{"id":310241,"date":"2025-10-17T08:15:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/310241\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T08:15:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T08:15:21","slug":"4-undocumented-workers-identified-at-calgarys-event-centre-site-cbsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/310241\/","title":{"rendered":"4 undocumented workers identified at Calgary\u2019s event centre site: CBSA"},"content":{"rendered":"

After investigators from the Canada Border Services Agency<\/a> (CBSA) conducted an immigration check at Calgary\u2019s event centre project site on Wednesday, the agency confirmed four undocumented workers<\/a> were identified on site.<\/p>\n

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The CBSA and Calgary Police Service visited the construction site on the corner of 12th Avenue S.E. and Stampede Trail as part of an Immigration and Refugee Protection Act investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cCBSA officers exercised their designated peace officer authorities by conducting ID checks for the purpose of administering and enforcing the IRPA, namely to identify persons of potential interest for non-compliance,\u201d the agency said in a statement to Global News.<\/p>\n

The CBSA said police were on scene as an extra security measure to support both public and officer safety, given the large size of the worksite.<\/p>\n

CBSA confirmed to Global News late Thursday that it received a tip indicating that \u201ca number of individuals might be working at the Calgary worksite,\u201d which prompted this investigation.<\/p>\n

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According to the agency, four workers \u201cfound to be without status\u201d are required to report to the CBSA office this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cEnsuring that those who are inadmissible leave the country is critical to the integrity of Canada\u2019s immigration system,\u201d a spokesperson for CBSA said in an updated statement.<\/p>\n

The statement also noted that workplace investigations are not frequently used, with approximately five to six per year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith CBSA, 1,000 more inland enforcement officers have been hired, they\u2019ve been empowered, enhanced with more resources, with more money, with more officers, we\u2019re going to see this more and more,\u201d said immigration lawyer Raj Sharma.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis has been common in Toronto and Vancouver. It\u2019s less common in Calgary and Edmonton and the western provinces, but we\u2019re seeing it more and more.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said she has spoken with the prime minister\u2019s office and Canada\u2019s Public Safety Minister, Gary Anandasangaree, with questions regarding how the site visit was managed and if there are protections for the workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf this is a situation where we\u2019re trying to protect people from being exploited, then I would like to know there were resources and support available for these people,\u201d Gondek told Global News.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019m taken aback that this would happen in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Building Trades of Alberta (BTA), an organization that represents several local trade unions and thousands of trades workers in the province, said the issue of trafficking of undocumented workers on job sites is \u201cnot a secret\u201d in Alberta.<\/p>\n

BTA\u2019s strategic engagement and development director, Rob Calver, said the issue goes beyond the city\u2019s event centre project.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re on every major project that you see in Alberta right now,\u201d Calver said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are subcontractors who are paying cash in envelopes to these young workers. It\u2019s disgusting.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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