Filipino Canadian Legislator pushing for better treatment of OFWs

Filipino Canadian Legislator pushing for better treatment of OFWs

MANILA — Fil-Canadian unionist turned legislator Mable Elmore of British Columbia, Canada, visited the Philippines to reconnect with her family and dig deeper into the reasons why Filipinos have to migrate to Canada amid exploitative conditions being imposed on migrant workers there.

Canadian-born and raised, Elmore is the first Filipino member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. Her mother migrated to Canada in 1965 to work as a nurse before she married Elmore’s Canadian father. “We have returned to the Philippines as a family several times,” she said in an interview, “We have lots of relatives in Cebu.”

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