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The Mexican government has reported that plans to exceed 26,000 agricultural workers in Canada by 2023 through the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (PTAT), of which 153 have recently moved.

“Today, 153 agricultural workers traveled to Canada, adding to the more than 2,500 who have arrived in recent days. For the 2023 season, it should reach the figure of 26,000 workers hired by more than 2,000 companies,” presented by the secretariats of Labor and External Relations, in a joint press release.

The Undersecretary of Employment and Labor Mobility of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare, Marath Bolaños López, highlighted the efforts made by day laborers to improve the previous season and wished them to come back with “the satisfaction of a job well done”.

He also highlighted the “will and commitment” employers, who represent more than 2,000 Canadian companies that participate in the PTAT and have requested nearly 17,000 workers for the current season.

In addition, Bolaños López highlighted the work done by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to improve the working conditions of Mexicans in Canada so that they can access “to more and better jobs.

Along the same lines, the Mexican Ambassador to Canada, Carlos Joaquín González, endorses the government’s commitment to address and secure workers’ rights.

“We are opening the doors of the embassy so that their human rights are respected and they return home safely,” assured.

The director general of consular protection and strategic planning, Vanessa Calva Ruiz, added that they were working to inform day laborers of their rights and to support them in case they needed advice.

Of the 153 workers who traveled this Thursday, 15 are from the state of Guanajuato, 14 from the state of Mexico, 13 from Veracruz, 12 from Tlaxcala and Michoacán, 11 from Morelos and 10 from Puebla.

In addition, the statement adds, 21 other states are reporting between one and seven workers.

The PTAT has been a “Orderly, Regular and Safe Labor Mobility Model”, continued the head of the National Employment Service (SNE), Rodrigo Ramírez.

At the North American Leaders Summit in Mexico City earlier this year, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreed to strengthen working conditions for Mexican workers in Canada.

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