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Development as Remittances or Development as Freedom? Exploring Canada's Temporary Migration Programs from a Rights-Based Approach

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Title
Development as Remittances or Development as Freedom? Exploring Canada's Temporary Migration Programs from a Rights-Based Approach
Abstract
[Provides] a critical examination of Canada's Temporary Migration Programs for agriculture. I show how migrants are positioned to be relatively more vulnerable than other workers within the country's food agricultural system owing to their position at the bottom of the occupational hierarchy, their precarious immigration status as temporary "foreign" workers, and their racialization as non-Whites from the global South. Moreover, I illustrate how changes to policies of temporary migration have constituted farm work as an even more precarious form of employment for migrants in particular, but also Canadians.... Finally, while recognizing that TMPs may contribute to aspects fo economic development, enabling participants to access income and assets formerly out of their reach, I call for greater attention to the rights, welfare, and dignity of migrants when considering temporary migrations programs.
Book Title
Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada: Farm Workers and the Fraser Case
Place
Toronto
Publisher
Irwin Law
Date
2012
Pages
81-108
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-55221-291-2
Citation
Preibisch, K. (2012). Development as Remittances or Development as Freedom? Exploring Canada’s Temporary Migration Programs from a Rights-Based Approach. In J. Fudge, F. Faraday, & E. Tucker (Eds.), Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada: Farm Workers and the Fraser Case (pp. 81–108). Irwin Law.