Parliament Video: Jenny in QP: Stop the abuse of Golden Eagle Farms workers, & issue open work permits!

On June 6, 2019, I stood in Question Period to ask:

Jenny Kwan (NDP) Vancouver East, BC

"Mr. Speaker, 27 migrant workers spent up to $5,000 to come to Canada for a job that never materialized. They signed an employment contract with Golden Eagle Farms, which is part of the Aquilini empire. They have valid employer-specific permits. It has been over six months, and they have yet to get work.

If there was no work at Golden Eagle Farms for these migrant workers, how on earth did the Aquilini group get a positive labour market impact assessment for 280 workers?

Will the minister stop this abuse and immediately issue open work permits for these women?"

 

https://openparliament.ca/debates/2019/6/6/jenny-kwan-1/

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