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A discussion on Canada's foreign farm workers' rights

A discussion on Canada's foreign farm workers' rights

This Matters

November 17, 202315m 55s

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Show Notes

Guest: Ghada Alsharif, business reporter

Concerns of worker exploitation, especially on farms, are escalating as Canada significantly increases its foreign workforce in order to race towards an ambitious $100-billion food export target. In the momentum to win this race, is enough being done to secure the rights and protections of those migrants who arrive under Canada's Temporary Foreign Workers program?

This episode was produced by Paulo Marques, Kevin Sexton and Saba Eitizaz.