Adrianna Paz informs us in this article about an important issue that largely flies under the radar screen - the plight of seasonal agricultural workers brought to Canada from Southern countries to harvest crops. Since the mid-1990s, a federal government program has been in place to import workers for time limited periods. Despite living and working in Canada, these workers have been stripped of most of their rights. Justice/Justicia for Migrant Workers is a Canadian non-governmental organization that is working to bring this shameful situation to light and to effect long-lasting effective change. For this to occur, the root causes of this phenomena needs to be understood and the racism inherent in this system confronted. Please click here to read the article.

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