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Impression et sauvegarde

Article de quotidien

Injured migrant workers denied medicare after farm staff hurt in crash of company van

Date

2014-04-16

Auteurs

Tom Blackwell

Résumé

Jamaicans Denville Clarke and Kenroy Williams had been in Canada for mere days in August 2012 when the van carrying them and seven other foreign workers rolled over on the way to a southern Ontario farm.

Another of the seasonal labourers was killed, Mr. Clarke and Mr. Williams suffered serious injuries and the driver was charged. The pair say they required treatment well after they were supposed to return home at the end of harvest season.

An Ontario court has just ruled, however, that their medicare coverage ended when their work visas expired that December, leaving them potentially on the hook for months of health-care costs.

Titre du journal

National Post

Liens

Secteurs économiques

Agriculture and horticulture workers

Types de contenu

Current Policy

Groupes cibles

Sensibilisation du public

Pertinence géographique

Ontario

Langues

Anglais