Yes. We have the same findings as RATTMAQ. We collaborate with many community agencies like this across Canada and have identified that, for some unknown reasons, open work permits for vulnerable workers are denied. For instance, during the first two years of the program, we had a very high number of approvals, and it is now very low.
Even though we are providing very strong documentation to show that workers have experienced abuse, we have witnessed that for some unknown reasons their claims are denied.