Recently, there has been a lot of talk of and media attention toward a reality show documenting immigration raids in British Columbia, produced with the cooperation of the Canadian Border Services Association and the approval of Public Safety Minister Vic Toews. Despite widespread criticism of the show and particularly the government collaboration to produce it, Vic Toews continues to defend the show.
To read more about the raids, see recent news articles:
in the CBC – initial story, reaction;
Global News – Global news – initial story; and
The National Post – involvement of Vic Toews, to name a few.
Commentary here and here.
If you are as outraged as we are at this exploitative show, there is a petition to stop the show circulating on Change.org – raid show petition.
*Update: one of the workers filmed has filed a human rights complaint in relation to the show. Article here.