Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) : Programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires (PTET) canadien : programme exemplaire - ou erreur?

The rise in the number of migrant farm workers coincided with the decision to privatize the management of the SAWP. [...] Migrant workers and the role of the State Promoters of the SAWP repeatedly state that migrant workers are afforded the same rights and protections as Canadian workers and permanent residents, yet decades of advocacy work by UFCW has revealed a different reality. [...] Guatemalan migrant workers seal the contract with a $400-(CDN)- deposit ― which is the equivalent to 17% of the average annual income for Guatemalans.7 The terms of this contract were drafted by the Canadian agribusiness employer group FERME and the IOM. [...] Over the next two years, the AFL produced two reports on the status of migrant workers in the province: Entrenched Exploitation and Temporary Foreign Workers ― Alberta’s Disposable Workforce.32 Thanks to the work of labour and migrant rights advocates, the provincial government has had to reconsider the program. [...] The case went to the B. C. Human Rights Tribunal, and in December 2008, a ruling was issued confirming the presence of systemic wage discrimination.43 The employer is appealing the ruling and Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, is on public record impugning the ruling inappropriately.44 • Cases are frequently reported to the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) of em