Tough Choices for Migrant Workers

By Ratna Omidvar, President, Maytree

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“People look to Canada for good ideas and good lessons. How ironic then, that today Canada seems to be borrowing from failed lessons of the European ‘guest worker’ programs,” states Maytree President Ratna Omidvar in this month’s Opinion. In this piece she argues that we need to ensure that our labour market needs are met in a way that is responsive to both the employer and the worker.