Jamaican Labour Minister Pearnel Charles Jr. visits farms in Ontario to address concerns of mistreatment and poor working conditions in Canada's temporary foreign worker program.
The visits come on the heels of a tense season for migrant farmers in Canada ’s temporary foreign worker program and shortly after a group of workers in Brantford, Ont. penned the open letter published on Justice for Migrant Workers’ website.
“But I know with me doing that … there won’t be any requests for me,” he said, referring to the hiring process that selects farmers from Mexico, Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. In the open letter, they write: “We have left our children, spouses, parents, siblings, friends and other loved ones to come here.”
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