Two years into a pandemic, not much has changed for migrant workers
Posted January 25, 2022 7:06 am.
The first summer and fall of the pandemic, foreign migrant workers who come to pick Canada’s fruits and vegetables were experiencing some of the toughest working conditions around. In response, more inspections were promised, and the government vowed to make Covid-19 protocols safer for these vulnerable workers. Since then, what has actually happened to help protect them? What’s it actually like on the farms where they work? And despite their necessity to Canada’s agriculture industry, why don’t many of us seem to care?
GUEST: Hilary Beaumont, investigative journalist, writing for The Narwhal. Hilary worked with photographer, Chris Katsarov Luna on the project.
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