Safeguarding workers on temporary migration programmes: study

Acronyms

ADDPD - Association for the Rights of Household Workers (English version)

ARHW - Association for the Rights of Household Workers

BC - British Columbia

CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

CIMM - Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

COVID - Coronavirus Disease

CPS - Crown Prosecution Service

ESDC - Employment and Social Development Canada

FLEX - Focus on Labour Exploitation

HC Deb - House of Commons Debates

HUMA - Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities

IASC - Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner

ICIBI - Independent Chief Inspector for Borders and Immigration

IMP - International Mobility Program

IRCC - Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada

IRPR - Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations

LMIA - Labour Market Impact Assessment

MAC - Migration Advisory Committee

MEPV - Migrant Exploitation Protection Work visa

MWC - Migrant Workers’ Centre British Columbia

MWSN - Migrant Worker Support Network

NGO - Non-governmental organisation

NRM - National Referral Mechanism

NZ - New Zealand

ODW - Overseas domestic worker

ODWV - Overseas Domestic Worker visa

OWPVW - Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers

QC - Queen's Counsel

RAMA - Radical Action with Migrants in Agriculture

RATTMAQ - Assistance Networks for Migrant Agricultural Workers in Quebec

SAWP - Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program

SAWS - Seasonal Agricultural Worker’s Scheme

SOR - Statutory Orders and Regulations

SWV - Seasonal Worker visa

TFWP - Temporary Foreign Worker Program

UK - United Kingdom

UN - United Nations

UN DESA - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Statistics Division