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Chantal Petitclerc

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 7, 2023
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I am afraid maybe you will not be able to answer my question, because it goes into the line of what Senator Kutcher has already asked. I want to have your comments on working conditions and the welfare of the migrant workers.

You talked about the media and the stories, but I was more concerned about a study that came out from Dalhousie University last March. They did have interviews with 15 migrant workers from New Brunswick. It really painted a very disturbing story on low pay, long hours and overcrowding.

My understanding is that your organization — it’s not what you do — monitoring, documenting, knowing about those things. That’s what I’m understanding.

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How about recommendations? Does your organization have a position on the recommendations that we hear and see in this report? We’ve heard them here as well on work permits and not employer-specific, that sort of matter. Do you have a position on those recommendations, or do you have recommendations when it comes to welfare?

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