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Conf茅rence avec Bethany Hastie, doctorante, Institut de droit compar茅 de l'Universit茅 69热视频. S'inscrit dans la s茅rie de conf茅rences Travail, Migration et D茅velopement, pr茅sent茅e par la Chaire Oppenheimer en droit public international et par le Laboratoire de recherche sur le droit du travail et le d茅veloppement. Mme Hastie parlera de questions entourant les Programmes des travailleurs 茅trangers temporaires, les r茅gimes de r茅glementation qui op猫rent aux d茅pends de ces travailleurs et des conditions pr茅caires dans lesquelles ces derniers vivent.

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(En anglais seulement) Temporary Foreign Worker Programs [TFWPs] in Canada are not a new phenomenon. However, with exponentially increasing use of this program, continuous changes at the regulatory level in the past decade, and burgeoning literature critical of the TFWPs, it is quickly becoming a topic of significant and contentious debate in Canadian law and policy. This presentation will engage in a critical inquiry of the TFWPs, examining how the regulatory structure of these Programs contributes to a state of unfreedom for migrant workers.

Beginning with an exploration of the underlying context in which low-skill labour migration occurs, as dependent on the creation and sustenance of a migrant economy in which differential rights are normalized and migrants are systematically excluded from social, political and legal belonging, this presentation will expose a landscape which produces conditions for unfreedom. Building from this context, the regulatory structure of the TFWPs, and specific measures under the programs which produce conditions of unfreedom for migrant workers will be examined, including: the employer-specific work permit; limits on participation and time in Canada and the lack of access to permanent residency; and, jurisdictional limitations with respect to the regulation of employers and third-party recruiters.

Ultimately, this presentation will argue that the regulatory regime governing the TFWPs operates largely at the expense of migrant workers鈥� rights, creates mechanisms which produce precariousness and dependence for both migrant workers and sending countries, and fails to live up to the promise of the 鈥渢riple win鈥� scenario.

About the speaker

Bethany Hastie is a doctoral candidate, under the supervision of Professor Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, at the Institute of Comparative Law, 69热视频. She holds a SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, and is a former O鈥橞rien Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.