Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Day 18: August 19, 2015: Reasons NOT to Vote CON #'s 426 to 450









435. Harper's Foreign Worker Programme is a magnet for Human Rights abuses! The United Nations has reported Harper's Human Rights abuses and this was a PERFECT example. Before he died, this foreign worker in Quebec, had CLAIMED Human Rights abuses on camera! Mexican worker Ivan Guerrero drowned on the farm where he worked. Strangely, his death was NOT REPORTED to police for THREE DAYS! Following his death, a local group dedicated to helping migrant workers shared a shocking video which they had recorded with Guerrero before he died. On a stark background, Guerrero speaks directly into the camera, addressing the slave-like hardships he endured at work."Es como si fuera yo ... un perro," he said. Translated: “It’s like I'm the dog, and she's my owner,” he describes his taskmaster.  He told of long hours, UNPAID overtime and limited freedom. Guerrero, looked straight into the camera and added, “We are human beings, and I would like to be treated with more dignity.” Guerrero had been coming to Canada for four years, picking vegetables and sending his earnings to his wife and two kids back in Mexico. On the first day of his fifth summer in Canada, he died while trying to fix a leak near his living quarters. It took three days for someone to contact authorities. Why hasn't Harper ensured that all foreigners working in Canada under his Foreign Worker Programme are not treated like the Chinese brought in to work like slaves to build our transcontinental railroad? Why is Harper in another century when it comes to Human Rights of workers? The United Nations has reported Harper's Human Rights abuses. It is because Harper has zero shame! May Ivan Guerrero rest in peace, something he did not find working for peanuts in Harper's Canada. Perhaps, as a redeeming gesture, if that is possible, a new Prime Minister would consider a collection for Ivan's widow and two children, plus perhaps something done as a memorial in Mexico for them. It is the least a once-proud nation could do for its own recovery and dignity; once Harper is gone.
Mexican worker Ivan Guerrero who died working like a slave under Harper's Foreign Worker Programme




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One wonders: if Harper fires Novak, will Novak announce Harper knew?





449. Harper is DELUDED: he has been abusing First Nations at EVERY opportunity, from genocide to treaty-breaking, then HAD THE NERVE to issue a Press Release stating he "Continued to Strengthen" Ottawa's relationship with First Nations!



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