For last week’s episode, Contract to Kill, we wanted to speak to a representative of the government of India about explosive allegations that it orchestrated several plots to kill activists in Canada and the U.S. India declined. This week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government demanded YouTube block our story in India. —- This week’s episode began with a call to CBC in P.E.I. and reporter Kevin Yarr, who had written about migrant workers allegedly facing abuse at Island workplaces. A foreign worker named Yan Liu secretly filmed videos he says showed him paying thousands of dollars for a work permit. He then approached Kevin Yarr. As Yarr looked into Liu’s story, he realized it was part of something bigger. That’s when he called The Fifth Estate. Over the last eight months, our team, led by producer Rachel Ward, has dug into what federal authorities allege is a web of companies accused of defrauding the Canadian government and foreign workers. At the heart of this alleged network is an apple orchard that once promised to transform the agricultural identity of P.E.I. Canadian Nectar Products started with big backers such as former Canadian deputy prime minister Sheila Copps. It also had support from two premiers. But within a few years, Copps had left and the orchard was being run by an immigration consultant from Ontario named Kamalpreet Khaira. Khaira and companies he owned and worked with are accused of making foreign workers pay for work permits and hiring workers for fake jobs — all illegal under federal immigration laws. But the government has not fined or banned these companies from hiring temporary foreign workers. Watch “Rotten Promises” on YouTube right now and at 9 p.m. on CBC-TV or CBC Gem. Steven D’Souza Host, Rotten Promises | 
