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Recommendation 1:
Create a network of stakeholders involved in the dissemination of legal information and provision of legal services
A network of stakeholders is necessary to coordinate multiple entry points into a system that facilitates access to legal information and services for migrant workers. The network would consist of multiple stakeholders working together to provide a seamless experience for migrant workers to access information at the prearrival, on-arrival, and employment stages of their migration. Stakeholders include both government and nongovernment actors, as follows:
Pre-arrival:
A network of stakeholders is necessary to coordinate multiple entry points into a system that facilitates access to legal information and services for migrant workers. The network would consist of multiple stakeholders working together to provide a seamless experience for migrant workers to access information at the prearrival, on-arrival, and employment stages of their migration. Stakeholders include both government and nongovernment actors, as follows:
Pre-arrival:
- Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, through its Canadian visa offices overseas, would distribute legal information materials to migrant workers prior to their arrival to Canada. These materials would be provided when the worker’s visa is sent to or picked up by the prospective worker, and would be made visibly available at Canadian embassies, consulates, and visa processing centres abroad.
- The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) would distribute legal information materials to migrant workers at their point of entry to Canada at airports and border crossings. CBSA officials would provide these information materials to migrant workers when they receive their work permit.
- Legal advocates in the region would provide post-arrival information sessions to migrant workers.
- Trained call centre staff at key government agencies would provide information and referrals to legal advocates, the dedicated website and the dedicated hotline.
- Websites of key government agencies would refer migrant workers to the dedicated website and the dedicated hotline.
- Trained community service providers, including key settlement agencies, grassroots migrant worker organizations and faith-based organizations, would conduct outreach to migrant workers and provide legal information and referrals to legal services.
- Legal advocates would provide direct legal advocacy services, workshops and mobile clinics to remote areas. Legal advocates would also regularly update the dedicated website and answer the dedicated hotline.
- Lawyers would provide supervision to the legal advocates, and training to the legal advocates and community service providers.
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Recommendation 3:
Create a dedicated website
The data collected for this report highlighted the need for reliable and user-friendly online multilingual legal information. A dedicated website which provides legal information tailored to migrant workers in the low-wage streams, as well as a comprehensive directory of community service providers and legal advocates would function as a resource for migrant workers, community service providers, and government staff who receive information requests from migrant workers. The website would also direct migrant workers to the dedicated hotline.
Migrant workers would be directed to the dedicated website via several sources, including written legal information materials, on-the-ground community service providers, and websites of key government agencies, for example. Migrant workers in the focus groups shared that when they search for legal information online, they frequently go to government websites. As such, government websites play an important role in directing migrant workers to resources available to them.
Interview data further indicates the need to provide a website that consolidates information from various sources. […] A dedicated website can simplify the search for up-to-date online legal information, and facilitate greater access to legal information by making it available in different languages.
The data collected for this report highlighted the need for reliable and user-friendly online multilingual legal information. A dedicated website which provides legal information tailored to migrant workers in the low-wage streams, as well as a comprehensive directory of community service providers and legal advocates would function as a resource for migrant workers, community service providers, and government staff who receive information requests from migrant workers. The website would also direct migrant workers to the dedicated hotline.
Migrant workers would be directed to the dedicated website via several sources, including written legal information materials, on-the-ground community service providers, and websites of key government agencies, for example. Migrant workers in the focus groups shared that when they search for legal information online, they frequently go to government websites. As such, government websites play an important role in directing migrant workers to resources available to them.
Interview data further indicates the need to provide a website that consolidates information from various sources. […] A dedicated website can simplify the search for up-to-date online legal information, and facilitate greater access to legal information by making it available in different languages.
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Recommendation 4:
Create a dedicated hotlineA dedicated hotline to provide legal information, advice and referrals would serve as another key entry point into the coordinated system. The hotline would facilitate access to information for migrant workers in remote areas who may face barriers to accessing services in person. To reduce barriers, legal advocates would staff the hotline during times when migrant workers are typically off work.
Data from the focus groups shows that caregivers, SAWP workers and workers in the low-wage stream of the TFWP would all like to see the development of a dedicated hotline. While SAWP workers in the Fraser Valley focus group indicated that they would like to see the development of a hotline, many workers stated that in person on the farm advocacy is necessary in addition to a hotline. A dedicated hotline would thus complement, but not replace in-person provision of legal information and services by community service providers and legal advocates.
Data from the focus groups shows that caregivers, SAWP workers and workers in the low-wage stream of the TFWP would all like to see the development of a dedicated hotline. While SAWP workers in the Fraser Valley focus group indicated that they would like to see the development of a hotline, many workers stated that in person on the farm advocacy is necessary in addition to a hotline. A dedicated hotline would thus complement, but not replace in-person provision of legal information and services by community service providers and legal advocates.
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