Coalition for Migrant Worker Rights Canada and Parliament Standing Committee on Human Resources

Toronto Charlottetown: The Coalition for Migrant Worker Rights Canada has planned a week of actions from May 30 to June 6 to demand reform of the Temporary Foreign Workers Program . Along with an online petition, CMWRC week of #Status Now actions in Vancouver, Toronto and Charlottetown will call on Parliament to introduce reforms that grant migrant workers mobility, voice, and equality, according to Rabble. The #Status Now actions are timed alongside Parliament review of the TFWP. On May 11, Parliament Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities began their review of the TFWP. The review will last just over a month. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. Officials from Employment and Social Development Canada and Citizenship and Immigration will be the first witnesses to appear before the HUMA subcommittee. CMWRC priorities for HUMA review include ensuring that migrant workers are part of the review process by serving as witnesses to the committee, speaking at public events and sharing their stories with the media. Witnesses will also testify on May 16, 18, 30 and June 1 before HUMA adopts their draft report on June 15. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.