CANADIAN FARM WORKERS in recent years have been complaining about being short-changed by the Ministry of Labour and the overseas Liaison Office.
This no doubt was because of the very low exchange rate (as low as $1.28) over the years to which their home savings were subjected.
Some workers even complained that they were being given “dollar for dollar”. With the exchange rate of the Canadian dollar now reaching $1.99, the workers have seen their take-home savings jump astronomically.
The staff in the Home Savings Department must be breathing a sigh of relief at no longer having farm workers hurl accusations at them.
E. JEROME DAVIS, Former Liaison Officer
