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Montreal

Help Foreign Agricultural Workers in Canada be treated with respect and dignity

Date and time

2021.12.17, 1:00 PM to 2:00 AM

Details

The Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) is currently under review, this program decides the conditions under which thousands of foreign agricultural workers will work and live in our country.

The team of Conseil Migrant and the signers of this petition want to ensure that the foreign agricultural workers who come to Canada to work are treated with respect and dignity and that the program is amended to achieve this.

While the SAWP has been meeting the needs of the agricultural industry for decades, it has placed workers in a perpetual state of disadvantage, vulnerable to abuse and mistreatment.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed how essential these individuals are to Canada’s food system, but also to what extent they struggle to assert their rights in the workplace.

Cost

Free

Venue

En Ligne Conseil Migrant

City

Montreal

Country

Canada

Links

Keywords

Agricultural workers

Economic sectors

Aquaculture and marine harvest labourers

Target groups

(Im)migrants workers, Policymakers, and Public awareness

Geographical focuses

Canada, Ontario, Alberta, México, Manitoba, Quebec, British Columbia, Other provinces, Federal, Nova Scotia, Regional relevance, and National relevance

Languages

English