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Warning that migrant farm workers are more vulnerable to COVID-19 because of their communal living and working conditions, a new coroner’s report offers 35 recommendations to protect them from the increased risks they face daily.
The report from Ontario’s deputy chief coroner, released Tuesday, follows the death last year of three Temporary Foreign Workers in Southwestern Ontario.
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“We should not forget that this review and its recommendations arise out of the unfortunate and untimely deaths of three men who left their home country to work in ours,” Deputy Chief Coroner Reuven R. Jhirad wrote in the report. “My deepest condolences go out to the families of these three men, their friends, co-workers, employers, and others impacted by their loss. It is our hope that these recommendations provide some comfort to those mourning their loss as the lessons learned from these deaths strive to prevent further deaths.”