TORONTO - Several groups held a rally in Toronto to urge justice for migrant workers in the wake of a terrible crash that killed 11 people.
The groups have demanded that an inquest be held into last week's deaths in Hampstead, near Stratford, Ont.
Ten migrant workers, most of them from Peru, died after their van went through a stop sign and was hit by a truck. The truck driver was also killed.
Three other migrants were badly injured in the crash and are still recovering.
A crowd of people marched from the chief coroner's office in downtown Toronto to the Ministry of Labour, demanding action to protect migrant farm workers' rights.
Candles have been set up in front of the ministry building to represent the lives lost.
Along with the 10 who died last week, the groups also want to bring attention to the case of two Jamaican men who died in 2010 while working at a southwestern Ontario farm.
A supervisor was fined $22,500 in the deaths but charges were dropped against three other people.
Paul Roach, 44, and Ralston White, 36, died after being overcome by fumes from a vinegar vat at the farm near Ayton.
Justicia for Migrant Workers says despite several tragedies involving migrant workers in the province, there has never been a coroner's inquest into the death of a worker employed under the temporary foreign workers program.
