From the nested article, the farmer they interviewed makes $20.05/hour, above the minimum wage of $17.20/hour. Which is below the Ottawa living wage for 2023 but it does include a room which doesn’t sound like a slum

I do accept that this may be an outlier, as the person they interviewed is a lead farmer, but this rule change is targeting employees below the median wage, $28.39/hour in Ontario.

I disagree that this is endorsing slavery

Jira.

Just to reiterate a point in the article, just because you’ve got mining claims doesn’t mean you can just come in and start digging, you need written permission from the landowner before any mining related work can begin (even test holes)