Housing crisis hitting migrant agricultural workers in Canada

In jam-packed bunkhouses, some workers lacked secure storage for their belongings or even a free chair to sit and eat their meals. Several individuals reported sharing a bedroom with six to eight other workers.
Many low-wage migrant farmworkers return to Canada each season for years or even decades, but they lack job security, write Anelyse Weiler and C. Susana Caxaj.

Many Canadians are all-too familiar with the current housing crisis in cities. However, policymakers have been overlooking a parallel crisis hitting rural areas.

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