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Film Screening: The End of Immigration?
November 19, 2012
In Canada, when we think of "temporary workers," the image that comes to mind are the seasonal agricultural workers who have been toiling in our fields for the past 40 years, or the live-in nannies and maids from the Philippines. But these days, temporary foreign workers are found in all sectors: fast food, service stations, city bus drivers in Calgary, janitors in Edmonton, and even riggers on the CBC telecommunication towers in Montreal.
Canada, a country with a reputation as a "land of immigrants," appears to taking its cue from places like Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, places that run on temporary foreign workers.
The one-hour TV documentary The End of Immigration? uncovers a trend which is having a major impact on the type of country in which we live, one that relies increasingly on "rent-a-workers" rather than immigrants, a process that could spell the end of immigration as we know it. Today, the number of temporary workers arriving each year in Canada far exceeds the number of immigrants.
Presented by Migrante Ottawa and the Ontario Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines |
Time: 7:00 PM
Venue: The Mayfair Theatre
Location: 1074 Bank Street Ottawa, ON
Website: http://www.facebook.com/endofimmigration
Categories: Arts & Culture
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