Radio-Canada report finds mould, close quarters, lack of hot water in lodgings for workers at Serres Demers.

When Juan came to Quebec from Guatemala to produce tomatoes for Productions Horticoles Demers, he hoped to make enough money to send home so his wife and children could put food on the table and afford a better education. 

But the living conditions provided by the renowned Quebec company, one of the largest agricultural producers in the province, are not what Juan imagined. 

Current and former employees of Serres Demers showed Radio-Canada journalists where they live: on bunk beds crammed into small spaces filled with mould, with holes in the wall, suffocating heat in the summer months, and a lack of hot water in the winter.

"We have little space, it's very uncomfortable," said Juan, who still works for Serres Demers.
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