(Vancouver) A new study finds that citizenship status plays a key role in farmworker safety, and recommends significant changes to immigration policies to protect this vulnerable workforce. “Many British Columbians are probably unaware that immigrants and migrants make up nearly 100% of our farmworkers,” says Gerardo Otero, lead author of the study. “About half are
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BC’s Food System Relies on Vulnerable Migrant Workers Study Recommends Sweeping Changes
on November 18th, 2015