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As a sociology student, I am developing my policy analysis skills. This practice policy brief looks at the role of migrant workers in Canada's economy and the exploitation they face. I explore Ontario's Bill 27, the Working for Workers Act, which aims to combat illegitimate recruiters. I highlight its shortcomings and make recommendations to better protect migrant workers and strengthen the bill's effectiveness.
In this paper, I explore the post-pandemic phenomenon of the Great Resignation in the labour force and what it means for long-term deteriorating worker conditions. I begin to unpack workplace power dynamics and shifting priorities, topics that set the foundation of my understand of the labour movement.
Despite the success and popularity of ride-sharing apps like Uber, the gig economy is not the 'be your own boss' dream that it claims to be. In this essay, I explore the precarity of platform work and discuss unionization and legal reform as potential solutions in this precarious sector of work.