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Why did a UN special rapporteur look at Canada’s temporary migrant labour program and call it “a breeding ground for contemporary forms of slavery?"
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@ramintahouri270 Год назад

I was wondering when this was going to come out. It’s been going on for years!

@bobthekobb Год назад

many decades.

@dovan4092 Год назад

You don't need to be a migrant worker to be facing modern slavery. In fact most workers all over Canada face it every day.

@conradcoolerfiend Год назад

ther are differences in degree, but not in kind, i agree with your broader point.

@bobthekobb Год назад

yeah we slaves to here for sure. The immigrants get it real bad though, at least we can report things with out risking deportation.

@shoobydoobiemauiwowee Год назад

Yes lots of crooked people in positions of power in Canada

@NowAndToEternity Год назад

There is a famous saying: "if you want work-life balance, you should work in Europe. If you want to make money, you should work in US. If you dont want both, you should work in Canada"

@bobthekobb Год назад

people work hard here like everywhere else.@@NowAndToEternity

@situzifeng Год назад

The grand master doesn't like the S word. Please use the term "prisoners with jobs"

@memphisrocks1 Год назад

The Canada Federal Government needs tp Investagate these buisnesess that claim the can't get canadian workers to do jobs they offer. Most of the time these Employers don't want to pay a decent wage. amost canadian workers can't make a living from the wage they offer and it is seasanal work, Not offering full time hours. So what these employers Do Exploit The Mirgrant Workers. These EMPLOYERS Pay These Workers Pennies On The Dollar An Hour To Work For Them. The Government NEEDS TO DO THERE JOB.

@socksrwooly Год назад

$25 /hr...and up in wages.... but yes slavery...like they do in present day China. How about the UN tackles slavery.

@RC-the-OG Год назад

not surprised. this has been known for years yet nothing is happening to fix it. typical canada

@test40323 Год назад

This is an important report from Mr. Obakata. Thank you for raising awareness. Are there any punishments for bad actors? e.g. denying them access to migrant workers or punitive punishments for fairness and justice.

@chrisconrad4441 Год назад

YAH AND, those bad actors are their own kind, how do you think they get the job in the first place1.....

@saskwatch123 Год назад

Privileged lifestyles are always based on some form of slavery. This includes the local low income wage earner debt slave.

@onlinegladiator5888 9 месяцев назад

Qatar and the UAE don’t look so bad now.

@islandwills2778 Год назад

When i was just 18 years old (long time ago for me) i worked on a farm and my job was to supervise migrant workers. And I can confirm, these people were often mistreated. When they complained to me i was ordered to punish them by giving them the most difficult, messy, uncomfortable jobs and to billet them in the older pickers cabins which were basically dilapidated hovels, think of a garage sized house lacking insulation, badly wired with leaky faucets and no hot water. However we would not threaten, insult, yell or any of that at the workers. There was also no sexual exploitation, though one female migrant worker actually did grab my crotch and try to push herself on me... im still not sure what to think about that lol. So in conclusion this has been going on for decades, but it seems like its gotten a lot worse over time.

@bobthekobb Год назад

Shout out Brons and Sons they do this. You just have to call the locals lazy and you can bring in Mexicans for cheaper. They will let you do pretty much anything to them without complaining because they have no choice.

@charlesward9486 Год назад

WOW! Talk about excess drama! They're well paid for the work they do! And once in the country, they can slip through the cracks and stay here illegally!

@darnellh1700 Год назад

most jobs today are like mondern slavery

@asadb1990 Год назад

If you want locals to work on the farm, pay them well, treat them well and expect decent results. Otherwise work the migrant workers to the bone but extend that to all on work visa. And stop handing out pr except maybe to highly skilled workers only through employer similar to usa.

@socksrwooly Год назад

They get 25- 30$ an hour around us.... what is the right pay to you

@asadb1990 Год назад

@@socksrwooly that sounds high. Most are offering around min wage. But considering the price of rent i would have to say 40/h is good

@socksrwooly Год назад

@@asadb1990 not these days. I don't know any farmer able to pay less then $25/hr. Demand is up, wages are up and the worker has the say in the wage. The reason they can't pay min wage, is farmer beside them will beat that amount in a second. Even though crop prices aren't great, you only have a tiny window to get stuff done.

@asadb1990 Год назад

@@socksrwooly ok then what about all the reports on migrant farmers from poor countries being packed like sardines in huts in summer without ac, dirty space and some of their wages deducted to pay for accommodations.

@socksrwooly Год назад

@@asadb1990 I would love to see. But so far their pictures are larger then student housing in Vancouver. Also it comes back to the fact that the workers call the shots right now. I can't imagine. My uncle had to build a whole new housing structure to get employees. I am just having a hard time swallowing the fact that the 2 months max these workers work (Sundays and bad weather days off) And they are told that when the weather is good, they are working. Food is brought out.... I'm not buying what the UN is selling.

@shawnosborne163 Год назад

What else is to be expected from Capitalism. The capitalist class keeps control by squeezing labour as much as possible. Given the opportunity they would revert back to slavery. Debt peonage and serfdom is what we have to contend with for now . ALL POWER TO THE WORKING CLASS.

@mildew44 Год назад

This is old, capitalism was always a replacement for monarchs, serfdom. It always gets washed. The phrase "ALL POWER TO THE WORKING CLASS" get squashed as communism. Then nothing happens. This makes capitalism, one of the greatest invention by the top 1%, pure genius

@Eric00700 Год назад

Slaves have always been around, maybe that’s human nature and not the fault of a 200 year old economic system that 20year olds blame every bad thing on

@MrKn0wb0dy Год назад

What system would you prefer that works better?

@shawnosborne163 Год назад

@MrKn0wb0dy any system that don't function based on exploitation

@mildew44 Год назад

@@shawnosborne163 100% agree but this is extremely difficult. Sadly. Humans are not mosquitos, we bank our surpluses.

@STARFOXMINING Месяц назад

Where i live its apple season and i cant get a job in any agriculture orchards the family owned companies rudely say that all us quebec workers here in canada locals are not worth hiring and give no chance look into interviewing companies orchards in franklin, quebec. please many locals 🙏 😔 same situation. situation. Makes a gooood interview footage and relevant. ❤ 1 year now no job for me 😢😢😢

@paularawlinson912 Месяц назад

Very depressing as always. But I would say this has been a reality known now for a long time, much more so than knowing what had happening and is still happening to the Indigenous populations that has recently reached mass consciousness in Canada. It is bad enough for poor citizens in Canada. Having been on the poor side of the equation but still happy despite that as I do have enough, I know a lot of people not as lucky as myself. I help support a few of them, now that I can. Many people live in a dystopian world and they are as bad off as being in a scifi/horror fiction movie. We are still failing Indigenous people in Canada. Keep talking about all of this. This probably speaks in part to the fact that probably farmers do not get enough of the slice of economic pie when it comes to food. Perhaps bad actors would not share any if that changed though, with foreign workers in farming ir other industries etc.

@j.barren3738 Год назад

This is dictator Trudeaus Canada 😢

@WildfireKitsune Год назад

Been happening since before Harper, dude

@sjappiyah4071 Год назад

@@WildfireKitsuneit has only accelerated under Trudeau’s government the amount of workers being allowed in and abused.

@ddb0831 Год назад

Trudeau shines again.

@CyberSamurai4Life Год назад

After 90 days, people on EI should be asked to do this work or forfeit the EI benefits.

@CyberSamurai4Life Год назад

@@barrywilliamtesk2691 If the gov't connects a person with a job they can do, and the person doesn't accept it, why grant them additional EI benefits?

@CyberSamurai4Life Год назад

Looks like we got some government bootlickers in here protecting their “entitlements“.

@mnkwazi Год назад

@CyberSamurai4Life that is not how things work. Further exploitation in all forms is wrong.

@sjappiyah4071 Год назад

@@CyberSamurai4LifeYou’re 100% right on this !

@sjappiyah4071 Год назад

@@mnkwaziProviding Jobs for Canadians who can’t find employment is not exploitation…. The exploitation is big mega corporations importing 3rd world migrants who can’t advocate for themselves…. Locals connected by the government to these jobs won’t face this issue….

@rileymccoy8040 Год назад

BS!!

@denildavis3561 Год назад

No it is intended servitude😁. They are not forced to do it

@ianhowes8141 Год назад

Tfhe UN is a woke organization who needs to mind their own business. If the workers don't like it they can go back where they came from!

@socksrwooly Год назад

Or tackle a growing issue... actual slavery

@momtur4875 Год назад

Look i found part of the problem it you @ianhowes141

@socksrwooly Год назад

@@momtur4875 Or he is stating facts, why isn't the UN cracking down on slavery.. Which is on the rise..

@nuxkamina Год назад

The nations of the planet are too woke for you? Sounds like a generational issue. Younger woke humans want to avoid slavery and abuse.

@titusmccarthy Год назад

@@socksrwooly The UN is a toothless organization. It's largely symbolic. If it couldn't stop the illegal war in Iraq in 2003 it can't stop slavery either.

@mrhunter3886 Год назад

In Saskatoon, restaurant employers are asking $20,000 to 40,000 for SINP papers and some are forcing employees to work for 1 to 2 years. Legally they should give after 6 months of work. The main culprits are Indian restaurants owners and supervisors and managers. Canada is even far behind third world countries in terms of rules and regulations and its implementation. There is should be an immediate change and protect its workers from exploitation.

@sahicizm 24 дня назад

That’s what Canada is based on, if there no explotation, there is no such a country called Canada exists.

@larrybethune3909 Месяц назад

While I do sympathize with these folks, I'm not so sympathetic to the suggestion that "a path to permanent residence is part of the solution set for this self created problem. I mean, who put this policy together in the first place? Did the not see the giant loopholes? This program, and the entire immigration file, should be put in dry dock, rebuilt and relaunched.

@martinemjt Месяц назад

if they are given shelter the salary is lower than minimum wage. just saying.

@rasempress9724 Год назад

I can remember stories of Jamaican housekeepers having their passports taken from them

@edthecatman6554 Год назад

😅😅😅 working under wilfire smoke??? I was a logger for years and it didnt affect me!

@fdggfgdfgd251 Год назад

And yet you want food prices lower

@oldmansgoldenwords Год назад

Yes. Everybody is victim. Lets make Canada victim safeheaven nation.

@RealAriesG Год назад

you would have to be pretty tarded to not see we live in slave system.

@heartborne123 Год назад

this is their own choice, isn't it? nobody's pushing them to come for work in Canada. If they didn't come it would raise wages and benefit work conditions within relevant sectors for local workers.

@WildfireKitsune Год назад

Any worker we let in needs to be paid a living wage, or else the Government will inevitably have to support them. It's an employer's choice that the rest of us have to cover

@sjappiyah4071 Год назад

But many of them are being *TRICKED* by phoney contracts is the point ….