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DESCRIPTION:Seminar with Bethany Hastie\, doctoral candidate\, Institute of
  Comparative Law\, şÚÁϲ»´ňěČ University. Part of the Labour\, Migration and D
 evelopment Seminar Series\, presented by the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chai
 r in Public International Law and the Labour Law & Development Research La
 boratory.  Abstract  Temporary Foreign Worker Programs [TFWPs] in Canada a
 re not a new phenomenon. However\, with exponentially increasing use of th
 is program\, continuous changes at the regulatory level in the past decade
 \, and burgeoning literature critical of the TFWPs\, it is quickly becomin
 g a topic of significant and contentious debate in Canadian law and policy
 . This presentation will engage in a critical inquiry of the TFWPs\, exami
 ning how the regulatory structure of these Programs contributes to a state
  of unfreedom for migrant workers.  Beginning with an exploration of the u
 nderlying context in which low-skill labour migration occurs\, as dependen
 t on the creation and sustenance of a migrant economy in which differentia
 l rights are normalized and migrants are systematically excluded from soci
 al\, political and legal belonging\, this presentation will expose a lands
 cape which produces conditions for unfreedom. Building from this context\,
  the regulatory structure of the TFWPs\, and specific measures under the p
 rograms which produce conditions of unfreedom for migrant workers will be 
 examined\, including: the employer-specific work permit\; limits on partic
 ipation and time in Canada and the lack of access to permanent residency\;
  and\, jurisdictional limitations with respect to the regulation of employ
 ers and third-party recruiters.  Ultimately\, this presentation will argue
  that the regulatory regime governing the TFWPs operates largely at the ex
 pense of migrant workers’ rights\, creates mechanisms which produce precar
 iousness and dependence for both migrant workers and sending countries\, a
 nd fails to live up to the promise of the “triple win” scenario.  About th
 e speaker  Bethany Hastie is a doctoral candidate\, under the supervision 
 of Professor François Crépeau\, at the Institute of Comparative Law\, McGi
 ll University. She holds a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship\, and is a former O’B
 rien Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.
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LOCATION:NCDH 609\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36
 44 rue Peel
SUMMARY:Migrant Labour: Conditions for/of Unfreedom under Canada’s Temporar
 y Foreign Worker Programs
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 f-unfreedom-under-canada%E2%80%99s-temporary-foreign-worker-pro
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