Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're trying to build alliances. I know that we have colleagues upstream, in Mexico or Guatemala, who are monitoring the situation and negotiating ethnic selection systems with the governments. The Vérité organization's program in Mexico is an example of that. However, we can ne

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, I would completely support that call. We think we have to improve the pathway to permanent residence. Furthermore, people who want to work in the regions often want to stay there. That's a fact that we've observed. A member of our board who worked in Rimouski and Saguenay-La

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Ms. Kwan, what you say is very important because the system is a problem even in unionized workplaces. To cite a very specific example, a greenhouse in Saint-Félicien hired nearly 400 workers, but working conditions there were so harsh that all Quebec work

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It's the system.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Absolutely. A number of us organizations are sitting at that round table, and we don't all have the same interests. For example, the Canadian Human Rights Commission is a member. All sectors are represented on it, including health and safety. Together we can identify a number of

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, we already have one measure: every time temporary foreign workers arrive at the airport, we give them a booklet explaining the relevant regulations. Since labour is a provincial jurisdiction, all Quebec regulations are clearly explained in the booklet. This tool ena

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for welcoming the Réseau d'aide aux travailleuses et travailleurs migrants agricoles du Québec, or RATTMAQ. I apologize for my colleague, who should be arriving shortly. He left Sherbrooke, where he had another activity, this morning. This is our