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Cathy?

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What’s going on? I’m so worried
about the Indonesian women.

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Yeah, they're in trouble.

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They're really afraid.

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There's extortion happening.

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There are 23 workers involved
in all of this?

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No, there are more

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but 23 have called me,
and they say they want help.

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"Need meeting. Want help."

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I have a list of 23 workers.

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The other thing is they want
to meet in groups.

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They don't want to meet...

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Like, nobody trusts anybody.

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I see.

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It's really hard

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to communicate a group strategy.

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Two people said, okay,
we want to go to the cops.

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We want to go to the police,

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we want to tell them everything,
we don't care.

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Another group said,
don't go to the cops.

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Okay. I’ll bring some food for them

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and see if I can
make contact tonight.

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That's wonderful.

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Hello, Nanik?

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Nanik, It’s Evelyn.

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Hi, how are you?

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I’m in Leamington,
in the Superstore.

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Yeah, I’m here right now.

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Can you come to the Superstore,
or no?

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Okay, I’ll wait for you outside.

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Okay, bye.

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She lives across the way,

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but I guess I can’t go

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since they’re so vulnerable
right now.

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Because I don’t know
who else is there.

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That’s another thing
with Leamington,

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there are no safe spaces
to actually meet.

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The employers are everywhere,
you know?

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And there are about 7000
migrant workers here.

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Hello!

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So when you came to Canada,
did you have to pay?

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Yeah.

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How much money did you have to pay?

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Seven thousand.

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Seven thousand dollars.

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-To come to Canada?
-Yeah.

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That’s a lot of money.

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Yeah, I know.

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Pay agent every week.

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Every week?
How much?

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Maybe...

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$150,

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$190, $200.

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This agent takes the money
for himself?

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Yeah, cash.

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And all workers
have to pay that amount?

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Yeah.

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What happens if you say
to the agent,

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“No, I’m not going to pay you.”

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I afraid.

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What happens?

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-I afraid.
-You're afraid?

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Yeah.

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What do you think could happen?

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I don't know.

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I’m really frustrated because

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there are so many details
I wanted to get

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but I didn’t have the language

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to really ask them all the questions
that I wanted to.

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After 10 or 11 years,
Leamington is still ground zero for

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the temporary farm worker program
here in Ontario.

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It’s really hard to do this work
without trust

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and you have to constantly
build that trust.

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You constantly have
to cultivate that trust,

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and you have to do that
within a context

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of so much vulnerability.

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So it’s not easy.

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It’s going to be
an interesting season.

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So the women pay $6,500
to come from Indonesia.

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And approximately 30 %
of their payment of their gross pay,

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not net, their gross,

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is calculated per week.

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It is picked up by two people.

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They are paying back the loans

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that they took
in order to come to Canada.

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How many people are ready to go
in terms of resisting?

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They’re all ready to resist,

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but they need to know

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that they’re not going
to lose their jobs.

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Two workers stopped paying
and were fired.

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So that stood as an example
that if you don’t pay

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you’re going to get fired.

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Of course they say,
“If we lose our jobs,

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"we still have this debt
back home to pay.

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What will we do?”

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So that’s 30 % of their salary.

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First of all, they would like
to leave the housing,

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because there’s control
in the housing.

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They have to tell
when they’re leaving,

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who they’re going to talk to,
how long they’ve been out.

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I walk in and I have 2 or 3 people
on the phone

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texting that I’m there.

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And they said at work,
they’re texting.

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"We do something wrong,
we ask a question to the supervisor,

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"a text goes in.”

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So he’s got his eyes and ears
at the work

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and at the home.

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They need to be able
to have housing that they live in

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where they’re not under surveillance

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and they don’t feel coercion,

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and someone doesn’t show up
on a Thursday asking for money.

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The Indonesian workers
were brought to Canada

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and then once they arrive here,

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they are in a state that is akin
to debt bondage.

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They are paying back,
at a minimum wage salary,

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a debt that they would not make
in several years in Indonesia.

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When the women ask what it is,
they're told it’s a management fee.

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And if the women don’t pay,

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they've been told,
“Well, then you have to go.”

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They would have to return
to Indonesia,

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to face this incredible debt

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that they’ve taken in order
to come to Canada.

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I was told by one of
The Recruiter's relatives

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that if you go and work in Canada,

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you could send money back home,

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at least $2500 a month.

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The Recruiter said that if we went,
we'd have a high salary,

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higher than in Korea, Taiwan,
Hong Kong.

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I heard about it in Indonesia
and I was interested.

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But I only met The Recruiter
when I arrived here.

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In Jakarta, we only talked to him
through the Internet,

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at The Recruiter's mother's house.

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The cost I paid to come here

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was about $7000.

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I paid about $4500

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in cash.

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So I still have
about $2500 to pay off.

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We already felt back in Indonesia

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that there was something strange
about the whole process.

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We were told before we left

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that we would be interviewed
by the Canadian embassy.

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We were given a script
and told to memorize the answers

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because all the answers
had to match.

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One of the questions

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was about how much money we paid
to come to Canada.

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We were told to say,
"We paid nothing."

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The employer who’s hiring the worker

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is responsible
for any recruitment fees,

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and for the airfare
and the transportation costs

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for that worker.

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So they would hire
a labour broker or recruiter

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to act as the middle person,

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but what we’re seeing are recruiters
who’d say,

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“I will get you so many workers,

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"you don’t have to pay me.”

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So the question then is
where are those fees coming from?

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Fees are coming from the workers.

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The worker is bearing costs
that the company should be bearing.

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I thought that coming to Canada
would make my life a lot better.

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But the deductions are a lot more

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than they said they would be.

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Every week, 15% of my cheque
goes to The Recruiter for the loan,

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and another 15% goes
to The Recruiter for rent,

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and then another $30 a week
goes to the employer, also for rent.

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I pay between $100
and $200 every week.

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I have two children.

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My eldest, a boy, is 16 years old

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and in his first year
of high school.

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My second is a girl.
She's seven years old.

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Hello?

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Peace be upon you.

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Peace be upon you.

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Where are you going, dear?

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What dress are you wearing?

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Reza, can you watch your sister?

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I'm waiting for her
to finish her breakfast.

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Is Reza going to the beach as well?

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No.

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Bring extra clothes
in case she gets wet.

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She likes to play in the water.

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She doesn't want to.

00:11:01.833 --> 00:11:05.875
She only wants to wear that dress.

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Who's that?

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With Reza wearing that helmet,
I didn't realize it was him.

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I don't even recognize my own son!

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Not too fast, Reza,
you have your sister with you.

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Go slow, no speeding.

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Don't speed.

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Hold tight to your brother.

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Be careful, hold tight.

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I think about you, Nanik,

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and I don't know what to do.

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I keep wondering
what we're searching for in life.

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Why live like this?

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Isn't it better to accept life
as it is?

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We have to think about
when we can be together again.

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That's my plan, that's what I want.

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This is a celebration
of Mother's Day,

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of the Justicia group,

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and of the migrant community
here in Leamington.

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So thank you all for coming.

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Many years ago,
we formed a volunteer group

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called Justice for Migrant Workers,

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and we started here in Leamington.

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We do a lot of political
and legal work

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to try to make sure that people

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aren’t mistreated
or treated with disrespect.

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And we also try to raise awareness

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to try to make sure that
the laws in our society

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protect migrant workers
as equal as Canadians.

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For hundreds of years,

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people have had to leave
their homes to find work.

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And I can't imagine
the kinds of feelings,

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how it feels in your heart

00:12:54.750 --> 00:12:58.625
to be away from your children
on a day like this.

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But you've rallied together
as mothers to support each other,

00:13:02.833 --> 00:13:05.500
and that's beautiful and powerful.

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We’re going to this one farm
that is known to have

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really horrible living conditions
for workers.

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Housing is a huge problem
for migrant farm workers.

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Workers can’t complain
about the housing

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because then they could
lose their jobs.

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But the main thing is
to make contact with the workers,

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establish connections.

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Hello.

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Hi, nice to meet you.

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Hi.

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We came to visit because
we work with migrant workers.

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What work do you do here?

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Work with vegetables.

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So tomatoes?

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Tomatoes, peppers...

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And what do you think
of your living situation?

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I don't want to say much because
I feel like the bosses are watching.

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This isn't a house, it's a garage.

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Yeah, it's a garage.

00:14:12.583 --> 00:14:14.833
When we go home,

00:14:14.916 --> 00:14:21.666
they use it to store the boss's
tools and gardening equipment.

00:14:23.208 --> 00:14:24.708
And how many bathrooms?

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Just three.

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For how many people?

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Twenty-six.

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Oh, my God.

00:14:33.375 --> 00:14:35.416
The foreman tells us it's fine.

00:14:36.125 --> 00:14:39.041
But the houses have to be inspected

00:14:39.125 --> 00:14:41.875
by city officials.

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They've done inspections.

00:14:44.416 --> 00:14:46.750
-Here?
-Right here.

00:14:46.833 --> 00:14:48.083
And what did they say?

00:14:48.166 --> 00:14:49.583
That it's fine.

00:14:50.125 --> 00:14:52.041
They say that this is fine?

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Excuse me, I'm just going
through here.

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Twenty-six...

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All the houses
are warehouses like this.

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This is still the best one.

00:15:09.541 --> 00:15:10.750
This is the best one?

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Oh, my God.

00:15:13.125 --> 00:15:16.666
There are 36 men in the other house.

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You come here with a visa
and everything,

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thinking that you'll have
the same rights as Canadians.

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But how can they say we're the same?

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It's about rights and obligations.

00:15:37.958 --> 00:15:40.250
Canadians are encouraged
to think of the country

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as a land of immigrants,

00:15:41.916 --> 00:15:44.041
but that view may need
some fine-tuning

00:15:44.125 --> 00:15:46.166
because last year Canada allowed in

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more temporary foreign workers
than immigrants.

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It’s a significant shift
in immigration policy,

00:15:51.708 --> 00:15:53.208
and according to a new study,

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many such workers are vulnerable
to abuse by their employers

00:15:56.416 --> 00:16:00.041
because Canada’s laws offer
them so little protection.

00:16:00.125 --> 00:16:01.916
Those threats of being fired,

00:16:02.000 --> 00:16:04.041
those threats of being deported
are real.

00:16:04.125 --> 00:16:05.833
You know what workers have told me?

00:16:05.916 --> 00:16:08.291
Employers tell them,
“We own you.”

00:16:08.375 --> 00:16:09.541
How are the migrant workers

00:16:09.625 --> 00:16:12.125
and the temporary foreign workers
being treated now?

00:16:12.458 --> 00:16:15.791
Over the years we’ve talked about
various kinds of abuses.

00:16:15.875 --> 00:16:18.375
Migrant workers have died
in farms and fields,

00:16:18.458 --> 00:16:22.875
they’ve been abused in employer’s
homes and in restaurants, etc.

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Tell me a bit about the number
of workers that you have documented?

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You have many workers
having curfews,

00:16:29.083 --> 00:16:32.166
having their passports confiscated
and other documents.

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We have made delegations
to politicians

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with migrant workers themselves
and talked about these situations,

00:16:37.375 --> 00:16:39.333
and no action whatsoever.

00:16:39.416 --> 00:16:41.166
These scams have been going on
for a long time.

00:16:41.250 --> 00:16:42.666
Is word at least getting out?

00:16:42.750 --> 00:16:45.333
Is there anything more
that can be done

00:16:45.416 --> 00:16:47.500
to educate people
in their home countries

00:16:47.583 --> 00:16:49.625
so that when they come here
they’re not in this awful trap

00:16:49.708 --> 00:16:51.541
of having to pay back...
How much in wages?

00:16:51.625 --> 00:16:53.541
What they’re being charged

00:16:53.625 --> 00:16:56.750
is up to 12 or 15 thousand dollars
in Canadian dollars.

00:16:56.833 --> 00:16:58.458
They’re not making
more than that here.

00:16:58.541 --> 00:17:00.416
No, they’re making minimum wage.

00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:02.708
Our laws treat people differently.

00:17:02.791 --> 00:17:04.000
People are indentured,

00:17:04.083 --> 00:17:05.833
which means they're tied
to an employer,

00:17:05.916 --> 00:17:08.750
they pay into unemployment insurance
but cannot receive access to it.

00:17:08.833 --> 00:17:14.833
They cannot have access to welfare
or to any form of social assistance.

00:17:14.916 --> 00:17:16.708
The provincial laws and federal laws

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are what construct
migrant workers’ vulnerability.

00:17:26.291 --> 00:17:27.916
So, did everybody pay fees?

00:17:28.333 --> 00:17:29.458
Did you all pay fees?

00:17:31.041 --> 00:17:32.458
Yeah.

00:17:32.541 --> 00:17:34.666
Was it different from your idea

00:17:34.791 --> 00:17:37.583
of working in Indonesia
when you came here to Canada?

00:17:38.250 --> 00:17:41.958
The job wasn't a lie
but the pay was different.

00:17:42.041 --> 00:17:46.583
I was promised I would make
$3000 to $3500 a month.

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I have a problem.

00:17:49.833 --> 00:17:53.541
I've had two meetings with both
the owner and The Recruiter.

00:17:53.958 --> 00:17:56.625
I met them two days ago
and they asked for my passport.

00:17:56.708 --> 00:17:58.916
They asked for it again today.

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They said they should
hold it for me.

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Do you think it is legal

00:18:05.791 --> 00:18:10.000
for the boss or your recruiter
to have your passport?

00:18:10.666 --> 00:18:12.416
No.

00:18:12.500 --> 00:18:13.500
Why?

00:18:14.458 --> 00:18:19.791
Because my passport is mine,
it belongs to me.

00:18:20.666 --> 00:18:23.791
The bosses will threaten
to send people home.

00:18:23.875 --> 00:18:25.125
The bosses will threaten

00:18:25.208 --> 00:18:29.041
to not renew your labour market
opinions, your LMOs.

00:18:29.125 --> 00:18:32.166
What’s happening here
isn’t happening to one person

00:18:32.250 --> 00:18:34.125
but it’s happening
to hundreds of people.

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To workers from Thailand,
workers from Philippines,

00:18:37.333 --> 00:18:39.833
workers from Guatemala,
workers from Honduras.

00:18:39.916 --> 00:18:43.166
There has been hundred and hundreds
if not thousands of people

00:18:43.250 --> 00:18:45.750
who have gone through
the same problem.

00:18:55.458 --> 00:18:58.833
My mother isn't from a rich family.

00:19:00.958 --> 00:19:02.791
She taught me

00:19:03.166 --> 00:19:06.916
not to rely on sympathy from others.

00:19:09.583 --> 00:19:11.625
You have to work hard,

00:19:11.708 --> 00:19:14.791
because money
doesn't fall from the sky.

00:19:16.166 --> 00:19:21.166
She's relieved
that I'm here in Canada.

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The money I make
is to help my mom out.

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-You wanna send money?
-Yeah. Indonesia.

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How much you want to send?

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$250.

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$250 to Indonesia, right?

00:19:40.916 --> 00:19:41.791
Right.

00:19:43.708 --> 00:19:45.541
It's $260 with everything.

00:19:47.125 --> 00:19:48.250
Can I take?

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And on the card, $70.

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It's saying "not approved."

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Insufficient funds.

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Not enough?

00:20:19.416 --> 00:20:21.916
Nobody wants to live a hard life.

00:20:22.083 --> 00:20:27.666
I may have a hard life now,
but I have plans for my future.

00:20:28.958 --> 00:20:31.791
I won't stay in Leamington forever.

00:20:32.750 --> 00:20:35.291
I have to work hard

00:20:35.375 --> 00:20:40.250
to pay off my debt
and to save something.

00:20:43.541 --> 00:20:45.541
In order to bring you to Canada,

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your employer had to complete
an application

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and prove to the government

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that they couldn’t find
a Canadian worker to do your job.

00:20:54.583 --> 00:20:57.208
That application that he completed

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was a request for a labour market
opinion, or an LMO.

00:21:03.458 --> 00:21:05.375
Here, can I take a look?

00:21:08.875 --> 00:21:10.708
This is your contract.

00:21:11.625 --> 00:21:13.708
Did you get a copy in Indonesian?

00:21:14.541 --> 00:21:15.583
No.

00:21:16.791 --> 00:21:18.958
All in English. No Indonesian.

00:21:19.041 --> 00:21:21.583
They never got a copy in Indonesian?

00:21:21.666 --> 00:21:24.875
No, that’s why they don’t understand
what’s written there.

00:21:24.958 --> 00:21:26.416
Oh my goodness, okay.

00:21:26.500 --> 00:21:29.958
So I’m gonna show you here,
can you translate this?

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When the current employer
brought them to Canada,

00:21:32.875 --> 00:21:36.291
that employer agreed
to pay for their airfare.

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:39.875
The employer agrees to assume
the transportation costs

00:21:39.958 --> 00:21:42.708
of the temporary foreign workers’
round-trip travel

00:21:42.791 --> 00:21:46.083
between country of origin
and the location of work in Canada.

00:21:46.458 --> 00:21:50.791
I have evidence from The Recruiter
on my cell phone.

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He texted me in Indonesia

00:21:55.625 --> 00:21:58.208
telling me to transfer
the money to him.

00:21:59.000 --> 00:22:01.458
Transfer the money for what?
For the air ticket?

00:22:01.750 --> 00:22:04.708
Your contract says
the air ticket is paid.

00:22:05.833 --> 00:22:09.541
Aside from the ticket,
what was all this other money for?

00:22:09.625 --> 00:22:14.250
For my visa, etc.
$6000 in total.

00:22:14.958 --> 00:22:18.000
We were told,
in both Indonesia and Toronto,

00:22:18.083 --> 00:22:23.041
that people who didn't comply
would be sent back to Indonesia.

00:22:23.125 --> 00:22:26.375
The Recruiter
always threatens us with that.

00:22:42.958 --> 00:22:45.250
How much is this?

00:22:46.500 --> 00:22:49.083
One of the other workers
collects it.

00:22:49.166 --> 00:22:51.458
He's part of The Recruiter's crew.

00:22:52.041 --> 00:22:54.708
We get paid every Thursday.

00:22:55.125 --> 00:23:00.000
Even if we get home late,
like at 10pm,

00:23:00.291 --> 00:23:04.541
they'll come by at 11pm or midnight.

00:23:05.416 --> 00:23:07.125
He knocks on each door and says,

00:23:07.208 --> 00:23:09.625
"Payment due."

00:23:12.208 --> 00:23:15.375
If we don't follow the rules
and pay the full amount,

00:23:15.458 --> 00:23:17.375
they'll send us home.

00:23:17.750 --> 00:23:20.750
The Recruiter stated that clearly.

00:23:34.125 --> 00:23:35.958
-Hello?
-Hi May, this is Cathy.

00:23:36.166 --> 00:23:38.750
I was given your phone number
from Claudia.

00:23:39.791 --> 00:23:41.916
Yes, Cathy.
What are you looking for?

00:23:42.041 --> 00:23:44.916
We have two women,
so it could be a one-bedroom

00:23:45.458 --> 00:23:49.541
that they share, or a two-bedroom,
depending on price.

00:23:50.041 --> 00:23:51.583
What do they do for a living?

00:23:51.666 --> 00:23:53.708
They both work in packing.

00:23:54.375 --> 00:23:56.083
Packing for green houses, yeah.

00:23:56.666 --> 00:23:59.208
Their contract is for
a couple of years,

00:23:59.333 --> 00:24:02.083
so they’ll be stable and...

00:24:02.458 --> 00:24:03.625
Yeah.

00:24:04.125 --> 00:24:06.041
-That’s Philippean, right?
-Indonesian.

00:24:06.583 --> 00:24:07.916
-Indonesian?
-Yeah.

00:24:08.916 --> 00:24:09.916
Like Chinese.

00:24:11.208 --> 00:24:12.208
No.

00:24:14.666 --> 00:24:17.500
What are they like, Portuguese?

00:24:17.958 --> 00:24:19.375
Portuguese?

00:24:19.833 --> 00:24:22.125
Do they look like Portuguese,
Indonesians?

00:24:22.208 --> 00:24:25.291
Do they look like...
I don’t know.

00:24:25.666 --> 00:24:27.291
They speak English, right?

00:24:27.875 --> 00:24:31.416
They speak a little English,
enough for me to communicate.

00:24:31.958 --> 00:24:33.875
Okay, no problem.

00:24:35.583 --> 00:24:37.916
Here’s 24,
so it’s a little bit more.

00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:39.625
A little bit farther.

00:24:45.041 --> 00:24:47.875
Is this the only way in?
Down this dark ally?

00:24:48.291 --> 00:24:49.375
Yes.

00:24:53.208 --> 00:24:56.041
And it’s got the fridge
and stove already, wonderful.

00:24:57.000 --> 00:24:58.625
And a closet.

00:24:59.916 --> 00:25:03.500
And then we get a view
of the street.

00:25:06.083 --> 00:25:08.375
-It's $750?
-Was it 750 or 650?

00:25:08.458 --> 00:25:09.583
$750.

00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:13.875
We’ll talk about it.

00:25:13.958 --> 00:25:15.791
Yes?
Okay.

00:25:18.416 --> 00:25:20.083
Did you like the place?

00:25:20.166 --> 00:25:22.666
I like, but expensive.

00:25:22.750 --> 00:25:23.791
Expensive? Okay.

00:25:23.875 --> 00:25:27.791
If that’s too high
then we just keep looking.

00:25:29.250 --> 00:25:32.375
If it’s too much,
we keep looking for other places.

00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:37.208
Today, I pay $150.

00:25:37.291 --> 00:25:39.208
-Today you paid?
-Yeah.

00:25:40.833 --> 00:25:43.291
-Okay. Receipt?
-No receipt.

00:25:44.375 --> 00:25:47.333
Yeti, $165.

00:25:47.416 --> 00:25:48.875
$165.

00:25:52.625 --> 00:25:54.250
See you tomorrow, then.

00:25:54.333 --> 00:25:55.625
Okay, good.

00:25:57.791 --> 00:26:00.791
I don’t know anything other
than what the workers tell me,

00:26:01.375 --> 00:26:05.333
but I do know that
according to the workers,

00:26:05.416 --> 00:26:07.416
and all the paperwork
they’ve shown me,

00:26:07.500 --> 00:26:09.583
there’s a significant amount
of money that’s being collected

00:26:09.666 --> 00:26:10.708
and has been collected.

00:26:11.750 --> 00:26:14.708
And many workers
are very, very, afraid.

00:26:15.708 --> 00:26:18.708
Very quickly in this community
and other communities,

00:26:18.791 --> 00:26:22.625
people have become very wealthy
by exploiting the workers.

00:26:22.708 --> 00:26:24.041
By taking their money.

00:26:24.541 --> 00:26:26.375
So there’s a lot of money at stake

00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:28.458
and when money’s at stake

00:26:29.458 --> 00:26:32.208
for certain parties
and that’s threatened,

00:26:33.125 --> 00:26:36.291
it can be problematic.
So yeah.

00:26:37.208 --> 00:26:39.791
Are you afraid he’s going
to hurt you physically?

00:26:39.875 --> 00:26:42.041
No. Not at all.

00:26:48.708 --> 00:26:51.333
I’m not sure what my fear is,

00:26:51.416 --> 00:26:54.000
but I’m feeling afraid right now.

00:27:03.041 --> 00:27:04.291
Two bedroom.

00:27:04.375 --> 00:27:07.125
$666 per month, two bedrooms.

00:27:07.583 --> 00:27:10.666
Some of the Filipino workers
live in this building

00:27:10.750 --> 00:27:13.125
and they’re very happy.

00:27:13.500 --> 00:27:14.791
Electric included?

00:27:15.666 --> 00:27:17.833
Electricity included for $800.

00:27:19.041 --> 00:27:21.625
An apartment with two bedrooms.

00:27:24.083 --> 00:27:25.500
Here we are.

00:27:25.750 --> 00:27:29.416
Okay, ready?
Let's go.

00:27:37.375 --> 00:27:38.375
Hi.

00:27:38.458 --> 00:27:41.375
We’re standing outside
but we don’t know what unit.

00:27:44.541 --> 00:27:45.833
So you like this apartment?

00:27:45.916 --> 00:27:49.041
Yes, I like it
because it's very clean,

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.625
circulation, air good.

00:27:52.750 --> 00:27:54.750
Because you live in a house
with how many people?

00:27:54.833 --> 00:27:58.458
Sixteen people live in one house.

00:27:59.500 --> 00:28:02.291
So I'm happy. Very, very happy.

00:28:02.583 --> 00:28:03.958
Now happy.

00:28:04.041 --> 00:28:05.083
Free.

00:28:05.291 --> 00:28:06.708
Free and happy.

00:28:10.875 --> 00:28:14.208
I think when The Recruiter
sees me change houses,

00:28:14.916 --> 00:28:16.500
I think angry.

00:28:17.166 --> 00:28:18.750
But I don't care.

00:28:37.541 --> 00:28:39.375
Home sweet home.

00:28:40.125 --> 00:28:41.916
Feels good.

00:28:45.625 --> 00:28:48.916
I'm the first person that moved
out of their house.

00:28:54.125 --> 00:28:56.000
I'm so disappointed.

00:28:56.083 --> 00:29:01.916
We had to pay $125 every two weeks
for rent. It's a lot of money.

00:29:04.500 --> 00:29:06.708
This is a picture of The Recruiter.

00:29:09.583 --> 00:29:11.750
The house was full of cockroaches.

00:29:13.208 --> 00:29:15.625
I complained to The Recruiter,

00:29:15.708 --> 00:29:18.083
I asked to switch apartments,

00:29:18.166 --> 00:29:20.166
but nothing happened.

00:29:21.500 --> 00:29:23.375
If I knew it was going
to be like this,

00:29:23.458 --> 00:29:25.333
I never would have come.

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:28.083
Cockroaches.

00:29:29.583 --> 00:29:31.750
So many cockroaches.

00:29:33.958 --> 00:29:36.583
More cockroaches.

00:30:01.250 --> 00:30:03.583
Rent, $30.

00:30:05.250 --> 00:30:09.500
Every week, $30 for rent.

00:30:14.625 --> 00:30:16.708
I don't live there anymore,

00:30:16.791 --> 00:30:19.250
so why is the company
still taking this deduction?

00:30:21.166 --> 00:30:25.458
I asked to meet with the boss
and made an appointment,

00:30:25.583 --> 00:30:29.666
but he refused to see me.

00:30:34.750 --> 00:30:37.500
It's weird.
This is Canada,

00:30:37.666 --> 00:30:42.833
but the company makes us pay,
even though we don't live there.

00:30:49.125 --> 00:30:52.166
You were saying your friend
is getting married.

00:30:52.833 --> 00:30:55.583
Rahmi and Dwipa.

00:30:57.791 --> 00:31:01.500
This girl. But like boy.

00:31:03.333 --> 00:31:06.458
This Rahmi.
The Recruiter's family.

00:31:07.083 --> 00:31:08.625
They're getting married.

00:31:08.708 --> 00:31:11.791
In Indonesia, cannot marry.

00:31:22.750 --> 00:31:25.916
Will you wear the ring now,
or after the wedding?

00:31:26.625 --> 00:31:30.250
I don't know.
Oh, my God!

00:31:31.416 --> 00:31:33.083
The Recruiter now...

00:31:33.166 --> 00:31:36.791
maybe him angry, so angry.

00:31:37.916 --> 00:31:40.250
-Are you afraid, Dwipa?
-Yeah.

00:31:41.250 --> 00:31:44.083
Maybe I'm a little bit scared, yeah.

00:31:44.666 --> 00:31:48.500
My love strong,
but Rahmi not strong!

00:31:50.041 --> 00:31:52.375
Little bit, little bit scared.

00:31:52.458 --> 00:31:54.500
Little bit, little bit sad.

00:31:54.958 --> 00:31:56.208
Not good.

00:31:56.791 --> 00:31:58.833
We're all Indonesian, but

00:31:59.125 --> 00:32:02.750
me Java, this Bima, this Bali.

00:32:03.166 --> 00:32:04.291
Very, very...

00:32:06.750 --> 00:32:07.875
different.

00:32:09.791 --> 00:32:12.291
Different life, different culture.

00:32:13.083 --> 00:32:15.541
Different religion.

00:32:15.791 --> 00:32:19.000
Me Hindu and Rahmi Muslim.

00:32:20.791 --> 00:32:22.833
When you come to Bali,

00:32:23.750 --> 00:32:26.125
and my parents say,
"But you're Muslim?"

00:32:26.208 --> 00:32:28.000
What will you say?

00:32:30.791 --> 00:32:32.083
No comment.

00:32:33.583 --> 00:32:36.083
In three years,
I want to change my body.

00:32:36.166 --> 00:32:39.458
Go to Thailand,
maybe I change body there.

00:32:40.791 --> 00:32:42.333
I come back to my country...

00:32:43.666 --> 00:32:45.666
-You wanna change your body?
-Yeah.

00:32:45.791 --> 00:32:47.708
You want to transition.

00:32:47.791 --> 00:32:49.250
Transgender.

00:32:49.583 --> 00:32:51.458
Yeah, I want transgender.

00:32:51.958 --> 00:32:54.083
I want to change my body.

00:32:54.625 --> 00:32:56.750
Are you sure?

00:32:57.916 --> 00:33:01.166
You can get big trouble.

00:33:03.916 --> 00:33:06.666
I'll stop working at 40.

00:33:06.833 --> 00:33:09.125
My kids will be in kindergarten,

00:33:09.250 --> 00:33:11.333
and I'll open a business.

00:33:11.750 --> 00:33:15.000
I can watch my kids grow up.

00:33:15.083 --> 00:33:17.250
That's my dream.

00:33:17.375 --> 00:33:18.541
In Bali?

00:33:18.625 --> 00:33:21.291
Yeah, I'll have a peaceful life

00:33:21.375 --> 00:33:25.166
when I'm 40
and my kids are in school.

00:33:41.791 --> 00:33:44.416
Rahmi's agent is The Recruiter,

00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:46.250
but I have a different agent.

00:33:46.625 --> 00:33:48.791
My agent said that
when we get to Canada,

00:33:48.875 --> 00:33:53.041
she's going to take $500 a month

00:33:53.125 --> 00:33:54.958
as payment toward our loans.

00:33:55.375 --> 00:33:57.750
But when we got here,

00:33:57.833 --> 00:34:01.375
we were told to pay $700 a month.

00:34:03.041 --> 00:34:04.875
We decided to stop paying.

00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.958
We only paid for 12 months.

00:34:10.750 --> 00:34:12.625
My agent came to the farm

00:34:12.916 --> 00:34:16.625
and told us to be careful.

00:34:17.250 --> 00:34:21.208
I was afraid that she knew
people in the government

00:34:21.291 --> 00:34:24.166
and when the time came
to renew our contract,

00:34:24.250 --> 00:34:27.541
she might interfere
and have it cancelled.

00:35:19.250 --> 00:35:23.083
This week I got 40 hours of work,
but last week

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:27.250
it wasn't even 30 hours,
only 27.

00:35:28.166 --> 00:35:32.458
Arrive at 10am or 1pm,
get sent home at 3pm.

00:35:33.666 --> 00:35:35.000
It’s not enough.

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:37.875
I need to live, I need food.

00:35:38.625 --> 00:35:41.333
And I can’t send money home.

00:35:42.333 --> 00:35:45.625
What’s the point of working
so far from home?

00:35:48.083 --> 00:35:51.166
I stood up to The Recruiter,

00:35:51.250 --> 00:35:53.666
and I’m being punished
because of that.

00:35:58.041 --> 00:36:00.208
So what should I do now?

00:36:00.916 --> 00:36:03.375
I’m not here to relax,

00:36:03.458 --> 00:36:06.375
I’m here to work.

00:36:32.333 --> 00:36:35.625
I want to understand
exactly what happened?

00:36:35.708 --> 00:36:39.000
What exactly caused you
to be sent home?

00:36:39.375 --> 00:36:41.500
For Neji, he's injured.

00:36:41.875 --> 00:36:45.291
The supervisor drive the forklift,

00:36:45.375 --> 00:36:49.625
and the door come down
to his... here.

00:36:51.416 --> 00:36:52.541
This is the door.

00:36:53.250 --> 00:36:55.666
You see?
This door come.

00:36:56.791 --> 00:36:59.791
The door is come quickly... here.

00:37:00.791 --> 00:37:02.541
The pain is here.

00:37:02.625 --> 00:37:05.666
Now when he go to Toronto,

00:37:05.750 --> 00:37:08.666
the doctor say for him,
“You need operation.”

00:37:08.750 --> 00:37:10.708
“You can’t work anymore.”

00:37:10.916 --> 00:37:13.041
And they are angry. You know why?

00:37:13.125 --> 00:37:14.750
Because Neji is not work.

00:37:15.666 --> 00:37:17.916
And they want Neji to work.

00:37:18.916 --> 00:37:21.666
So Neji was injured

00:37:21.750 --> 00:37:25.708
and then the company got angry
because he was on light duty,

00:37:25.791 --> 00:37:28.208
so they just told him to go home.

00:37:30.208 --> 00:37:32.625
This must be sounding familiar
to you.

00:37:32.708 --> 00:37:35.250
It sounds very like me
because I remember,

00:37:35.333 --> 00:37:37.458
when I spoke up for my rights,

00:37:38.083 --> 00:37:40.166
my contract was terminated.

00:37:40.541 --> 00:37:43.125
They call us names.
They call us very bad names.

00:37:43.208 --> 00:37:45.625
They call us monkeys,
you know?

00:37:45.708 --> 00:37:48.416
And I was the only person
who stood up

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:51.291
and said we cannot accept
that kind of name.

00:37:51.375 --> 00:37:53.833
And when I did that,
I automatically get fired.

00:37:53.916 --> 00:37:55.375
And I filed a case.

00:37:55.916 --> 00:37:59.833
One of the first person who ever
won a case like that in Canada.

00:38:00.708 --> 00:38:04.375
This is a big fight in this country
and around the world,

00:38:04.458 --> 00:38:06.750
and you’re in that fight
whether you like it or not

00:38:06.833 --> 00:38:08.000
because you’re here.

00:38:08.125 --> 00:38:10.208
But we want to fight that fight
with you.

00:38:10.333 --> 00:38:12.625
It doesn’t mean
that we’re going to win.

00:38:12.708 --> 00:38:15.666
But at least we're trying
to make sure this can change.

00:38:15.750 --> 00:38:17.458
If not for you guys, for others.

00:38:36.375 --> 00:38:39.458
Does Canada need
temporary foreign workers?

00:38:39.541 --> 00:38:43.000
Do they fill a valuable gap
in the labour market?

00:38:43.083 --> 00:38:45.958
And should those workers
who’ve been here a long time

00:38:46.041 --> 00:38:49.666
be given an opportunity
for permanent resident status?

00:38:49.833 --> 00:38:52.833
I think the quality
of the migrant people

00:38:52.916 --> 00:38:55.625
that are being brought
over is a big issue.

00:38:56.250 --> 00:38:58.041
Who are these people?

00:38:58.125 --> 00:39:00.583
I blame this on the corporate greed.

00:39:00.666 --> 00:39:03.958
They say, “No one is gonna work
for this amount of money.”

00:39:04.041 --> 00:39:08.041
The truth is, they’d rather pay
a foreign worker $10 an hour.

00:39:08.500 --> 00:39:11.250
I have a lot of friends
that live in Leamington.

00:39:11.333 --> 00:39:14.083
They will not go to certain bars
for a drink

00:39:14.166 --> 00:39:17.541
because the migrants
have taken these bars over.

00:39:18.083 --> 00:39:21.166
We care where they’re from,
we care what they look like.

00:39:21.250 --> 00:39:23.416
We care because they’re not us.

00:39:23.500 --> 00:39:27.416
If they were coming from England,
if they were coming from Australia,

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:29.791
if they were coming
from the United States,

00:39:29.875 --> 00:39:32.166
nobody would say, “boo.”

00:39:40.500 --> 00:39:43.041
What kind of dress do you want?

00:39:46.208 --> 00:39:48.583
I’m not used to wearing high heels.

00:39:49.875 --> 00:39:51.833
It’s too much.

00:39:56.166 --> 00:39:58.166
What about this?

00:40:02.625 --> 00:40:04.833
We can add a scarf.

00:40:14.875 --> 00:40:16.583
I like this.

00:40:21.666 --> 00:40:23.250
What about this?

00:40:24.666 --> 00:40:27.125
Don’t buy anything too expensive.

00:40:28.250 --> 00:40:30.083
We still need to buy the dress.

00:40:30.166 --> 00:40:31.958
But this is forever.

00:40:32.041 --> 00:40:33.791
I know. But what if I get fat?

00:40:34.791 --> 00:40:36.958
Your finger will still be
the same size.

00:40:46.833 --> 00:40:48.666
Do you feel relieved now?

00:40:48.750 --> 00:40:49.916
Yeah.

00:40:50.708 --> 00:40:53.708
It’s your turn next, on Wednesday.

00:40:56.458 --> 00:40:58.583
Even though

00:40:59.791 --> 00:41:02.166
we don’t have our parents
and family here,

00:41:02.250 --> 00:41:04.250
it’s still incredible.

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:08.291
I’m proud of myself.

00:41:08.541 --> 00:41:12.083
I can get married on my own.

00:41:21.875 --> 00:41:23.708
It’s so, so pretty.

00:41:23.833 --> 00:41:25.083
It’s elegant.

00:41:26.083 --> 00:41:27.083
Simple.

00:41:29.291 --> 00:41:31.833
It’s nice and it’s modest
and elegant.

00:41:33.708 --> 00:41:34.750
Beautiful.

00:41:35.625 --> 00:41:38.291
That’s lovely!
We’ll dress it up even more.

00:41:38.791 --> 00:41:40.375
Good job.

00:41:40.458 --> 00:41:42.833
Okay, so this is what I wanted
to ask about

00:41:42.916 --> 00:41:44.833
and maybe
you’ve thought this all through.

00:41:45.833 --> 00:41:47.291
You’re here temporarily,

00:41:47.375 --> 00:41:50.833
and the most under the program
you’re in is for four years.

00:41:50.958 --> 00:41:54.708
My question to you is:
if you were to go back,

00:41:55.375 --> 00:41:58.916
especially if you go back
to where your family is,

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:01.833
how would they respond
to the marriage?

00:42:02.583 --> 00:42:04.625
I looked it up on the internet.

00:42:04.708 --> 00:42:06.500
If you are a Hindu and a Muslim,

00:42:06.583 --> 00:42:09.250
they don’t allow those marriages
in Indonesia.

00:42:09.458 --> 00:42:12.250
So, will that be a problem
for you when you go back?

00:42:12.333 --> 00:42:13.416
I don't know.

00:42:14.291 --> 00:42:18.458
In Java it’s okay.
In Bali also okay.

00:42:19.750 --> 00:42:22.000
What about your family?

00:42:22.291 --> 00:42:23.500
I don't know.

00:42:25.625 --> 00:42:27.458
You’re taking a leap.

00:42:27.958 --> 00:42:30.041
Okay, the other question I have

00:42:30.125 --> 00:42:33.291
is if you’re going to have
the ceremony at the city hall

00:42:33.375 --> 00:42:35.250
and then you were to come back here,

00:42:35.333 --> 00:42:37.875
do you have any concerns about

00:42:38.875 --> 00:42:41.958
someone showing up
and not liking it, or disrupting it?

00:42:45.166 --> 00:42:47.375
Yeah, only The Recruiter.

00:42:47.875 --> 00:42:49.166
That’s my question.

00:42:49.250 --> 00:42:51.666
If he was to come here

00:42:53.416 --> 00:42:55.708
and you’re celebrating
the marriage ceremony,

00:42:55.791 --> 00:42:57.583
do you want me to do anything?

00:42:57.666 --> 00:42:59.458
Do you want me to ask him to leave?

00:42:59.541 --> 00:43:01.125
How do I respond?

00:43:02.291 --> 00:43:04.708
Maybe, him angry,

00:43:05.833 --> 00:43:07.250
call police.

00:43:07.541 --> 00:43:11.708
But this is my party.
You come happy, it’s okay.

00:43:12.333 --> 00:43:14.250
Sit down, eat.

00:43:14.541 --> 00:43:16.416
Talking with my friends, it’s okay,

00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:20.458
but if he comes angry,
I’ll call 911.

00:43:28.083 --> 00:43:32.375
They keep asking for my passport.

00:43:32.458 --> 00:43:36.416
I’m worried that
once I give them my passport,

00:43:36.625 --> 00:43:39.750
they’re not going to renew
my work permit,

00:43:39.833 --> 00:43:42.500
and instead they'll put me
on a plane home.

00:43:42.583 --> 00:43:44.916
That’s what I’m worried about.

00:43:45.458 --> 00:43:47.458
They said if I don’t have
my passport with me,

00:43:47.541 --> 00:43:50.416
if Immigration comes,
I’ll be arrested and sent home.

00:43:50.500 --> 00:43:54.750
They said my original passport
must be held by the company.

00:43:54.833 --> 00:43:59.000
Not doing so endangers the company.

00:43:59.791 --> 00:44:04.083
Why does the company
want my passport?

00:44:10.458 --> 00:44:12.625
What do you think
is going on with Umi?

00:44:12.750 --> 00:44:15.208
I think there’s a retaliation.

00:44:16.041 --> 00:44:18.666
Clearly, when you speak
with the other women,

00:44:21.250 --> 00:44:23.125
they will describe being called in

00:44:23.208 --> 00:44:26.333
and told that they’re not
to behave like Umi.

00:44:28.041 --> 00:44:29.958
Her job is certainly on the line,

00:44:30.041 --> 00:44:32.875
which also means
her status in Canada.

00:44:32.958 --> 00:44:35.958
I’m concerned she’s going
to be made an example of.

00:44:44.791 --> 00:44:48.250
Come in. You can go up
to this room right here.

00:44:50.791 --> 00:44:52.916
So why don’t I start curling
and I’ll curl it all.

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:55.791
And then if you want,
we can put a little bit of it up

00:44:55.875 --> 00:44:58.291
and then the rest
can be down in curls.

00:44:58.375 --> 00:45:00.166
-Is that okay?
-Yeah.

00:45:07.250 --> 00:45:08.875
Rahmi, I’m nervous that

00:45:08.958 --> 00:45:12.708
I’m not going to do a good job
and you’re going to be disappointed.

00:45:13.875 --> 00:45:15.000
I think it’s pretty

00:45:15.083 --> 00:45:17.416
but maybe it’s not what you want.
You tell me.

00:45:21.958 --> 00:45:23.208
Do you like it?

00:45:23.916 --> 00:45:24.958
Too curly?

00:45:25.083 --> 00:45:27.708
-I’d say take it out and re-curl it.
-I’m not re-curling it!

00:45:27.791 --> 00:45:30.125
-I’ll re-curl it.
-No, we don’t have time. It’s nice.

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:33.750
Mom, that’s what
it’s supposed to...

00:45:33.833 --> 00:45:35.291
To be like?
Okay, so do it.

00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:37.583
And we’ve got half an hour,

00:45:37.666 --> 00:45:39.250
but we’ve got to do make up.

00:45:39.333 --> 00:45:40.708
She knows more than me.

00:45:42.125 --> 00:45:43.791
It’s looking nice already.

00:45:44.416 --> 00:45:46.708
What if we were to braid
a little portion here

00:45:46.791 --> 00:45:48.375
and have that come out
in curls?

00:45:49.375 --> 00:45:50.666
You can say no to us.

00:45:51.041 --> 00:45:53.458
If you don’t like it you can say no,
we’re not offended.

00:45:53.541 --> 00:45:55.583
Whatever she thinks is good.

00:46:00.166 --> 00:46:02.166
You’re very brave to ask me to do this.

00:46:07.833 --> 00:46:09.125
Okay, now it’s good.

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:13.083
-It's not good?
-Mom, just let me do it!

00:46:13.208 --> 00:46:14.458
It's too much.

00:46:14.541 --> 00:46:16.333
If you don’t like it,
we can take it off.

00:46:16.625 --> 00:46:18.375
I look like a drag queen.

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:22.458
Cathy, you’re doing everything

00:46:22.541 --> 00:46:25.125
like if there was a wedding
in the 80’s.

00:46:26.958 --> 00:46:28.916
That's pretty.
It's very delicate.

00:46:34.083 --> 00:46:35.416
-Big?
-It’s big.

00:46:35.500 --> 00:46:40.166
It's a bit big. It’s big in here,
but it doesn’t look bad.

00:46:40.708 --> 00:46:43.000
But you can’t tell that it’s big.

00:46:43.083 --> 00:46:45.083
It looks like
you have big shoulders.

00:46:57.708 --> 00:46:59.833
We can go in our car
or your car.

00:46:59.916 --> 00:47:01.666
Yeah, they can go in your car.

00:47:04.458 --> 00:47:06.916
You can sit anywhere
in these chairs.

00:47:13.333 --> 00:47:14.583
Ready?

00:47:20.208 --> 00:47:21.875
Good afternoon everyone.

00:47:21.958 --> 00:47:25.875
On behalf on Lue and Rahmi,
we thank you for being here.

00:47:27.125 --> 00:47:30.916
With your presence,
you consent to their union,

00:47:31.041 --> 00:47:32.500
which is very special for them.

00:47:33.625 --> 00:47:36.208
Face each other and hold hands.

00:47:38.416 --> 00:47:40.416
-I, Rahmi,
-I, Rahmi,

00:47:41.291 --> 00:47:43.916
-take you, Lue Guday,
-take you, Lue Guday,

00:47:44.041 --> 00:47:46.375
-to be my lawful,
-to be my lawful,

00:47:46.458 --> 00:47:48.083
-wedded
-wedded

00:47:48.166 --> 00:47:50.250
-spouse.
-spouse?

00:47:51.916 --> 00:47:54.458
I will always love you.

00:47:54.541 --> 00:47:57.000
And this ring will be the symbol

00:47:57.083 --> 00:47:58.750
of my love.

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:00.541
Okay?

00:48:00.625 --> 00:48:01.750
Perfect!

00:48:02.333 --> 00:48:04.416
It is my honour and delight

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:07.208
to pronounce you
legally wedded spouses.

00:48:07.291 --> 00:48:09.541
They’re now legally married!

00:48:50.833 --> 00:48:52.166
I’m relieved.

00:48:53.541 --> 00:48:56.000
Actually, not really,

00:48:56.541 --> 00:49:00.291
since I have to explain it
to The Recruiter

00:49:00.416 --> 00:49:02.125
tomorrow at the farm.

00:49:03.291 --> 00:49:06.708
Maybe...I’m a little scared.

00:49:06.833 --> 00:49:09.750
We’ll do it on Tuesday.

00:49:11.666 --> 00:49:13.541
We’re not free yet.

00:49:24.708 --> 00:49:26.083
Canada is spelled,

00:49:26.166 --> 00:49:28.916
K-A-N-A-D-A.

00:49:30.541 --> 00:49:33.125
It starts with C not a K, a C.

00:49:35.000 --> 00:49:37.708
Amel wants to come to Canada.

00:49:41.875 --> 00:49:44.166
Should we take
the main street or the alley?

00:49:44.250 --> 00:49:45.500
The alley.

00:49:46.041 --> 00:49:48.458
Through the alley then.

00:49:51.916 --> 00:49:55.041
It’s really hot here.

00:50:01.666 --> 00:50:03.625
You want to see the front
or the back yard?

00:50:03.708 --> 00:50:05.625
Both, please.

00:50:18.125 --> 00:50:19.875
I can’t see your nose, dear.

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:21.666
I can only see the leaves.

00:50:22.416 --> 00:50:25.208
That’s better.
You’re so pretty when you smile.

00:50:32.583 --> 00:50:34.541
One more thing...

00:50:35.416 --> 00:50:36.291
What?

00:50:36.375 --> 00:50:39.041
Be careful with the money.

00:50:40.583 --> 00:50:42.500
Don’t spend too much money.

00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:46.500
I only take a little
for pocket money.

00:50:46.583 --> 00:50:49.416
But try to spend
as little as you can.

00:50:50.083 --> 00:50:52.833
Please save the money
for the children first.

00:50:53.083 --> 00:50:54.750
Amel’s money.

00:51:02.083 --> 00:51:03.250
Bye.

00:51:04.041 --> 00:51:05.250
See you.

00:51:06.708 --> 00:51:08.250
-Peace be upon you.
-And upon you.

00:51:19.416 --> 00:51:23.500
Last night I called,
and there’s a place we can see.

00:51:23.583 --> 00:51:26.000
Do you still want
to see the apartment?

00:51:27.916 --> 00:51:29.833
We’re not going to move.

00:51:30.458 --> 00:51:32.041
We’re staying.

00:51:32.833 --> 00:51:35.916
I just paid $250 yesterday

00:51:36.666 --> 00:51:38.166
and that’s the last one.

00:51:38.250 --> 00:51:39.291
Our debt is paid.

00:51:39.375 --> 00:51:42.250
Now we just pay the The Recruiter
for rent and transportation.

00:51:42.333 --> 00:51:46.208
But the $6500
that she just finished paying off,

00:51:46.291 --> 00:51:49.416
that amount was prohibited
by the contracts.

00:51:49.958 --> 00:51:53.208
I’m upset, but what can I do?

00:51:53.291 --> 00:51:55.250
We’re already here.

00:51:55.333 --> 00:51:58.125
Like it or not, I have to do it.

00:51:58.250 --> 00:52:02.000
As long as I work hard,
I’ll earn the money back

00:52:02.083 --> 00:52:06.541
and send as much as I can
back to Indonesia.

00:52:15.583 --> 00:52:17.250
Rahmi, my dear

00:52:17.333 --> 00:52:21.541
You’re always in my dreams

00:52:22.041 --> 00:52:28.750
Rahmi, my dear
You’re the only one I adore

00:52:29.375 --> 00:52:33.541
If I go
I just wanna be with you

00:52:36.250 --> 00:52:40.541
Rahmi, my dear
I love you

00:52:40.625 --> 00:52:44.416
Why are you changing the words?

00:52:46.708 --> 00:52:48.708
I just changed them a bit.

00:52:57.041 --> 00:53:00.291
The Recruiter is from
my father’s side of family.

00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:04.250
I think of him
like an older brother,

00:53:04.333 --> 00:53:10.250
because I have no family here
besides him.

00:53:11.375 --> 00:53:17.458
My fear was that
he would tell my family,

00:53:18.791 --> 00:53:22.583
and that’s exactly what happened.

00:53:22.958 --> 00:53:25.708
My mom fainted.

00:53:26.375 --> 00:53:28.416
He sent them pictures.

00:53:29.583 --> 00:53:36.375
My family already knows
that I got married.

00:53:36.833 --> 00:53:40.958
But they don’t know that
we have different religions.

00:53:49.625 --> 00:53:52.625
Both of us are the same,
lying to them.

00:53:54.125 --> 00:53:55.791
Maybe someday,

00:53:55.916 --> 00:53:58.458
we’ll tell them.

00:54:07.333 --> 00:54:13.458
People have the right
to do what they want.

00:54:14.750 --> 00:54:17.958
They’re terrorizing our families
back home.

00:54:18.041 --> 00:54:21.791
Good thing my family trusts me.

00:54:22.166 --> 00:54:24.625
The Recruiter called my family.

00:54:24.708 --> 00:54:29.583
He told them
that I ran away from home.

00:54:30.500 --> 00:54:34.916
My mom is sick, she was released
from the hospital today.

00:54:35.625 --> 00:54:39.833
When I talked to her on the phone,
she said,

00:54:40.125 --> 00:54:44.458
"Behave yourself. I hear
you're acting wild in Canada."

00:54:45.291 --> 00:54:48.125
"No, I swear in God’s name.

00:54:48.208 --> 00:54:52.291
"Besides, Dad already warned me.

00:54:52.416 --> 00:54:55.041
"Why would I tarnish
the family name?"

00:55:04.833 --> 00:55:06.375
I wanted to let you know

00:55:06.500 --> 00:55:10.208
that on Friday,
or sometime last week,

00:55:11.250 --> 00:55:13.750
somebody contacted the police.

00:55:14.666 --> 00:55:17.500
It was a member
of the Leamington community

00:55:17.583 --> 00:55:22.375
who had concerns about money
that was being taken from you

00:55:22.458 --> 00:55:25.750
and threats of deportation
if you didn’t pay

00:55:25.833 --> 00:55:27.458
and if you didn’t obey.

00:55:27.958 --> 00:55:29.625
So the police have said

00:55:29.750 --> 00:55:32.333
that if anybody
would like to talk to them,

00:55:32.416 --> 00:55:33.666
they’re available.

00:55:34.083 --> 00:55:37.000
I have no problem.

00:55:37.083 --> 00:55:41.208
I’ve come this far, I’m not scared.

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:46.250
For me, it’s not about getting even.

00:55:47.000 --> 00:55:49.666
I want to stop The Recruiter.

00:55:50.416 --> 00:55:53.125
He has too many victims
in Indonesia already,

00:55:53.250 --> 00:55:55.250
hundreds of people.

00:56:01.000 --> 00:56:03.458
The police called me in.

00:56:04.208 --> 00:56:07.541
My heart is beating fast.

00:56:09.458 --> 00:56:12.291
They asked about The Recruiter

00:56:12.416 --> 00:56:15.750
and I gave them my evidence.
They made copies.

00:56:16.458 --> 00:56:20.166
But I don’t know
what the police will do.

00:56:20.916 --> 00:56:24.541
I’d rather not work with the police,

00:56:24.625 --> 00:56:29.125
because I still have to work there
for two more years.

00:56:29.291 --> 00:56:36.083
I just want to finish paying off
my loan and be done with it.

00:56:36.916 --> 00:56:40.875
Once that’s done, I won’t have
to worry about The Recruiter.

00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:46.375
My concern is that
now that the police are involved,

00:56:47.166 --> 00:56:52.666
I think the company
might be affected.

00:56:53.083 --> 00:56:56.541
And I’m worried that I’ll get fired
because of this,

00:56:56.625 --> 00:56:58.833
and I won’t be able to work anymore.

00:57:08.541 --> 00:57:11.583
Warren and Carlous are employed
at a greenhouse

00:57:11.666 --> 00:57:14.166
in the Windsor Essex area,

00:57:14.250 --> 00:57:17.500
and both of them
have made complaints

00:57:17.583 --> 00:57:19.958
about being sprayed with pesticides.

00:57:20.083 --> 00:57:21.583
Being fogged.

00:57:21.666 --> 00:57:23.000
They’re very upset about

00:57:23.083 --> 00:57:25.083
the conditions
they’re facing on their farm.

00:57:26.291 --> 00:57:29.833
This is one of the contexts of the
temporary foreign worker program.

00:57:29.916 --> 00:57:32.500
It's no coincidence
that workplaces like this

00:57:32.583 --> 00:57:34.500
are the ones that are profiting

00:57:34.583 --> 00:57:37.416
from the disposability
of migrant workers.

00:57:38.250 --> 00:57:40.583
When workers complain,
they simply terminate them

00:57:40.666 --> 00:57:42.958
and send them back
to their home countries.

00:57:45.833 --> 00:57:47.541
When was the last time they sprayed?

00:57:47.625 --> 00:57:48.875
Was it today? Yesterday?

00:57:48.958 --> 00:57:50.500
They sprayed this evening.

00:57:51.416 --> 00:57:54.666
Yeah, they are doing the spot spray
every day now.

00:57:55.125 --> 00:57:57.416
-In the morning? Afternoon?
-Right through the day.

00:57:57.500 --> 00:57:59.500
Right through the day, next to you.

00:57:59.583 --> 00:58:03.000
They spray in the morning,
and by lunchtime they reap.

00:58:03.833 --> 00:58:06.958
By 12 o’clock,
when you come in the range,

00:58:07.041 --> 00:58:10.000
the plants are still
wet with chemical.

00:58:10.291 --> 00:58:13.958
What they did at one point
was to get a garbage bag,

00:58:14.041 --> 00:58:16.083
punch a hole in the middle

00:58:16.166 --> 00:58:19.291
and two on the sides,
and you put that over you.

00:58:19.625 --> 00:58:21.458
Your arm is exposed.

00:58:21.666 --> 00:58:24.166
And you pick, and you come out wet.

00:58:24.500 --> 00:58:26.000
Dripping wet.

00:58:29.000 --> 00:58:30.458
This is the spray.

00:58:31.458 --> 00:58:33.375
Whatever drip off the leaves,

00:58:33.583 --> 00:58:35.458
that goes on the ground.

00:58:36.166 --> 00:58:39.166
-Water? Or chemical?
-Chemical.

00:58:40.333 --> 00:58:42.625
How is it affecting your health?

00:58:43.000 --> 00:58:44.833
It make you cough.

00:58:46.541 --> 00:58:48.625
It makes you feel way bad.

00:58:48.708 --> 00:58:50.416
It slow you down, you understand?

00:58:50.500 --> 00:58:53.791
And even your breathing,
you don’t breathe properly.

00:58:54.583 --> 00:58:57.000
I did get my lungs infected.

00:58:57.666 --> 00:58:58.958
You got your lungs infected?

00:58:59.041 --> 00:59:01.333
Yeah, by the same chemical there.

00:59:01.625 --> 00:59:05.833
I even have my doctor’s certificate
that I get from the doctor.

00:59:05.916 --> 00:59:09.375
The doctor said I cannot work
in the greenhouse

00:59:09.916 --> 00:59:11.666
based on what they see.

00:59:13.166 --> 00:59:15.416
So he said for the time being,

00:59:15.541 --> 00:59:18.416
I must wear the respirator mask.

00:59:19.375 --> 00:59:22.083
They watched me with it
for a period of time,

00:59:22.166 --> 00:59:26.041
and after that, they just came
and picked me up one day,

00:59:26.125 --> 00:59:27.916
bring me to the office.

00:59:28.000 --> 00:59:30.000
So they me have a choice,

00:59:30.083 --> 00:59:33.083
because they don’t really want
to fire me,

00:59:34.166 --> 00:59:37.916
but I have to stop wearing it,

00:59:38.000 --> 00:59:42.125
because I am giving the rest
of the workers an impression.

00:59:42.250 --> 00:59:45.000
-Putting your health in jeopardy.
-Yeah.

00:59:46.541 --> 00:59:51.041
It is just a move on their part
to cover up,

00:59:51.500 --> 00:59:53.125
give the illusion

00:59:53.208 --> 00:59:56.500
that you’re working
in an all-safe environment.

00:59:56.583 --> 01:00:00.333
Because what happen
if everybody have a respirator mask,

01:00:00.416 --> 01:00:02.083
it would give off the impression

01:00:02.208 --> 01:00:04.416
that there are
dangerous chemicals around.

01:00:05.375 --> 01:00:07.041
You’ve told them
that you’re concerned

01:00:07.166 --> 01:00:09.291
about the health and safety issues
of the spraying.

01:00:09.375 --> 01:00:10.541
What do they do?

01:00:10.708 --> 01:00:12.416
Turn a blind eye to it.

01:00:12.500 --> 01:00:15.750
They say to you
that there’s no danger.

01:00:16.958 --> 01:00:19.125
It’s chemical, but it’s harmless.

01:00:24.291 --> 01:00:27.041
See, that’s one of them,

01:00:27.541 --> 01:00:30.541
they have a proper respirator mask.

01:00:30.875 --> 01:00:34.333
We are not wearing a respirator
while working,

01:00:34.541 --> 01:00:36.666
so why are they?

01:00:36.875 --> 01:00:38.708
And we are in the same place.

01:00:39.708 --> 01:00:42.583
And if you tell them
that you’re not doing something,

01:00:42.666 --> 01:00:46.083
it's like a bully mentality.
"You have to do it."

01:00:46.166 --> 01:00:50.083
"Either you do it,
or you go back to Jamaica.”

01:00:53.291 --> 01:00:55.833
Everybody keep their mouth closed.

01:00:55.916 --> 01:00:58.083
They are afraid, they are scared.

01:01:00.541 --> 01:01:02.208
You no have a choice,

01:01:02.291 --> 01:01:05.458
so they can do just about
anything they want to do.

01:01:05.541 --> 01:01:07.416
If them fire you,

01:01:07.500 --> 01:01:09.458
you have nowhere to go.

01:01:43.041 --> 01:01:46.541
Right now we’re still
being called in to work.

01:01:47.208 --> 01:01:50.208
We’re very anxious,

01:01:50.291 --> 01:01:52.875
even though we’ve been told that
the company

01:01:52.958 --> 01:01:54.708
is taking care of the work permits,

01:01:54.791 --> 01:01:58.416
because nothing’s confirmed.

01:01:59.333 --> 01:02:05.125
Our boss asked us if we were
all living in our own places.

01:02:05.333 --> 01:02:08.625
We said yes,
we’re living in our own houses.

01:02:08.791 --> 01:02:13.583
And he said, “It’s fine
if you want to live on your own,

01:02:13.666 --> 01:02:18.125
"but you still have to pay me
$30 every week.”

01:02:34.791 --> 01:02:39.666
My mother passed away
at 7pm last night.

01:02:41.750 --> 01:02:45.000
I got a text message from my sister,

01:02:45.083 --> 01:02:47.625
so I called home.

01:02:50.125 --> 01:02:53.833
The last day she could speak
was on Monday, during Eid.

01:02:55.666 --> 01:02:59.333
She said, “It’s Eid.”

01:02:59.416 --> 01:03:03.041
She was crying and yelling.

01:03:03.875 --> 01:03:06.166
I was crying too.

01:03:11.083 --> 01:03:15.000
Growing up was tough.
I understand hardship.

01:03:16.333 --> 01:03:20.750
She worked from dawn till dusk.

01:03:21.375 --> 01:03:25.583
She asked us children
to work hard to earn money.

01:03:27.833 --> 01:03:31.041
When I was a kid, I sold ice.

01:03:32.291 --> 01:03:37.458
The kids called me “Popsicle Umi.”

01:03:38.791 --> 01:03:41.083
The money was for school.

01:03:43.750 --> 01:03:45.791
Are you going to return
to Indonesia?

01:03:46.958 --> 01:03:50.083
I can’t, I have nothing.

01:03:50.833 --> 01:03:54.125
It costs a lot of money.

01:05:13.916 --> 01:05:15.583
The other day,

01:05:16.083 --> 01:05:18.000
when I finished work,

01:05:18.750 --> 01:05:20.625
I went to open the door,

01:05:22.250 --> 01:05:25.250
and the door was unlocked.

01:05:26.000 --> 01:05:29.166
When I left for work,
I remember,

01:05:29.541 --> 01:05:32.000
I locked the door
as I always do.

01:05:39.000 --> 01:05:41.125
This was a big mess.

01:05:41.208 --> 01:05:43.375
The drawer was wide open,

01:05:44.125 --> 01:05:46.750
and this was like this.

01:05:46.833 --> 01:05:47.833
Open.

01:05:48.958 --> 01:05:51.125
One brown envelope...

01:05:52.083 --> 01:05:53.208
gone.

01:05:53.541 --> 01:05:58.666
Inside was the police report

01:05:58.750 --> 01:06:01.750
from my interview with the police,

01:06:01.833 --> 01:06:07.541
and my work permit for the farm.

01:06:13.791 --> 01:06:18.791
I put my passport
and important documents here.

01:06:20.666 --> 01:06:23.250
They didn’t think to look.

01:06:24.208 --> 01:06:26.416
This was a mess.

01:06:26.666 --> 01:06:30.541
Everything was pulled out of here.

01:06:30.916 --> 01:06:33.083
Papers like this.

01:06:36.041 --> 01:06:38.750
We were all scared.

01:06:39.083 --> 01:06:43.625
The three of us talked
about how scary it was.

01:06:44.291 --> 01:06:47.375
It’s just one of life’s trials.

01:06:51.750 --> 01:06:53.583
Our top story this hour,

01:06:53.666 --> 01:06:57.083
three county men
are facing extortion charges.

01:06:57.166 --> 01:07:00.375
LPD constable Shawna Colters
says the arrests and the charges

01:07:00.458 --> 01:07:03.166
are the result
of a six-month investigation.

01:07:04.458 --> 01:07:07.166
I can tell you
that they’re migrant workers,

01:07:07.250 --> 01:07:09.291
the victims, from Indonesia.

01:07:12.500 --> 01:07:14.875
The charges relate
to the extortion of money

01:07:14.958 --> 01:07:16.875
from workers employed
in Leamington.

01:07:20.000 --> 01:07:21.958
Those charged are 39-year-old...

01:07:22.625 --> 01:07:24.000
Can you tell us what happened?

01:07:24.083 --> 01:07:26.958
You heard the words
exploitation and extortion,

01:07:27.041 --> 01:07:28.250
and I can assure you,

01:07:28.333 --> 01:07:31.125
there’s absolutely
no such thing taking place.

01:07:31.208 --> 01:07:32.250
There is no exploitation

01:07:32.333 --> 01:07:35.500
and we will prove
that there is no extortion.

01:07:35.625 --> 01:07:37.750
What about the accusation
of threats,

01:07:37.833 --> 01:07:40.041
that if they didn’t pay
they’d be sent home?

01:07:40.125 --> 01:07:42.166
Our people
could not make those threats,

01:07:42.250 --> 01:07:45.458
did not make those threats,
would not make those threats.

01:07:45.541 --> 01:07:49.208
Our clients would by no means
threaten to send these people home,

01:07:49.291 --> 01:07:52.875
or to revoke their visas or to do
anything of that sort at all.

01:07:52.958 --> 01:07:55.291
The fee to come over here,
the $6000 to $9000,

01:07:55.375 --> 01:07:56.916
is that fairly typical?

01:07:57.000 --> 01:07:59.041
They’re contractually bound
to pay it.

01:07:59.125 --> 01:08:00.666
And it covers airfare,

01:08:00.750 --> 01:08:03.416
it covers their application
for their work permit,

01:08:03.500 --> 01:08:06.333
and accommodation costs.
It’s that simple.

01:08:06.916 --> 01:08:09.500
Isn’t it a question
about recruitment fees?

01:08:09.583 --> 01:08:11.208
Aren’t they illegal?

01:08:11.291 --> 01:08:14.333
These workers are alleging
they were charged $6000 to $9000...

01:08:14.416 --> 01:08:16.833
No, there’s no such thing
as a recruitment...

01:08:16.958 --> 01:08:19.333
No one said
the word recruitment fee,

01:08:19.416 --> 01:08:23.250
and number two, there are costs,
as Mr. Miller has indicated,

01:08:23.333 --> 01:08:26.041
for airplane travel,

01:08:26.333 --> 01:08:29.666
and there's an application fee
to be paid to Canada immigration.

01:08:29.750 --> 01:08:32.000
But the plane fare
is the employers'.

01:08:32.541 --> 01:08:35.583
-Not in this instance.
-It's the employer who has to...

01:08:35.708 --> 01:08:37.166
The employer did not pay,

01:08:37.250 --> 01:08:40.500
I assure you, they didn’t pay
the airplane fare in this case.

01:08:50.708 --> 01:08:53.125
There’s going to be no comments.

01:08:53.791 --> 01:08:56.125
There will be no further comments,
thank you.

01:08:57.333 --> 01:08:58.500
Excuse me.

01:09:21.958 --> 01:09:23.541
What do you think?

01:09:23.625 --> 01:09:25.666
It’s good.

01:09:27.083 --> 01:09:30.291
The police arrested them
because they have the evidence.

01:09:30.375 --> 01:09:36.916
But they have lawyers.
They can twist the facts.

01:09:37.875 --> 01:09:41.916
Whether it’s Indonesia or Canada,

01:09:42.000 --> 01:09:45.416
lawyers are paid to twist the facts.

01:09:46.375 --> 01:09:49.750
The Recruiter doesn’t know
that we have all this evidence.

01:09:50.375 --> 01:09:55.083
We can give that to the judge.

01:10:00.458 --> 01:10:04.125
These are The Recruiter’s lawyers.

01:10:07.958 --> 01:10:09.541
Show me the lawyer.

01:10:09.916 --> 01:10:11.458
Right here.

01:10:11.541 --> 01:10:13.375
Page A3.

01:10:14.458 --> 01:10:17.000
Where are they from? Toronto?

01:10:19.375 --> 01:10:20.875
What does it mean,

01:10:20.958 --> 01:10:24.500
“The greenhouse operator
is not part of it”?

01:10:40.750 --> 01:10:43.458
What does "exploitation" mean?

01:10:43.625 --> 01:10:46.041
Eksploitasi.

01:10:47.291 --> 01:10:49.333
It means extortion.

01:11:02.833 --> 01:11:04.750
We just found out

01:11:04.833 --> 01:11:07.250
that we have no status,

01:11:07.333 --> 01:11:10.250
and that we are now illegal.

01:11:12.208 --> 01:11:14.416
Our boss told us

01:11:14.500 --> 01:11:18.083
that we got our extension
to work there.

01:11:18.250 --> 01:11:21.750
But when Cathy checked
with Immigration,

01:11:21.833 --> 01:11:24.208
they said we had no status.

01:11:25.833 --> 01:11:31.541
We clashed with our agent once,

01:11:31.625 --> 01:11:34.333
and our boss was affected.

01:11:34.416 --> 01:11:37.000
Maybe that’s why he’s upset with us.

01:11:38.416 --> 01:11:43.458
Maybe it’s his turn to piss us off.

01:11:44.666 --> 01:11:47.750
How did Dwipa feel
when Dwipa learned that?

01:11:50.541 --> 01:11:55.375
I haven’t liked working there since.

01:11:55.875 --> 01:11:58.083
For a long time actually,

01:11:58.166 --> 01:11:59.666
I haven’t liked it.

01:11:59.750 --> 01:12:03.583
I see the way they operate.

01:12:04.500 --> 01:12:08.166
It’s like in Indonesia,

01:12:08.416 --> 01:12:11.958
good people can be made
to look bad.

01:12:12.125 --> 01:12:19.083
People say this is a lawful country,

01:12:21.125 --> 01:12:24.666
but where I work,
it’s just like Indonesia.

01:12:25.500 --> 01:12:27.000
It’s not good.

01:12:29.916 --> 01:12:31.583
Is going home an option?

01:12:31.916 --> 01:12:33.416
Not yet.

01:12:33.708 --> 01:12:35.125
Not yet.

01:12:39.583 --> 01:12:42.875
They’re a whole group of Bali women
who came last night

01:12:43.083 --> 01:12:45.166
right after they finished at work

01:12:45.250 --> 01:12:48.625
and were notified formally
by the employer

01:12:48.708 --> 01:12:52.458
that they were without status
and had been so for two weeks.

01:12:52.541 --> 01:12:54.458
According to the woman,

01:12:54.541 --> 01:13:00.041
the employer said that
he never applied for the LMIA.

01:13:01.166 --> 01:13:04.833
So they don’t understand that.
"Why didn’t he apply?"

01:13:04.958 --> 01:13:06.375
“Why would he not tell us

01:13:06.458 --> 01:13:08.458
back in December
when he said he applied?”

01:13:09.458 --> 01:13:11.416
A lot of questions.

01:13:11.791 --> 01:13:14.583
They were also,
which was very surprising to me,

01:13:14.666 --> 01:13:17.625
is that they wanted
to go ahead with the lawsuit.

01:13:17.708 --> 01:13:19.291
And now.

01:13:19.416 --> 01:13:21.000
Like, “Now. Call the lawyer.”

01:13:21.083 --> 01:13:23.208
And so they had me call the lawyer.

01:13:24.041 --> 01:13:26.000
Yeah, right there!

01:13:26.125 --> 01:13:28.041
Two calls. He didn’t answer?
Call again!

01:13:29.041 --> 01:13:32.500
If you asked Tini,
up until the day before,

01:13:32.583 --> 01:13:35.125
a supervisor had told her,
“Don’t worry.

01:13:35.208 --> 01:13:37.666
"We’re taking care of it.
Everything is okay.”

01:13:37.750 --> 01:13:41.083
So as of two weeks back
they have no status in Canada.

01:13:41.166 --> 01:13:43.916
Two weeks of
working illegally, essentially,

01:13:45.083 --> 01:13:46.208
And then they’re told.

01:13:46.291 --> 01:13:49.041
They had no idea.
No, they had no idea.

01:13:52.625 --> 01:13:55.416
Hello you guys. Come back in.

01:13:57.166 --> 01:13:58.833
Hi, come on in.

01:13:59.125 --> 01:14:00.958
Okay, you guys just wanna...

01:14:03.916 --> 01:14:05.000
Okay.

01:14:05.458 --> 01:14:07.333
Can we hear the tape?

01:14:08.250 --> 01:14:09.875
Hey Girls.

01:14:10.666 --> 01:14:12.166
I want to talk to you

01:14:12.250 --> 01:14:13.416
about

01:14:13.500 --> 01:14:14.791
the application.

01:14:15.708 --> 01:14:17.791
What happened was

01:14:18.458 --> 01:14:22.916
we applied for an extension
for everybody’s work permits.

01:14:23.000 --> 01:14:24.083
All six.

01:14:24.958 --> 01:14:30.083
And the work permit came back
and they didn’t extend it.

01:14:30.833 --> 01:14:34.333
So, what this means
is we have two options.

01:14:34.791 --> 01:14:37.041
We can reapply

01:14:37.458 --> 01:14:38.500
one more time.

01:14:38.583 --> 01:14:40.708
It takes 90 days to reapply.

01:14:41.791 --> 01:14:44.333
For 90 days you can’t work.

01:14:44.416 --> 01:14:49.333
Or the other option is
you go back to Indonesia.

01:14:50.416 --> 01:14:53.208
We can reapply. It’s an option
if you do want to do that.

01:14:53.291 --> 01:14:55.875
The problem is for 90 days,
you can’t work anywhere.

01:14:55.958 --> 01:14:58.208
How about our food?

01:14:59.166 --> 01:15:01.291
I don’t know. That’s the problem.

01:15:01.375 --> 01:15:04.500
How are you going to eat?
Where are you going to get money?

01:15:04.791 --> 01:15:08.958
What’s your feeling?
What would you like to do?

01:15:09.375 --> 01:15:13.166
We want to stay and reapply.

01:15:13.250 --> 01:15:16.458
But then there’s
an application fee of $355.

01:15:17.500 --> 01:15:19.833
They can refuse again.
I don’t know.

01:15:20.250 --> 01:15:21.625
If you want to go back,

01:15:21.708 --> 01:15:24.416
I can get the plane tickets,
that’s no problem.

01:15:24.500 --> 01:15:26.958
And we can arrange that
whenever you want.

01:15:28.083 --> 01:15:30.083
But you have
to make a decision soon.

01:15:30.166 --> 01:15:31.291
Don’t wait too long.

01:15:32.500 --> 01:15:35.708
So why don’t you think about it,
okay, girls?

01:15:35.791 --> 01:15:38.625
And we can discuss it,
see what you think you want to do.

01:15:39.833 --> 01:15:42.583
So what I would want to know

01:15:42.666 --> 01:15:45.291
is when did you know
about the denial?

01:15:45.375 --> 01:15:48.541
And then why didn’t you tell us
as soon as you knew?

01:15:49.250 --> 01:15:51.166
Why did you wait two weeks?

01:15:51.250 --> 01:15:54.500
And have you work
two weeks without status?

01:15:54.708 --> 01:15:56.708
I think not everything
is being told.

01:15:58.208 --> 01:16:01.500
I understand that you need to eat,

01:16:01.583 --> 01:16:04.291
you need to pay rent,
you need to pay medical bills

01:16:04.375 --> 01:16:06.666
and you have families
and children back home.

01:16:07.375 --> 01:16:09.958
So I understand
that there’s a need for money.

01:16:10.583 --> 01:16:12.000
But I just want you to know

01:16:12.083 --> 01:16:15.000
that if you decide
to work for cash somewhere

01:16:15.083 --> 01:16:17.041
and Immigration picks you up,

01:16:17.750 --> 01:16:20.583
then I can’t do anything.

01:16:22.125 --> 01:16:24.458
They have been tricked
into illegality.

01:16:24.541 --> 01:16:27.791
Not just forced, they’ve been
tricked into illegality.

01:16:27.875 --> 01:16:31.208
Your employer tells you it’s okay,
that you’re fine.

01:16:31.291 --> 01:16:34.708
Don’t worry. Be calm.
Don’t worry.

01:16:34.791 --> 01:16:37.750
And meanwhile
the employer knows very well

01:16:37.833 --> 01:16:40.833
that the papers that are necessary

01:16:42.416 --> 01:16:45.125
to ensure your status
haven’t even been...

01:16:45.666 --> 01:16:46.916
They haven't been filed.

01:16:47.041 --> 01:16:49.125
I think that’s deception.

01:16:50.083 --> 01:16:52.500
The federal government
has not provided

01:16:52.583 --> 01:16:53.916
any support centers,

01:16:54.000 --> 01:16:57.250
any places where Migrant workers
can go and say,

01:16:57.333 --> 01:16:59.458
“What is happening?
What are my rights?”

01:16:59.541 --> 01:17:04.291
So they are really left
at the mercy of employers,

01:17:04.375 --> 01:17:08.000
and I think that this is by design.

01:17:08.083 --> 01:17:11.583
I don’t think that it’s just
an oversight or a misstep,

01:17:11.666 --> 01:17:14.208
or that the government
hasn’t thought about it.

01:17:14.291 --> 01:17:17.250
I think their vulnerability
is constructed.

01:17:18.208 --> 01:17:21.250
This is just one of the groups
that we happen to meet.

01:17:21.333 --> 01:17:23.833
They’re not special.
They’re not unique.

01:17:23.916 --> 01:17:26.750
And there are hundreds
and hundreds

01:17:26.833 --> 01:17:29.333
of similar stories out there.

01:17:30.041 --> 01:17:32.166
It’s not hard to find.

01:17:32.250 --> 01:17:36.083
It’s all around this area.
All through this program.

01:17:41.291 --> 01:17:43.333
I’m disgusted with the program.

01:17:43.416 --> 01:17:46.875
I want to think of Canada
like the Canada of my youth,

01:17:46.958 --> 01:17:49.375
the Canada of hope
the Canada of justice

01:17:49.458 --> 01:17:53.333
and the Canada of promise
and the Canada of access.

01:17:54.375 --> 01:17:55.708
And when I say access

01:17:55.791 --> 01:17:58.500
I mean access to the protections
that we state we have

01:17:58.583 --> 01:18:00.541
at multiple levels of government,

01:18:00.625 --> 01:18:02.625
and I really want to cling to that.

01:18:02.708 --> 01:18:08.375
And I feel so, so, sad that I can’t.

01:18:10.166 --> 01:18:14.083
I’m looking for workers
for whom it is a success.

01:18:14.500 --> 01:18:16.291
Yeah, give me a story of happiness

01:18:16.375 --> 01:18:19.291
where this has worked
and you have no complaints.

01:18:20.791 --> 01:18:22.791
And I’m still looking for that.

01:18:22.875 --> 01:18:26.375
Becoming a little bit more
and more disillusioned, that’s all.

01:18:34.208 --> 01:18:37.416
The concern is that since 2008,
these programs have expanded

01:18:37.541 --> 01:18:41.583
and they have replaced
Canada’s preference for immigrants.

01:18:42.125 --> 01:18:46.333
It really pains me when I read
all of these awful comments online

01:18:46.416 --> 01:18:49.208
about, “They should go back
to where they came from.”

01:18:49.291 --> 01:18:51.875
“Temporary foreign workers
are taking away jobs.”

01:18:51.958 --> 01:18:55.166
You know, Canada is known
as a country of immigrants

01:18:55.250 --> 01:18:57.750
and these programs are a reflection

01:18:57.833 --> 01:19:01.458
of how Canada is changing
from an immigrant nation

01:19:01.541 --> 01:19:04.833
to a migrante nation
of disposable peoples.

01:19:06.916 --> 01:19:08.708
People are dehumanized

01:19:08.791 --> 01:19:10.416
by all of these policies.

01:19:10.541 --> 01:19:13.625
They are thrown away,
and we say, “No!”

01:19:13.708 --> 01:19:15.541
And many of us it’s taken forever

01:19:15.625 --> 01:19:17.208
to finally say,

01:19:17.291 --> 01:19:19.500
“We fucking belong here
in this world!"

01:19:19.583 --> 01:19:21.916
And now we have to put up
with migrant workers.

01:19:22.000 --> 01:19:24.291
We all belong! We all have
the right to be here!

01:19:24.375 --> 01:19:26.791
No one is illegal!
Status for all!

01:19:26.875 --> 01:19:29.583
Justicia for migrant workers,
si se puede!

01:19:35.625 --> 01:19:39.375
So you’re quite confident
the employer did not apply

01:19:39.458 --> 01:19:40.958
to renew the status.

01:19:42.083 --> 01:19:44.125
There was no LMO application.

01:19:44.208 --> 01:19:47.958
They pretended
to apply for our extension,

01:19:48.041 --> 01:19:50.625
but it was just a trick.

01:19:51.125 --> 01:19:53.958
You talked about wanting
to sue the greenhouse

01:19:54.041 --> 01:20:00.958
for overtime, vacation pay
and also for the agency fees.

01:20:01.041 --> 01:20:05.166
We have a partner who has done
a similar lawsuit.

01:20:05.666 --> 01:20:07.833
There were 60
temporary foreign workers

01:20:07.916 --> 01:20:12.125
at Denny’s in British Columbia
who were paying agency fees.

01:20:12.208 --> 01:20:16.375
They were not getting paid
for overtime, and they settled.

01:20:16.458 --> 01:20:18.833
They got back a lot of their money.

01:20:19.416 --> 01:20:21.958
There are other cases in Ontario
that are similar,

01:20:22.041 --> 01:20:23.458
but this would be

01:20:23.541 --> 01:20:26.916
one of the first ones for people
working in greenhouses.

01:20:39.500 --> 01:20:42.041
How do I tell my story?

01:20:43.458 --> 01:20:45.458
Ever since I came here,

01:20:45.541 --> 01:20:49.041
all I’ve known is work.

01:20:51.875 --> 01:20:55.625
I’m only thinking of my children,

01:20:56.750 --> 01:21:00.416
so they can get a better education.

01:21:00.500 --> 01:21:02.666
My husband thought that if I left,

01:21:02.750 --> 01:21:06.333
it wouldn’t be for long.
Four years at the most.

01:21:06.416 --> 01:21:09.916
We’d save enough
to put the children through school,

01:21:10.000 --> 01:21:14.166
and then I could come home
and we’d be together again.

01:21:20.625 --> 01:21:23.125
Today is Mother’s Day here.

01:21:25.208 --> 01:21:27.166
Happy Mother’s Day!

01:21:32.000 --> 01:21:34.166
Have you gotten a ticket lately?

01:21:34.708 --> 01:21:35.958
No.

01:21:37.708 --> 01:21:38.958
I’m leaving.

01:21:39.041 --> 01:21:40.583
Say bye to your mom.

01:21:41.875 --> 01:21:43.875
I’m leaving, Mom.

01:21:43.958 --> 01:21:45.666
Okay, be careful.

01:21:45.750 --> 01:21:47.708
Okay, Mom.

01:21:49.875 --> 01:21:52.083
-Peace be upon you.
-And upon you.

01:22:00.750 --> 01:22:02.791
Look at you!

01:22:02.875 --> 01:22:06.583
Even though you just woke up,
you still look so pretty.

01:22:07.583 --> 01:22:09.208
Thank you, Mom.

01:22:11.875 --> 01:22:14.375
What are you doing there, Mom?

01:22:14.541 --> 01:22:18.500
I’m not working today,
I work tomorrow.

01:22:19.458 --> 01:22:22.708
Pray that your mom is healthy,

01:22:22.791 --> 01:22:25.958
so that I can work

01:22:26.041 --> 01:22:30.375
and earn money
to buy you nice things.

01:22:31.875 --> 01:22:33.708
Show me how you dance.

01:22:36.625 --> 01:22:38.833
Like this.

01:23:06.208 --> 01:23:10.750
As time passes, I’m facing reality.

01:23:11.500 --> 01:23:14.333
I came here to earn money,

01:23:14.791 --> 01:23:17.708
but I’m not even able
to send money home.

01:23:18.416 --> 01:23:21.583
There’s no point in working
so far from home.

01:23:23.208 --> 01:23:27.291
We came here from Indonesia
to work legally.

01:23:28.041 --> 01:23:31.666
We have all the papers
and we were invited to come work.

01:23:33.166 --> 01:23:36.875
We’ve told the Canadian government
that these people are bad.

01:23:37.416 --> 01:23:40.083
We spoke the truth.

01:23:43.500 --> 01:23:47.666
I don’t care if I win or lose,
at least I tried.

01:23:50.666 --> 01:23:53.333
It’s better than never having tried.

01:24:14.791 --> 01:24:17.750
Every person has a different story.

01:24:18.416 --> 01:24:21.333
And every person has a dream.

01:24:23.833 --> 01:24:27.250
We’ve been given empty promises,

01:24:27.625 --> 01:24:31.666
but now we’re fighting back.

01:24:34.333 --> 01:24:38.583
Maybe now, the companies
will be more careful

01:24:38.666 --> 01:24:41.416
when they hire migrant workers.

01:24:42.583 --> 01:24:46.458
A lot of people back home think
that once you work abroad,

01:24:47.083 --> 01:24:49.625
life is much easier.

01:24:50.333 --> 01:24:53.583
I want them to know
that life abroad is very different

01:24:53.666 --> 01:24:56.458
than what they have in mind.