Migrant worker receives damages in human rights abuse case

Monrose, a national of St. Lucia, went to Canada under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme in 2009. While working for Double Diamond Acres (a greenhouse in Kingsville, Ontario), he was subjected to racist comments from a supervisor. After complaining about the racist comments, he fired and sent back to St. Lucia.

Monrose, with the assistance of a not-for- profit activist group for migrant workers, later filed a human rights complaint. Ontario's Human Rights Tribunal awarded $23,500.00 in damages: $5,500 in lost wages, $3,000 for damage to his dignity, feelings and self-respect and $18,000 for the violation of his right to be free from reprisal. 

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Migrant worker in Kingsville receives damages in human rights abuse case