Tree Planters: Khaira Enterprises Ltd.

Khaira Enterprises Ltd.: The roughly 50 planters, many of them recent immigrants or refugees from Africa, complained about the conditions of the Khaira Enterprises Ltd., camp in July 2010, according to Huffington Post. Twenty witnesses testified during hearings that began Sept. 30, and the tribunal was told workers were paid infrequently and were also subjected to extreme racial harassment, including racial slurs, verbal abuse and mockery and VANCOUVER - The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal will hear final arguments next month as it considers the case of a group of tree planters who allege they endured slave-like conditions and discrimination while working at a remote camp in southeastern B.C. Forests ministry officials shut down the camp, near Golden, after the planters were discovered in filthy conditions, without proper shelter or clean water, and told ministry staff they had not had food for two days. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.