Citizenship and Immigration committee  I examined exactly what information they are given. They are given very little before coming here, and when they arrive, again, very little. All they have is their contract. They have their contract and they do not have any information outlining their rights, such as EI. They're

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I focused mainly in Ontario. Since I spent two full off-seasons in Mexico and Jamaica, I got to know workers who had been placed all over the country, but my focus was in Ontario.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Overall, I would say, workers in all provinces face the same structural problems. Some provinces have done better than others in addressing some of those issues, but overall it's pretty similar across the board.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm an idealist; I would like to see them be able to apply right away. However, I recognize that this is probably not very realistic. The live-in caregiver program has the model of after two years. Perhaps something like that could be considered for this program.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have a number of recommendations on pages 6 and 7 of my brief. I'll just briefly highlight a few. First of all, workers need to have their rights explained to them as soon as they arrive in Canada, and in their own language. I'll give you the example of EI benefits. Workers ca

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In some cases, they do, but the lure of the dollar is just that strong that they're willing to put up with those conditions.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Technically, yes, they do.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  They do.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Some can, but many do not because they do not have the information and support available to apply or they have not worked enough hours because they only worked for temporary periods. So many of them do pay--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I said many of them can get it, but many also are not getting it for the reasons I just mentioned.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  First of all, many of them do not have access to support to apply for these plans, or do not even know about them. Second, many of them did not work long enough in Canada in order to attain these benefits.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The problem is because some of them only come up a few--

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes, and this is one of the issues I discuss in more detail in my brief, because this was one of the main issues I examined. Workers do have rights to health care and to workers' compensation. The problem is that their ability to access these rights is very constrained, because t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is something like seven seasons. I don't know the exact number.