Basketball Court: Farm Workers and Provinces Changes

basketball court: The policy, however, violated employment laws in several provinces, according to Vancouver Courier. Changes were made Jan. 1, 2016 so that only up to 5.45 a day of a migrant worker's wages would flow back to the Caribbean to help those governments cover certain expenses. Up until 2016, an agreement between the governments of Canada and Caribbean countries allowed employers of migrant farm workers to withhold one-quarter of their wages and hand the money over to their home governments.article continues below Trending Stories'Bella Dolls' Is Vancouver ready for a sex doll brothel Central Park Vision Vancouver's Sarah Blyth leaving politics for son's sakeNBA legend Steve Nash now has a basketball court named in his honourB.C. man wins lottery twice in four years Most of the money, 20 per cent, was considered a forced savings plan, and the remaining five per cent was used to cover administrative costs. The deductions must be consented to, in writing, by the migrant worker. Officials recommended that Hajdu counter by demanding Jamaica's labour minister, Shahine Robinson, provide a detailed explanation of how much revenue the country collected from migrant workers, how the money was used and whether workers were reimbursed for any excess amounts. The Jamaican government was not pleased.A briefing note prepared for Labour Minister Patty Hajdu ahead of a planned November 2017 meeting with her Jamaican counterpart warned that she would hear an earful about the issue, given that Caribbean governments had consistently voiced their disapproval of the elimination of the 25 per cent remittance policy. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.