[Ost-news] Foreign workers deserve protection-- Calgary Herald Editorial

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Foreign workers deserve protection  
Calgary Herald  
Published: Sunday, June 29, 2008

The measurement of success for all employment programs, in particular one aimed at easing Alberta's labour crisis, is whether it's a win-win -- for the employer and the employees.

With that in mind, judging from the numerous reports of abuse -- including the latest revelations of exploitation of 120 Chinese workers paid a fraction of what they were owed for building tanks at a northern Alberta oilsands site -- it seems the Temporary Foreign Worker Program is failing miserably.

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