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Migrant farmworkers ask Trudeau for Permanent Residency in Canada as they announce caravan to Ottawa
January 25, 2016
Media Briefing to launch historic 'Harvesting Freedom' caravan to Ottawa
OTTAWA, Jan. 20, 2016 - Migrant farmworker group Justice for Migrant Workers is launching ‘Harvesting Freedom’, a year-long campaign for immigration status upon arrival for migrant farmworkers to mark the 50th anniversary of the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP).
A media briefing by migrant farmworkers will be held on January 25th at 10 am, in the Charles Lynch Room of Parliament Hill to launch the campaign which will culminate in a historic pilgrimage of migrant farm workers and allies on to the nation's capital. Justice For Migrant Workers will be travelling from communities throughout southern and central Ontario and converging in Ottawa on October 2 and 3, 2016 to insist that justice is 50 years overdue. Several other actions and events will be organized throughout the year as a part of the Harvesting Freedom Campaign. Migrant farmworkers have grown and packaged food that feeds Canada for half a century but have been denied the right to lay their own roots and live in the country.
Time: 10 am
Venue: Charles Lynch Room, Centre Block of Parliament
Location: Ottawa, ON
Website: http://www.migrantrights.ca
For information contact: Tzazna Miranda Leal
Phone: 647-618-5325
Categories: Labour, Workplace, Unions
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