The majority work overtime on a daily basis and on weekends as well, with, at most, two or three days off every month. Download the CTV News app now. The plight facing migrant workers is shared by working class youth and many urban workers: low wages, unemployment, high living costs, mortgage, and poor access to high quality education and health care. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out releasing a top Chinese tech executive in an attempt to win the release of two Canadians detained by Beijing. Vitamin D deficiency may be linked to more severe cases of COVID-19, studies suggest, 'Ready to reopen': How Tim Hortons is preparing to reinstate its seating areas, 'Tragedy for all of us': Ontario nurse working in long-term care home dies of COVID-19, Coronavirus and the Spanish flu: Comparing two lethal pandemics, separated by a century. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are many questions for countries, particularly China, around the origins of COVID-19 and how they reacted in the early days of the pandemic. Migrant workers have very limited or no access to most social services in the cities like education and pensions. Ambassador-designate to China Dr. Palitha Kohona paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa this afternoon at Temple Trees. Many work without a written contract, which makes it extremely hard for them to get compensation when facing wage arrears and work injuries. Even so, two Canadians, Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor, have been detained in China for more than 500 days over allegations of breaching national security, heightening tensions between Ottawa and Beijing. Li’s comments were in response to a question raised by a journalist from People’s Daily, an official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. In 2019, there were 174.25 million rural migrant workers in China, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. There is also a significant upper middle class. A check-in on the public mood of Canadians with hosts Michael Stittle and Nik Nanos. The very austere measure of absolute poverty excludes hundreds of millions who are struggling to survive on very low monthly incomes. Some choose to live in factory dorms, where they usually share a room with many others, have virtually no private space, and have limited access to essentials like hot shower water. The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has accused the UN agency of covering up early aspects of the outbreak and said China initially withheld information about it from the organization. Those that exist are only able to employ a few handfuls of people. Prime Minister Li’s concern for the hundreds of millions on low incomes is as meaningless as the government’s “battle against poverty” campaign. According to an International Monetary Fund (IMF) study, “between 2010 and 2016, the share of debt held by highly indebted households—with a debt-to-income (DTI) ratio above 4—increased from around a quarter to almost half.” Among low-income households, the DTI ratio has increased to almost 6. This Jan. 25, 2018, file photo shows President Donald Trump meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum in Davos. However, while the average monthly income for migrant workers was about three times higher than in the countryside, living in the cities is still a struggle. The view from Wuhan as virus death toll passes one million, Japan, Vietnam agree to boost defense ties, resume flights, Coronavirus latest: Japan and Vietnam agree to resume business travel, Japan's PM Suga arrives in Indonesia to affirm deeper ties, Japan PM pushes closer Southeast Asia ties in, Some world leaders have big stake in U.S. election, Rufus Yerxa on Canada's First Female Deputy PM, U.S.-, Japan's Yoshihide Suga vows to continue Abe's policies after winning party vote, Life precarious for pangolins despite Vietnam crackdown efforts, 'I am Taiwanese': Czech speaker channels JFK in Taiwan speech. At the briefing Wednesday, Trudeau suggested Canada would press Beijing for answers on COVID-19 at an opportune time.

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