Inadequate oversight and ALR rules blamed for widespread inadequate housing. Ignacio’s first home in Canada was a dusty grey farmhouse with a mound of garbage leaning against a big, steel gate. He was shocked to find farmworkers’ beds placed directly on the floor, without frames. Once, he said, a rat bit a colleague’s ear while he slept. Ignacio left that farm about eight months after arriving. The employer was denying him wages and forcing staff to do dangerous work, he said. The Tyee has agreed to use a pseudonym to protect Ignacio from potential retaliation ... ... he has never forgotten his first farm. It’s only a two-minute drive away from where he lives today ... CLICK HERE for the rest of the story
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