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Justicia for Migrant Workers and Federal Government Changes

federal government changes: The federal government changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program received criticism just minutes after the announcement on Friday from opposition politicians and activists across the country, according to Rabble. Activists advocating for the rights of temporary foreign workers TFWs also criticized the new policy changes announced on June 20. Chris Ramsaroop, organizer at the Toronto-based Justicia for Migrant Workers J4MW said these workers would continue to work "without voice, without rights and without protections." Please support our coverage of democratic movements and become a monthly supporter of .ca . Liberal MP John McCallum said the changes deserve a grade of C . NDP MP Pat Martin said that the good news is the fact the government acknowledges the program is broken. The bad news, he adds, is that "they have done little to actually fix it." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.