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  • December 17, 2021 , 12:23pm

Undocumented, but willing to fill job vacancies

Undocumented, but willing to fill job vacancies

By Javier Ortega-Araiza

Experts estimate there are between 200,000 and 500,000 undocumented people in Canada, most of whom are willing and able to fill an estimated one million job vacancies.

Every day, when he hears his supervisor’s phone ring, Ricardo (an assumed name) panics. He’s not afraid of being scolded or yelled at, or of not qualifying for the weekly bonus, even if it is a meagre raise.

The reason he shakes and fumbles with the wooden boards he needs to carry to yet another basement is the question continually in his head: Has there been another incident?

A phone call to Ricardo’s workplace — which today is the renovation of a school in Oshawa, Ontario — means somebody has likely complained or has been injured, and there will be more inspectors dropping by. If the confrontation gets out of hand, it is likely the police will show up.

But what if the police show up and demand to see everybody’s Social Insurance Number (SIN) and he’s not as lucky as he was last time, or the time prior, when he and two mates hid inside the manager’s car?

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