Canada: Migrant Staff Exploited, UN Report Reveals

New Delhi: A UN report has scrutinised human rights in Canada for not adequately defending the rights of migrant employees. The report emphasises that Canada’s ‘Non permanent International Employee Program’ (TFWP) is giving rise to trendy types of slavery, institutionalising energy imbalances in favour of employers and depriving employees of their rights.

The Non permanent International Employee Program permits Canadian employers to rent international nationals to handle momentary labour and talent shortages. Other than TFWP, different immigration programmes are additionally obtainable for international nationals wishing to work in Canada. In 2018, there have been 84,004 allow holders below the Non permanent International Employee Program, whereas by 2022 this quantity had elevated to 135,818.

The report, written by Professor Tomoya Obokata, states that if Canada doesn’t take extra decisive motion to reform legal guidelines and insurance policies that exploit weak employees and supply ample redress and rehabilitation to victims of exploitation and abuse, it’s going to put its human rights status in danger.