KINGSTON, Jamaica, CMC – The Jamaica authorities Tuesday confirmed that certainly one of its nationals, who labored on a Canadian farmer, has died.
The Ministry of Labour and Social Safety stated that the reason for loss of life of Daniel Brown, who was discovered unresponsive in his room by a coworker, is but to be revealed.
Reviews had stated that Brown, on October 7, returned residence from work, ready a meal, and went to mattress.
Daniel Brown
The ministry stated that on the next morning, the Jamaican Liaison Service’s Performing Chief Liaison Officer, Althea Riley, was contacted and knowledgeable that Brown was discovered unresponsive in his room by a coworker. The paramedics had been instantly known as, and Brown was pronounced useless upon their arrival.
In accordance with the ministry, a senior member of its Household Providers Unit has visited Brown’s subsequent of kin on a number of events following his passing.
“The ministry has persistently saved the household up to date on issues regarding Mr Brown’s passing and has shared any new data obtained by the coroner and different entities in Canada as quickly as it’s obtained,” the discharge said.
Final week, throughout a city corridor assembly in Canada, the place he had been attending the Canada-Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICOM) summit, Prime Minister Andrew Holness disclosed that Labour Minister Pearnel Charles Jr can be heading to Canada this week to do a radical examine of the Seasonal Agricultural Employees Programme (SAWP) wherein hundreds of Jamaicans take part yearly.
Final yr, the Authorities commissioned a fact-finding crew to look into the SAWP, which discovered that the majority Jamaican employees had been glad with their working and residing circumstances.
In responding to a query about this system, Prime Minister Holness stated, “If the legal guidelines, requirements, rules, and insurance policies of Canada or Jamaica are being contravened, “there isn’t any argument. We wish to know.”
“The problem we face is that some contributors had been saying there isn’t an issue, and a few had been saying there’s a drawback. So the Authorities should take any grievance critically and examine it,” he famous.
It is because of this, he stated, that Charles Jr “is tasked to come back again to Canada and do a radical examine.”
The Prime Minister stated that if this system is discovered to be wanting, then “we’ve got to work to repair it with out prejudice to the individuals who profit from this system, which means the Jamaican farm employees and the Canadian farmers. So, I believe that this is a chance to enhance this system.”
Minister of Overseas Affairs and Overseas Commerce, Kamina Johnson Smith, stated however the fact-finding crew’s report, the Authorities has a duty to research additional if considerations proceed to be raised.
She stated the labor minister’s mission throughout his go to to Canada is to fulfill with employers and the related authorities to make additional inquiries.
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