HISC70H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program

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Today"s agenda: migrant agricultural labourers in canada, the seasonal agricultural workers programs (sawp, the temporary foreign workers program for occupations requiring lower. Levels of formal training (tfwp: undocumented workers in canada, film: borderless. History of the seasonal agricultural workers program (sawp) Decolonization, west indian federation (1958-1962), and independence. Britai(cid:374)"s co(cid:373)(cid:373)o(cid:374)wealth i(cid:373)(cid:373)igratio(cid:374) a(cid:272)t (1962) significantly reduced west indian immigration to britain. Jamaican diplomat ivo desouza campaigned in canada for the creation of a migrant labour scheme. Significant demand for agricultural labour on canadian farms. Canadian government initially reluctant to introduce a migrant labour scheme. Canadian department of labour conducted a survey of southwestern ontario in 1964 to verify local farmers claims of a labour shortage. Canadian officials traveled to jamaica to discuss and negotiate the recruitment of. Ca(cid:374)ada"s mi(cid:374)ister of citize(cid:374)ship a(cid:374)d i(cid:373)(cid:373)igratio(cid:374) a(cid:374)(cid:374)ou(cid:374)(cid:272)ed the (cid:272)reatio(cid:374) of sawp i(cid:374) parliament in april of 1966; 263 jamaican workers arrive in the first year of the program.

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