http://www.thestar.com/Comment/article/602649
By Robert Cribb and Dale Brazao
Thematic Focus: Statelessness & Nationality
2 days ago
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Monday, 16 March 2009
Tuesday, 10 March 2009
Economic crisis bears down on vulnerable immigrants (Toronto Star)
http://www.thestar.com/Comment/article/598083
March 9, 2009
By Harald Bauder (opinion piece)
More about temporary foreign workers in Canada: first, an ironic quote, possibly by Max Frisch in reference to Germany's failed guest worker program: "We asked for workers but people came."
Bauder suggests extending the new Canadian Experience Class (currently aimed at those with Canadian degrees and Canadian work experience) to temporary foreign workers. The column is good - although still justifying that "protecting these workers is in the interest of all Canadians" rather than an issue of individual worker/human rights.
The comments following the article are depressing & scary, as expected.
March 9, 2009
By Harald Bauder (opinion piece)
More about temporary foreign workers in Canada: first, an ironic quote, possibly by Max Frisch in reference to Germany's failed guest worker program: "We asked for workers but people came."
Bauder suggests extending the new Canadian Experience Class (currently aimed at those with Canadian degrees and Canadian work experience) to temporary foreign workers. The column is good - although still justifying that "protecting these workers is in the interest of all Canadians" rather than an issue of individual worker/human rights.
The comments following the article are depressing & scary, as expected.
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Tough times hit temporary foreign workers (Georgia Straight)
http://www.straight.com/article-204254/tough-times-hit-temporary-foreign-workers
March 5, 2009
By Carlito Pablo
The Georgia Straight is a Vancouver alt-weekly paper, and this was published in their paper and on their website.
Temporary "foreign" workers are always vulnerable: their labor is often desperately needed to support a country's economy, since it falls within the "3 Ds" category (dirty, dangerous, and/or demeaning - such as the construction industry or, in a slightly different way, Canada's live-in caregiver program) and citizens are unwilling to do it. Their tenuous legal status, however, creates an opportunity for exploitation - migrants are often more likely to put up with poor working conditions, pay, and workplace abuse to avoid being deported - and as an economy slumps, temporary "foreign" workers can be legally let go & deported (or illegally, if their contracts are not up) as to reduce job competition for citizens. This article does a good job of alluding to these deeper issues within any temporary "foreign" worker program as the economy brings them to the forefront.
March 5, 2009
By Carlito Pablo
The Georgia Straight is a Vancouver alt-weekly paper, and this was published in their paper and on their website.
Temporary "foreign" workers are always vulnerable: their labor is often desperately needed to support a country's economy, since it falls within the "3 Ds" category (dirty, dangerous, and/or demeaning - such as the construction industry or, in a slightly different way, Canada's live-in caregiver program) and citizens are unwilling to do it. Their tenuous legal status, however, creates an opportunity for exploitation - migrants are often more likely to put up with poor working conditions, pay, and workplace abuse to avoid being deported - and as an economy slumps, temporary "foreign" workers can be legally let go & deported (or illegally, if their contracts are not up) as to reduce job competition for citizens. This article does a good job of alluding to these deeper issues within any temporary "foreign" worker program as the economy brings them to the forefront.
According to [Erika Del Carmen Fuchs], many temporary workers don’t know that they have the same rights as Canadians and permanent residents in the workplace. But what bothers her more is the way these workers are regarded in general. “You need them when times are good but you don’t need them when times are bad,” she said.
Because really...
these people have become an “invisible work force” because no one has the job of identifying and serving them.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
Canada may decrease immigration numbers (CIC News)
http://www.cicnews.com/2009/02/canada-decrease-immigration-targets-nows-time-submit-application-02700.html
February 2009
by Citizenship and Immigration Canada News in Canada Immigration Newsletter
This really shows the Immigration Minister's relatively-new immense power thanks to bill C-50, passed last June in 2008 (CBC article here, No One Is Illegal's take on it here). Not only will Canada likely accept less immigrants, but those immigrants will be more carefully (and explicitly, legally) selected based on market demands.
February 2009
by Citizenship and Immigration Canada News in Canada Immigration Newsletter
This really shows the Immigration Minister's relatively-new immense power thanks to bill C-50, passed last June in 2008 (CBC article here, No One Is Illegal's take on it here). Not only will Canada likely accept less immigrants, but those immigrants will be more carefully (and explicitly, legally) selected based on market demands.
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