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Mexico will stop sending temporary foreign workers to Canada amid COVID-19 outbreaks in farms. It's estimated 300 Mexicans working in Canada have COVID-19, and two of them have died. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/mexico-pauses-tfw-to-canada-covid-1.5613518
Highly recommend this, on how Canada failed migrant farm workers: "In one instance, a feverish worker developed chest pains and a nosebleed that dripped on the vegetables he tended; he said his supervisors refused to take him home until the shift was over" https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-essential-but-expendable-how-canada-failed-migrant-farm-workers/
"In Ontario, more than 600 foreign farm workers have tested positive for COVID-19...for the most part, the workers came to Canada healthy and contracted the virus
"Ontario’s largest outbreak is at Scotlynn Group, where at least 167 of 216 migrant workers have tested positive."
"Ontario’s largest outbreak is at Scotlynn Group, where at least 167 of 216 migrant workers have tested positive."
Two more details to pull out here:
"The federal government has the power to conduct pro-active inspections of farm accommodations, but during a six-week period at the height of the pandemic, these audits stopped. They are now being done virtually."
"The federal government has the power to conduct pro-active inspections of farm accommodations, but during a six-week period at the height of the pandemic, these audits stopped. They are now being done virtually."
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"The provinces are responsible for occupational health and safety, but in Ontario at least, the Ministry of Labour does not inspect employer-provided accommodations."
"The provinces are responsible for occupational health and safety, but in Ontario at least, the Ministry of Labour does not inspect employer-provided accommodations."
