‘Forced choice’: Foreign visitors taking low-paid, risky jobs to support families in Canada
‘Forced choice’: Foreign visitors taking low-paid, risky jobs to support families in Canada
By Ishrat Singh
New Canadian Media
Fifty-four year old Punjab native Atamjeet arrived in Surrey, B.C. on a super visa in December 2022 to visit his children who are permanent residents in Canada.
He immediately began to look for work.
It took a few phone calls and a lot of patience, but Atamjeet finally landed a job cleaning windows on a skyscraper in downtown Winnipeg for $14 per hour.
“I worked at a pharmacy back home,” he said. The heights and subsequent safety risks, and his lack of provincial medical insurance made him fearful of taking the job, but he did so anyway in order to help his children manage expenses.
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