In one email released to CBC, Realgoal a Canadian company based in B.C. confirms it provided accommodation and food for employees of its Chinese parent company, Heilongjian Realgoal Technology Co. Ltd., while they were in Canada for the installation and [commissioning of] equipment for Canada Royal Milk in Kingston.
In June and July of 2019, fire inspectors found a total of 88 workers living at the five addresses.
Handwritten notes from one visit say the inspector was told by someone at the property there were more people staying at these residences, but the first wave of workers had already left.
Inspectors determined the homes should be classified as rooming houses under the fire code and documented a range of fire and building code violations, including unsafe cooking facilities and partitioned sleeping quarters constructed without proper permits.