Farmers and caregiver-reliant people worry about potential changes to temporary foreign worker rules!

Photo credit: Radio Canada Authorities in Canada said on Tuesday that they were considering blocking applications for low-wage Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs). So many reactions have trailed the proposal. The co-owner of Foster Family Farms, Mel Foster, said, “It would be a huge hit for us.” CBC reports that the refusal would only apply to…

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“Migrant farmworkers are extremely vulnerable to natural disasters.”

Photo credit: Newsbreak A study from the Natural Hazards Center has shown that the migrant farmworker community is one of the most vulnerable groups regarding natural disasters. NPR reports that University of Florida researchers authored the study. Their research centers on the farmworker community in North Central Florida and explores the aftermath of Hurricane Idalia. …

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Hungry And Angry? – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the vanguard I witnessed a scene yesterday afternoon and I began to worry. A ‘uniformed’man arrested a driver for unauthorized parking. The arrested man begged, but the ‘officer’ insisted he had to pay a fine of four thousand Naira. The vehicle had been chained, anyway. The vehicle owner then tricked our officer to…

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The Wind! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit: the Punch When a conscious mind looks at the world, they would see it’s all vain, meaningless, pointless, and futile.. Yet, most people could kill to be in certain posts. I wouldn’t know of any post that is novel. I mean a post that nobody has never occupied. We were all, ok those…

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Revowetin! – Adewale Sobowale

Photo credit; Modern Ghana Thoughts of the word, ‘revolution’, brings various meanings to different people depending on their status in life. When, on January 15, 1966, five majors of the Nigerian Army sacked the democratic government of Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, people believed a revolution had taken place. A rematch was to take place on July…

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