C. Legislation: Josie Baker

Josie Baker: The report, prepared by the Canadian Council for Refugees, says migrant workers on P.E.I. have little access to information about their rights, are given no support services, and are isolated by geography and language. Only in access to health care services does the province score above a C. Legislation protecting foreign workers is falling behind other provinces, says Josie Baker, and housing is also a concern, according to CBC. "Because in Nova Scotia they've put in a worker recruitment and protection act that is sort of still coming into play, and in New Brunswick they do offer settlement services and language courses for temporary foreign workers as well, and that's not something that's available in P.E.I.," said Baker, who recently authored a report for the Cooper Institute on temporary foreign workers. Should P.E.I. move to provide better conditions for temporary foreign workers and Prince Edward Island received some of the lowest marks in Canada in a new report card on the treatment of temporary foreign workers. Josie Baker of Charlottetown's Cooper Institute, a development education group, said the report card shows the other Maritime provinces are making inroads when it comes to foreign workers, leaving P.E.I. behind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.