The Campaign in the Media

• 7 Nov. CBC News. How did Jamaican farm worker Ned Peart die? Family files court appeal
• 20 Oct. The Guardian. ‘Migrant Dreams’ tour starts here starts in P.E.I.’
• 13 Oct. Vice. DNA Sweeps: How a Lack of Oversight Permits Police Coercion
• 13 Oct. The Tyee. Caravan Seeks New Deal for Foreign Farm Workers
• 13 Oct. Rabble. Harvesting freedom and sowing resistance: Migrant workers in Canada demand permanent immigration status
• 7 Oct. Windsor Independent. Sowing the seeds of injustice: Harvesting Freedom highlights the plight of seasonal workers
• 6 Oct. Ricochet. After half-century of exploitation, farm workers demand status in Canada
• 6 Oct. Caribbean Camera. ‘Harvesting Freedom’ delegation presents petition for permanent residence for migrant workers
• 6 Oct. Rank and File. Solidarity, uncertainty and hope as Harvesting Freedom reaches Ottawa
• 3 Oct. CBC Radio /Ottawa Morning. Migrant workers 
• 3 Oct. Ottawa Citizen. @Kady’s Watchlist for Oct. 3 – Trudeau to kick off House debate on Paris climate change agreement
• 30 Sept. Horizons of Friendship. Harvesting Freedom Caravan Hits Cobourg, ON – Recap
• 30 Sept. CBC. Director Min Sook Lee’s latest documentary ‘Migrant Dreams’
• 28 Sept. Building and Wood Worker’s International. Migrant workers’ call for labour rights in Canada gets Swiss support
• 28 Sept. Northumberland News. Migrant workers’ rights rally held in Cobourg
• 28 Sept. Rabble. Migrant farm workers demanding justice from Ottawa
• 28 Sept. The Whig. Caravan cultivates suport for migrant workers
• 27 Sept. Now Toronto. Migrant workers say they’re Canada’s ‘modern-day slaves’
• 27 Sept. Huffington Post. Seasonal agricultural workers deserve right to call Canada home
• 27 Sept. Northumberland Today/Peterborough Examiner. Rally held in Cobourg for migrants’ rights
• 27 Sept. Rank and File. Picking apart the produce of injustice
• 27 Sept. Vex Radio. Cake with Care C – Episode 24
• 25 Sept. Toronto Star. Migrant workers caravan hits Toronto en route to Parliament Hill
• 25 Sept. Edmonton Journal/Montreal Gazette. Harvesting Freedom caravan stops in Toronto to join rally at Ontario Food Terminal
• 25 Sept. St. Catharines Standard. Attention brought to migrant worker labour conditions
• 22 Sept. NewsTalk 610 CKTB. Rose Davies Brock Students Against Migrant Exploitation re: Grand Parade Demonstration
• 22 Sept. Thorold Edition. Migrant workers group speaking out 
at Montebello Park
• 21 Sept. BC Medical Journal Blog. Coming to grips with health barriers and structural violence for migrant farmworkers: A role for BC physicians 
• 19 Sept. Globe and Mail. Migrant farm workers deserve better from Canada
• 19 Sept. Coalition for Migrant Worker Rights Canada. Migrant Workers call for permanent status and labour and human rights in wake of Temporary Foreign Worker Review
• 18 Sept. 570 News. Group lobbying for migrant workers’ rights rolls through Waterloo region
• 16 Sept. Simcoe Reformer. ‘Harvesting Freedom’ in Simcoe
• 14 Sept. Calgary Herald. How the temporary foreign worker program is shaping Canada’s underground economy
• 14 Sept. Waterloo Region Record. It’s time to stop abuse of temporary farm workers
• 14 Sept. Samaritan Mag. Q&A: Director of Migrant Dreams Doc About Underbelly Of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program
• 13 Sept. GUTS Magazine. Local food, migrant dreams
• 12 Sept. TVO. How Migrant Dreams reveals the dark side of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program. See also Migrant Dreams: Exposing the harsh reality of temporary agricultural work in Canada
• 11 Sept. TeleSUR. Seasonal farmworkers tour Canada to demand rights
• 10 Sept. Al Jazeera. Foreign farm workers demand permanent status
• 9 Sept. Chatham Daily News. Group highlights plight of injured migrant workers [print]
• 8 Sept. Blackburn News. Injured migrant worker sent back to Jamaica
• 7 Sept. Windsor Star. Windsor in pictures: Sept. 7, 2016
• 7 Sept. Chatham Daily News. Migrant workers trying to send message to CK, federal government
• 7 Sept. CTV. Migrant workers rally for better conditions
• 6 Sept. AM 800 CKLW. Grassroots group wants permanent immigration status for migrant workers
• 6 Sept. Blackburn News. Migrant workers look to ‘harvest freedom’
• 6 Sept. Windsor Star. Migrant farmworkers on 1,500-kilometre caravan to Ottawa
• 6 Sept. Le Devoir. Du champ au bureau d’immigration
• 5 Sept. Blackburn News. Labour leaders target precarious work at rally
• 5 Sept. CBC. Migrant workers need permanent residency status, labour advocates say
• 2 Sept. Rank & File Podcast. Organizing migrant farm workers
• 29 Aug. Niagara Falls Review. Migrant workers focus of new documentary
• 22 Aug. Globe and Mail. Questions raised over effectiveness of foreign worker program inspections
• 20 Aug. Jamaica Star. Robinson meets with burnt out farm workers
• 15 Aug. Toronto Life. The lives of Ontario migrant workers
• 11 Aug. CBC. Deux travailleurs migrants s’évanouissent à cause de la chaleur en Ontario [Two migrant workers faint due to the heat in Ontario]
• 11 Aug. Brant News. Fundraising for migrant workers after fire
• 3 Aug. Hamilton Spectator. ‘It’s a great loss’ says farmer of migrant worker’s death
• 8 Aug. CBC Metro Morning. Migrant farm workers
• 8 Aug. NotimexTV. Activistas realizan vigilia en Canadá por muerte de jornalero mexicano [Activists hold vigil in Canada for the death of a Mexican worker]
• 14 July. CBC. Film screening at New Hamburg farm to spur discussion about foreign workers
• 12 July. NewsTalk1010. Watchdog heckled for concluding police were not racist in sexual assault probe
• 12 July. CTV. Protestors disagree with report on DNA sampling
• 12 July. Toronto Star. Police need clear rules on DNA sampling, review concludes
• 12 July. CBC. Police ‘overly broad’ collecting DNA samples from Ontario migrant workers
• 12 July. CBC. Profilage racial au sein de la PPO : un rapport qui ne fait pas l’unanimité
• 12 July. CBC. DNA canvassing of migrant workers not racial profiling, report says
• 12 July. CP24. Ontario police need better policies around mass collection of DNA samples: report
• 16 June. TVO. Canada’s migrant agricultural workers deserve full and equal rights. Here’s why
• 1 June. ParlVU. Marcia Lindo-Barrett testimony on behalf of Sheldon McKenzie at Temporary Foreign Worker Review (15:54:25)
• 25 May. ShareNews. Migrant worker’s family seeks inquest into his death
• 24 May. St. Catharines Standard. Change coming for migrant farm workers
• 24 May. Globe and Mail. I was bumped from speaking to the House. I need to say this: Migrant workers need better rights
• 20 May. The Gleaner. Canadian group intensifying pressure over treatment of farm workers
• 19 May. Toronto Star. The shame of our disposable workers
• 18 May. Ricochet. Migrant workers still waiting for federal protection
• 16 May. CBC. Migrant worker program called ‘worse than slavery’ after injured participants sent home without treatment
• 4 May. Now Toronto. 5 myths about your ethical foods
• 27 April. Rabble. Migrant agricultural workers dreaming a better future
• 17 April. The Guardian. Forum recommends foreign workers get residency when arriving in Canada
• 18 April. Huffington Post. Canada has a migrant worker mistreatment problem
• 7 April. Caribbean Camera. Report boosts migrant workers’ rights fight
• 30 March. ShareNews. Injured farm worker files human rights complaint
• 23 March. Now Toronto. Heinz versus French’s versus PC: Who’s the real ketchup king?  
• 21 March. Toronto Star. Migrant farm worker launches discrimination complaint against WSIB
• 6 March. RealNews. Who’s missing from the Canadian immigration debate?
• 24 Feb. MetroNews Edmonton. Farmers want Ottawa to allow more producers to hire foreign seasonal workers
• 17 Feb. ShareNews. Migrant workers want their families here
• 14 Feb. NewsTalk 1010. Interview with Gabriel Allahdua by Desmond Cole
• 4 Feb. Medium. Migrant Workers Rights Will Test Rookie St. Catharines MP
• 31 Jan. Radio4All. Interview with Chris Ramsaroop and Ricky Joseph
• 28 Jan. Rabble. Migrant farmworkers call on Trudeau for permanent residency
• 28 Jan. Caribbean Camera. Migrant workers launch Harvesting Freedom
• 27 Jan. ShareNews. Group wants permanent residency for farm workers
• 26 Jan. National Post. Migrant farm workers call for permanent residency, ability to bring families to Canada
• 25 Jan. iPolitics. Migrant workers asking Liberal government for permanent residency upon arrival
• 24 Jan. iNews 880 AM. Migrant farmworker group asking Trudeau government for permanent residency