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House Hansard - 278

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
February 8, 2024 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice
  • Feb/8/24 12:11:28 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, rarely have I been so taken aback. It is not by preventing them from coming here that we will protect foreign students. We need to prevent their exploitation. If my Liberal Party colleague is serious about stopping exploitation, he should look at what is happening to temporary foreign workers who truly are being exploited and are not protected by the Liberal government. He should look at closed permits. How is it that his government continues to issue closed permits that mean workers cannot change jobs or employers, and are subjected to pressure, abuse, harassment and assault? These workers have to keep their mouths shut or get shipped home. The Liberal government offers temporary foreign workers nothing but empty rhetoric.
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Context: House Hansard - 278 - Feb/8/24
Mr. Alexandre Boulerice
  • Feb/8/24 12:12:57 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, my colleague is absolutely right. If we are serious about giving rights to temporary migrant workers who come here and protecting them, we have to be able to change how things are done. These people have no status and are at risk. In two of the immigration minister's mandate letters, the Liberal government promised a process to regularize the status of undocumented workers. He has done nothing. Meanwhile, people are being exploited before our eyes, in our country, even as we say we respect workers' rights. It is disgraceful.
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