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