Once-celebrated P.E.I. apple orchard faces no sanctions despite foreign worker abuse claims
An apple orchard company that once had political stars promoting that it would transform agriculture on Prince Edward Island has been mired in allegations of worker abuse. Following years of complaints and a Canadian Border Service Agency investigation, the company has not been banned from hiring temporary foreign workers, an investigation by The Fifth Estate has found.
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![Yan Liu says he hoped a job through the temporary foreign worker program in P.E.I. would help him and his daughter, Emma, settle in Canada. Instead he says he lost thousands of dollars. Yan Liu stands with his arm around his daughter, both in front of a sign that says Canadian Nectar Products.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7141908.1710357580!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/yan-liu-and-daughter.jpg)
An apple orchard company that once had political stars promoting that it would transform agriculture on Prince Edward Island has been mired in allegations of worker abuse. Following years of complaints and a Canadian Border Service Agency investigation, the company has not been banned from hiring temporary foreign workers, an investigation by The Fifth Estate has found.