Citizenship and Immigration committee  These workers are not able to access those benefits for whatever reason; they are told they haven't worked long enough.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That's the point I tried to make--that there's a huge variation. There are wonderful employers who treat their workers like family and there are horrible employers who treat their workers like slaves.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would need to do a statistical analysis, but there are too many involved.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My research was qualitative not quantitative, so I did not.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That would be a huge improvement over the situation we have now, and it is one of the recommendations I outline in my brief. Giving these workers citizenship is ultimately the only way to promote equality, but in the interim or if you're not willing to consider that option, I thi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, I mean they should be on a path where ultimately they become citizens. I recognize there are bureaucratic steps involved.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you. I've only examined the seasonal agricultural workers, which is a specific program. In the vast majority of cases, these workers do not want to prosecute or lay charges because their main concern is staying in the program. Most of these workers come from very impoveri

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for phrasing my opinions exactly. We so often focus on the exploitation of these workers; it's true that they are ripe for our exploitation when they are either undocumented or when they're here under the temporary foreign worker programs, but what I tried to show today

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good day and welcome to Waterloo. Thank you for coming here and for examining this important issue. I am here today to present some reflections on my doctoral research, examining health, rights, and access to benefit issues among seasonal agricultural workers. Mine is the kin