash preliminary findings releasedAlso: Liberal budget presented during SNC-Lavalin controversy ‘not a political win,’ pollster says
Read more »
Evening Update: Western premiers, Ukraine and Trump, GazaAlso: Anger, economics and the fault lines that could decide the Ontario election
Read more »
Politics Briefing: From the taped phone call to Butts’s responseAlso: Alberta election update and a key Canada-U.S. border agreement is reopened
Read more »
Evening Update: Jody Wilson-Raybould makes case to stay in Liberal caucus; British PM Theresa May seeks Brexit delayAlso: Vancouver housing sales tumble to 33-year low in March
Read more »
Evening Update: Women turn backs while Trudeau speaks at event; Wilson-Raybould and Philpott say they did the right thingAlso: People can call police if secular dress code not followed, Quebec Deputy Premier says
Read more »
Evening Update: BoC’s Stephen Poloz quiets rumours of an interest rate cut; Ontario university adds coding to its teacher-training programAlso: The latest on Wilson-Raybould, the PM and SNC-Lavalin
Read more »
Morning Update: Sewage spill threatens First Nation water supply; Canada’s warming climateAlso: Liberal MPs are debating whether to boot Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott from caucus
Read more »