Media Archive
2024
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june 2024
Migrant workers awarded more than $23K from N.S. seafood company
CBC News, June 25, 2024
Ottawa split on plan to let undocumented migrants apply to stay in Canada, Immigration Minister Miller says
The Global and Mail, June 24, 2024
In an industry first, 170 migrant farm workers at Highline Mushrooms join the union UFCW 1518
Yahoo! Finance, June 24, 2024
From fast food to construction, employers turn more and more to temporary foreign workers
CBC News, June 24, 2024
'A unique trend': Alberta employers rely more on temporary foreign workers for business roles
CBC News, June 24, 2024
Migrants in PEI are fighting a ‘cycle of exploitation’
Spring Magazine, June 22, 2024
P.E.I. foreign workers resume hunger strike, say government offered no solutions
CTV News, June 18, 2024
Canada’s broken promises to migrant care workers
Policy Note, June 18, 2024
May 2024
Here’s why Canada needs open permits for foreign workers
The Globe and Mail, May 23, 2024
Workplace injury pay now applies to foreign workers even if they return to home country
Yahoo News, May 23, 2024
Six Chilliwack businesses on non-compliance list for temporary foreign worker programs
The Chilliwack Progress, May 21, 2024
Ottawa under fire over not compelling companies to ask unions before hiring temporary foreign workers
The Globe and Mail, May 20, 2024
Ontario's compensation change to migrant worker program needs to be expanded, says lawyer
CBC News, May 17, 2024
Trudeau says Canada needs a 'pathway' to official status for immigrants, faster deportations
CBC News, May 17, 2024
Ontario to change how it compensates injured migrant workers
CBC News, May 15, 2024
Ontario to change how it compensates injured migrant agricultural workers
CP24, May 15, 2024
‘Treated with compassion.’ WSIB may pay out millions to injured temporary foreign workers in program revamp
The Toronto Star, May 15, 2024
Foreign workers' protest in P.E.I. enters fifth day with hundreds in downtown Charlottetown
Saltwire, May 13, 2024
‘Difficult’ conversations need to be had with industry on temporary foreign workers: Miller
Global News, May 10, 2024
Workers dreaming of permanent residency protest changes to P.E.I.'s immigration streams
CBC News, May 9, 2024
New Brunswick employer fined over $365,000, banned from hiring temporary foreign workers for 2 years
HRD Magazine, May 9, 2024
Fines mounting for violations in Canada’s temporary foreign worker programs
The Globe and Mail, May 7, 2024
april 2024
Canada is scaling back temporary foreign workers. Critics say the program needs an overhaul
CBC News, April 30, 2024
‘We are the farmer’s property’: A former migrant worker on his fight for justice
TVO, April 24, 2024
She’s coming out of the shadows to urge Canada to keep its promise to undocumented migrants
The Toronto Star, April 24, 2024
Employers boost recruitment of temporary foreign workers, despite softer labour market
The Globe and Mail, April 23, 2024
Canada’s plan to overhaul its temporary foreign worker program revealed
The Toronto Star, April 18, 2024
Canada needs to get number of temporary foreign workers ‘under control’: Trudeau
Global News, April 2, 2024
P.E.I. business owner sounds alarm over federal changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Saltwire, April 1, 2024
march 2024
For the 1st time, Canada will set targets for temporary residents
Global News, March 21, 2024
Canada to set first-ever cap on temporary residents
BBC News, March 21, 2024
Canada to set temporary resident targets for the first time this fall
CTV News, March 21, 2024
Rally for migrant worker rights held in Fredericton
Global News, March 17, 2024
Migrant protest demands regularization and end of ‘scapegoating’
Global News, March 16, 2024
Advocates call on Ottawa to reform rules for thousands of migrant care workers
CBC News, March 8, 2024
To fight imperialism, we must fight for migrant workers
Spring, March 15, 2024
February 2024
Maybe getting sued will teach the feds that migrant workers deserve better
TVO, February 21, 2024
‘Overtly racist’: Lawsuit challenges Canada’s migrant farmworker system
AlJazeera, February 9, 2024
‘Labour shortage is real.’ Canadian retailers push back on Ottawa’s foreign labour cap
The Toronto Star, February 8, 2024
january 2024
Opinion: The worrying expansion of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Calgary Herald, January 27, 2024
Migrant farmworkers in B.C. fight for rights in court
Kelowna Capital News, January 19, 2024
Most Canadians support bringing in temporary foreign workers to fill jobs, says poll
The Globe & Mail, January 9, 2024
Migrant Farmworkers Go to Court to Fight for Rights — and $500 Million
The Tyee, January 4, 2024
Former Ontario seasonal farmworker speaks out about exploitation, files class action lawsuit
CTV News, January 2, 2024