Tree Planters: Jim Sinclair

Living In Squalor Dept: The report, issued Wednesday, was prompted by the rescue of a group of tree planters from a work site near Golden last summer after smoke from their camp was spotted by boaters on a nearby lake, according to CBC. The workers were primarily new immigrants from Africa who spoke little English and the B.C. government is failing to protect workers in the province's silviculture industry, according to a new report by the forest safety ombudsman. When officials from the provincial Forests Ministry arrived at the site, the tree planters told them they had not eaten in two days, were living in squalor and were not getting paid by Surrey-based Khaira Enterprises. B.C. Federation of Labour president Jim Sinclair is flanked by forestry workers at a news conference last summer. The workers said they had to toil in unsafe conditions. As reported in the news.
@t silviculture industry, provincial forests