Good afternoon.
I want to thank this committee for providing Justicia for Migrant Workers with the opportunity to present to you about the conditions of migrant agricultural workers in Canada.
Many members of Justicia have been organizing the fields of southern Ontario for more than seven years. In one sense, it is ironic that you are giving us the equivalent of one minute for each year we've been organizing workers but to also note the disparate discussion that has occurred among both policy-makers and governing officials to engage with workers employed under the most precarious conditions.