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Justicia for Migrant Workers and Chris Ramsaroop

Chris Ramsaroop: But that number, obtained by News from individual provinces, only represents a small slice of a potentially larger problem. , according to CBC. "It an enormous problem," says Chris Ramsaroop, an organizer for the Ontario- and B.C.-based non-profit group Justicia for Migrant Workers. "The fact that they are not tracking vulnerable workers in general is a concern. It shows a lack of enforcement." Last year, temporary foreign workers filed at least 250 complaints across Canada about employers mistreating them, braving a system that critics say is designed to work against them. Only three provinces Alberta, Saskatchewan and Newfoundland and Labrador routinely track complaints made by migrant workers. That makes it hard to know the true extent of workplace difficulties that these employees face across the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.