A deputy chief coroner’s review of the COVID-19 deaths of three migrant farm workers in Ontario is calling for better safeguards and improved working conditions for foreign seasonal agricultural workers, a population that faces barriers to accessing health care and added dangers due to communal living quarters. 

The report includes 35 recommendations, calling on everything from improved access to health care to better communication between governments and agencies involved in bringing foreign workers to Canada each growing season. 

In 2020, the three Mexican nationals died in May