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We have 23 guests online| Hay esclavitud en Canada? |
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| Friday, 10 February 2012 11:17 |
History shows inured migrant workers not well treatedTraducción mecánica en español al final de la nota en inglésBy Joe Warmington ,Toronto Sun TORONTO - So does this mean we have slavery in Canada? Some 20,000 strong in Ontario alone? Thanks to the horrific deaths of 10 migrant workers in a road cash, could Canada one day have to apologize for allowing slave labour to flourish? We could just gloss it over that the 10 from Peru, killed in Hampstead Monday, were just like every other Canadian on their way home from work and who met a tragic end. But it would be less than honest. If we were being honest, we would acknowledge none of them were considered equals in Canada. They were merely the hired, imported, help. Time will tell their specific working conditions and how they were treated. Some migrant workers are treated well and others not. In some situations when workers have survived an accident, the past has shown, they have faced deportation after being deemed useless and too expensive to keep around to mend. “It’s a huge problem,” said Jessica Ponting, of Justicia for Migrant Workers’ Toronto office. When you are dealing with temporary farm workers, or people in the low skills temporary work program, there are loads of hazards and many injuries. And when someone gets hurt, it does not always mean they get the chance to heal.Some times they are kicked out. “I have seen it before,” said Ponting. “I remember a case where a guy was disabled in one side of his body after falling off a tractor and he was sent home before the expense of an MRI.” So was that guy a slave? “That term is exceptionally loaded,” said Ponting, who has been helping migrant workers for six years. But is it accurate? “Some migrant workers do call themselves that,” she said. Others from third world countries feel it’s more “indentured servitude.” Are there similarities to what history deems a slave and master set up? “Workers are tied or reliant on one employer for their employment status,” said Ponting of the current system. “They have no ability to be on the free market and have no labour mobility.” They also have no “status” in Canada and, unlike the caregivers’ program — also wrought with problems — there is no gold at the end of the rainbow with the possibility obtaining permanent residency. They are just here to do work the work Canadians are too lazy, or are not prepared to do. And they are just permitted to be here temporarily. They work mostly for minimum wage and, in cases where they get paid an estimated 90 cents to say pick a bucket of mushrooms, they could actually earn less. And the worst part is many of them have paid as much as $15,000 in recruitment fees that they must square before ever getting to send anything home. It’s the deal they signed up for. But they are not here to be abused. One organization that has gone to bat to gain improvements is UFCW Canada (the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada union) which on its web site quotes President Wayne Hanley saying “the implicit threat that many of these workers tell us they continue to face each day” is “if you’ve got problems, keep them to yourself or you’ll be sent packing.” He reminds “just because they’re foreigners doesn’t make it excusable” and that the “Canadian Charter guarantees fundamental rights to all people in Canada including migrants.” Even with advancements, migrant workers often still live in trailers or bunk houses where, says Ponting, “sanitation, water supply, overcrowding and heat” can be “health and safety” issues. “I have seen places with deplorable living conditions,” she said. The pigs, illustrated in some photographs she showed me from British Columbia, live in better. Meanwhile, in a province that purports to care about all people, not only should there be an inquest in how our guests died but also in how they lived? “Absolutely,” said Ponting of a full inquiry into all aspects of this foreign worker arrangement. “It’s long overdo.” We owe it to our generous legacy to ensure nobody living in Canada ever feels like anyone’s slave. La historia muestra habitualmente que los trabajadores migrantes no están bien tratados |









