HALIFAX — Emotional workers spoke out against a Halifax businessman at his sentencing hearing Friday in an immigration fraud case that exposed the exploitation of foreign workers and divided the local Filipino community. But workers say they were underpaid and mistreated, remaining quiet for fear of being deported back to the Southeast Asian country. “Temporary foreign workers are part of Canada’s economic landscape. Two Filipino workers read their statements Friday, in addition to four workers who read their statements last month. “This case is not about the hiring of temporary foreign workers, rather it is about exploiting foreign labour markets and taking advantage of temporary foreign workers’ personal financial circumstances to fill a company’s need for profit,” McLaughlin said in his sentencing brief.

Source: National Post January 04, 2019 18:00 UTC