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Western Union: Jagmeet Singh Bramalea-Gore-Malton

Rohan Jagroo Dept: For each $100 he sends monthly at his local Money Mart through Western Union, 10 per cent goes to administrative fees amounting to more than $2,000 in the last 17 years, according to The Star. The bill, drafted by NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh Bramalea-Gore-Malton would cap the rates in Ontario to no more than 5 per cent of the money transferred and since arriving in Canada in 1995, Rohan Jagroo has religiously wired money to support his disabled sister and needy friends in Trinidad. The Toronto cabinetmaker hopes a new private member s bill to be introduced Thursday will put a stop to what critics call corporate gouging on migrant workers and immigrants, who count on remittance services to wire money to their loved ones overseas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.