"How Canada’s Labour Traffickers Trap Workers"

Choori Mohamed’s story highlights how Canada’s temporary worker programs expose foreign workers to abuse…

But Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada accepted Choori Mohamed’s evidence of abuse and granted him an open work permit for vulnerable workers facing abuse in Canada…

…coming to Canada in 2023 to build a new life for his family… 

While in the country as a visitor, Choori Mohamed approached Noaisys Immigration Inc., a Delta, B.C.-based firm founded by immigration consultant Simon Chelat, to help him find work and apply for permanent residency.

…to pay $10,500 in exchange for help applying for a work permit and to cover any government processing fees involved with the application… 

“The allegation you reference does not constitute a substantiated story, nor has any credible information been presented to support it,” a spokesperson for Chelat said in an email to The Tyee and the IJF.

“To be very clear, our firm does not engage in any such activities.”…

…began work in March 2023, he said it wasn’t the job he signed up for…

…Choori Mohamed was hired as a “retail supervisor.”…

But Choori Mohamed said his employer had him mainly working as a cashier alone, stocking the shelves and cleaning toilets, with no supervision duties. 

Choori Mohamed requested The Tyee and the IJF not identify his employer…

Reporters contacted the employer via phone, but he declined to speak to The Tyee and the IJF about those allegations.

“I cannot discuss anything about this, because we are not in business anymore,” they said, adding they retired last July...