Canada
‘This is the new slavery’: Migrant farm workers underpaid, abused and injured
Dec. 1, 2025
Harvesting cannabis in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley as a migrant labourer in 2023, Maria recalls being surprised when her boss invited her and two friends for dinner at his home in the nearby mountains. It was an evening of dancing, drinking and lounging in a hot tub — rare luxuries for the then-28-year-old Mexican who […]
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