The findings are part of the first known survey of migrant workers’ housing conditions, as Ottawa explores the creation of national minimum accommodation standards for a population left exposed by the COVID-19 crisis. A Star investigation in 2019 uncovered thousands of complaints made by migrant workers to the Mexican authorities over the past decade about working in Canada. The Migrant Rights Network (MRN) represents temporary foreign workers and rights groups across the country. Last year, three migrant workers in Ontario — Bonifacio Eugenio Romero, Rogelio Munoz Santos and Juan Lopez Chaparro — died after contracting COVID-19. Since April, federal authorities have completed 347 inspections of migrant worker employers in Canada.

Source: thestar June 10, 2021 09:56 UTC