This submission highlights some of the positive aspects of the draft regulation, concerning the housing conditions of workers, in light of Canada’s international human rights obligations and standards which also apply to the Quebec authorities. If fully implemented, the new rules can represent a significant step towards ending the poor housing conditions migrant workers under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) have endured in the province over the years and upholding their right to adequate housing. At the same time, Amnesty International warns that the new rules afford employers an unreasonably lengthy transition period to comply with some provisions of the regulation which are necessary for the realisation of the right to adequate housing.
