Legislative inequality : temporary labour migration in Canada / edited by Patti Tamara Lenard, Christine Straehle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lenard, Patti Tamara, Author.

Contributor:

Lenard, Patti Tamara.

Straehle, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Migrant labor--Canada.

Migrant labor.

Foreign workers--Government policy--Canada.

Foreign workers.

Unskilled labor--Canada.

Unskilled labor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Historically, Canada has adopted immigration policies focused on admitting migrants who were expected to become citizens. A dramatic shift has occurred in recent years as the number of temporary labourers admitted to Canada has increased substantially. Legislated Inequality critically evaluates this radical development in Canadian immigration, arguing that it threatens to undermine Canada's success as an immigrant nation. Assessing each of the four major temporary labour migration programs in Canada, contributors from a range of disciplines - including comparative political science, philosophy, and sociology - show how temporary migrants are posed to occupy a permanent yet marginal status in society and argue that Canada's temporary labour policy must undergo fundamental changes in order to support Canada's long held immigration goals. The difficult working conditions faced by migrant workers, as well as the economic and social dangers of relying on temporary migration to relieve labour shortages, are described in detail. Legislated Inequality provides an essential critical analysis of the failings of temporary labour migration programs in Canada and proposes tangible ways to improve the lives of labourers."--Publishers.

Contents:

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 The “Difference� that Borders Make: “Temporary Foreign Workers� and the Social Organization of Unfreedom in Canada""; ""2 Buy Local, Hire Global: Temporary Migration in Canadian Agriculture""; ""3 Mobilities and Immobilities: Globalization, Farming, and Temporary Work in the Okanagan Valley""; ""4 Debates on Temporary Agricultural Worker Migration in the North American Context""

""5 “The Exception that Proves the Rule�: Structural Vulnerability, Health Risks, and Consequences for Temporary Migrant Farm Workers in Canada""""6 Costly Benefits and Gendered Costs: Guatemalans� Experiences of Canada�s “Low-Skill Pilot Project�""; ""7 Provincial/Territorial Nominee Programs: An Avenue to Permanent Residency for Low-Skilled Temporary Foreign Workers?""; ""8 Provincial Nominee Programs and Temporary Worker Programs: A Comparative Assessment of Advantages and Disadvantages in Addressing Labour Shortages""

""9 The Political Economy of Migrant Live-in Caregivers: A Case of Unfree Labour?""""10 From Temporary Worker to Resident: The LCP and Its Impact through an Intersectional Lens""; ""11 “Good Enough to Work? Good Enough to Stay!� Organizing among Temporary Foreign Workers""; ""12 How Does Canada Fare? Canadian Temporary Labour Migration in Comparative Perspective""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7735-4042-3

OCLC:

818016351