Each year over 30,000 foreign workers migrate to Canada on a temporary basis, which means that every year more and more foreign workers are at risk of being exploited by their employers (Pysklywec 1039). The large amount of foreign workers migrating to Canada and taking the jobs of Canadians has been known to most of the public as the major issue on the topic of temporary foreign workers. However, for a change, the perspective of foreign workers is what these people need to see. The mistreatment foreign workers endure should be brought to the attention of the federal government and people who oppose the migration of foreign workers in Canada, and by recognizing the harsh living conditions, issues at the workplace such as labouring hours, payment withholds, and poor working conditions, and the struggle with language barriers, it is evident that with all of these impediments, foreign workers are at risk of developing major health concerns. When a foreign worker migrates to Canada, in certain circumstances, the employer will offer provided housing as part of an enticement to further encourage the worker to become an employee at his or her business. However, as reported in many cases, there have been various issues with the living conditions provided since there is no obligation to uphold the standard conditions of living. As stated by Kerry Preibisch and Jenna Hennebry, “some housing is dilapidated, unsanitary, overcrowded, and poorly ventilated” (1035). In 2012, Eric Flores had migrated from Mexico to Canada to become a temporary employee at a Tim Hortons’ franchise. Little did he know, his living accommodations provided by his employer would be a three bedroom basement suit where he would stay with five other foreign workers. A mic... ... middle of paper ... ...on et métropoles, 2012. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. Mcgowan, Gil. "Ripping Off Vulnerable Foreign Workers." Edmonton Journal 29 Jul. 2013. ProQuest. Web. 20 Nov. 2013 Nakache, Delphine, and Paula J Kinoshita. "The Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program: Do Short-Term Economic Needs Prevail Over Human Rights Concerns?" IRPP Study.5 (2010): 1-52. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. Pang, Melissa, Library of Parliament. Temporary Foreign Workers. 2011-11-E (2013). Web. 20 Nov. 2013. Preibisch, Kerry, and Jenna Hennebry. "Temporary Migration, Chronic Effects: The Health of International Migrant Workers in Canada." CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal 183.9 (2011): 1033-8. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. Pysklywec, Michael, et al. "Doctors within Borders: Meeting the Health Care Needs of Migrant Farm Workers in Canada." CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal 183.9 (2011): 1039-43. Web. 6 Nov. 2013.
The migrant worker community in states like Florida, Texas, and California is often an ‘obscure population’ of the state. They live in isolated communities and have very little stability or permanence. According to the Florida Department of Health, 150,000 to 200,000 migrant workers work in the State of Fl...
Migration has been found to have negative effects on mental health because of circumstances surrounding the move, circumstances of the actual passage, trouble adapting to the new culture, breaks in the migrant’s support system of friends and family, and disappointed expectations of social and economic acquisition.
The term “sweatshop” refers to those factories relying on the exploitation and abuse of workers. Often (although not always) located in developing countries, these factories have been frequented by independent university researchers, who have published numerous accounts of worker imprisonment and physical abuse, as well as economic evidence revealing that many of these factories pay wages so small that their workers cannot live outside poverty. Several factories use horrific labor practices, and many factory workers have also been severely burned or mutilated in the workplace, while women among the labor population have often been forced to take birth control or abort their pregnancies (Given, 1997; Fernandez, 1997). The health burdens placed upon sweatshop workers have been extensively documented, and include exposure to noxious fumes, organophosphate compounds, and silica dust, resulting in record high cancer, asthma, bronchitis, pneumoconiosis, and leukemia rates in many regions because workers aren’t provided with masks and gloves (Kim et al., 2000).
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This organization advances equity by helping migrant workers to gain their human rights and let the public have the acknowledge that thoes workers are working in a poor working condition. Public has the myths about migrants or immigrant that their come would take away Canadian jobs (Guest Speaker Faroah Chowdhury). A Canadian is imaged as a white man speak English or French, so when a ...
Weigel, M. M. and R. X. Armijos (2011). "Exploratory Study of the Occupational Health and Health-Seeking of Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers on the U.S.-Mexico Border." J Immigr Minor Health.
Since a long time ago immigrant families have been coming to the U.S. to seek a better life. The idea of the American Dream becomes shattered once they start dealing with all the obstacles to get to the United States from South or Central America. People start facing discrimination and are taken advantage of. Since their journey starts, immigrants face discrimination from everywhere they go; the people who help them cross over to the U.S. charge high amounts of money to help them come over. Once they get to the United States immigrants continue in the same pattern of being abused, and taken advantage of. It is important to mention that if people are moving from their own country of origin it must be because the conditions they are living in are worse than the ones they are willing to live in, by moving. People that decide to make the move and explore new ways of living are often faced with discrimination, wage-theft and poor health conditions. “Wage theft is particularly prevalent among immigrant workers, and ―work-related exploitation appears to be growing along with the country’s immigrant population.” (James Pinkerton,
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...and the Caribbean are allowed to come to America and work. It promises good working conditions, hours of work with acceptable wages, government-inspected living conditions, and medical benefits. Even though this sounds like an excellent opportunity, some companies cannot be trusted. Some companies will use government loopholes to play by their own rules. The neglect of the government allows companies to abuse the system for their own advantage and their future workers misfortunes.
Stoffman, Daniel. Who gets in: What's wrong with Canada's immigration program, and how to fix it. Toronto: Macfarlane Walter & Ross, 2002.
Migration has been a major part of human living and also animals, people migrate for various reasons such as seeking better lives, family, job opportunity, availability of social amenities etc. immigration policies were put in place to monitor and decide who immigrate to a country and these policies have been present since 1906, and these polices have had different reasons for their enactment and these reasons change as time and era changes (Baglay, 2014). The early policies were racially based restriction, economic growth, multiculturalism, restriction on refugee and economic immigration (Baglay, 2014). The Communitarian approach used by Michael Walzer to explain immigration policy is similar to Canadian immigration policy. This paper seeks to discuss and analyze the articles by Joseph Carens and Michael Walzer, explaining the different perspectives of explaining immigration policies. The paper would summarize and contrast the author’s main arguments. It would take a stand on which argument is more persuasive in explaining immigration policy and give reason for this position. It would also use other articles to support or refute each argument made by Joseph Carens and Michael Walzer. Lastly this paper would explain and come to a conclusion of if any of these arguments apply to Canadian immigration policy and give examples of these similarities. Carens and Walzer had very different view on immigration and open border, Carens used the Liberal perspective of explaining open border.
During the month of October, Canada’s political scene was very busy due to the 2015 federal election held on the 19th. Throughout the previous months, the public held great interest towards the campaigns of each party as well as their platforms in order to choose the party that the public wanted as the new government of Canada. In the campaigns, a major topic that was included in every party’s plan was the Syrian refugee crisis that is currently an issue in many countries around the globe. This crisis has taken the media by storm and is a concern for many citizens in Canada. As a country known to be peaceful and generous, many people would assume that Canada would be one of the first to step in and help those in need but that is not the case. The general population does not know that the current laws in place make becoming a refugee in Canada a long and unfair process. Acquiring refugee status in Canada, protecting Canada’s Immigration System Act, health care for refugees and the current stance of Canada in regards to the refugee crisis are all factors that the general public must be more aware about. The current laws regarding refugees of Canada must change.
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