The Mexican Farm Workers' Program in Canada: A Comparison with the American Experience

This article describes the main features of an international worker program which has been operating for over twenty-five years, although it been hitherto largely unknown. The article focuses on the economic changes undergone by Canada, which led to the need to supplement its seasonal labor requirem...

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Autor: Verduzco Igartúa, Gustavo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1999
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/1040
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/1040
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:trabajadores agrícolas
migración
integración hemisférica
Canadá
Descripción
Sumario:This article describes the main features of an international worker program which has been operating for over twenty-five years, although it been hitherto largely unknown. The article focuses on the economic changes undergone by Canada, which led to the need to supplement its seasonal labor requirements with Caribbean and Mexican temporary workers. Existing literature on labor migration has usually stigmatized "guest worker" programs, citing numerous problems in the host countries. However, data on the Canadian program has shown that it has satisfactorily supplemented certain farm work requirements without experiencing any problems that could demerit its success, despite the number of years it has been operating.