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Pause Button: Show Dozens and Storage Locker

pause button: Scattered around are signs of human life, out of place in this harsh industrial backdrop a suitcase with the baggage tag still wrapped around the handle and a pair of running shoes tucked just under the edge of a pallet, according to Rabble. A well-timed click of the pause button shows a person laying in one of these beds, trying to sleep. The camera pans to show dozens more of these beds in what appears to be some sort of warehouse or storage locker, spaced out in uniform rows and lining the concrete floor. The comments reveal the video was taken just a few hours outside of Toronto, in Leamington, Ontario -- the Tomato Capital of Canada, thanks to the high numbers of the fruit produced there. Back in mid-April, the federal government announced they would be allocating 50 million to the agricultural sector in order to support farm owners -- such as those in Leamington -- who bring in temporary workers through SAWP. The money was intended to help ensure safe living spaces and working conditions for migrant workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is also one of the biggest hot-spots for temporary farm workers brought in through Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program SAWP . What this video offers is a rare glimpse into the living conditions of migrant farm workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.