A new wage system aimed at ensuring Qatar's migrant workers get paid their salary on time won't go into effect until November, even though it was planned to be in place this week.

Human rights groups have been criticizing FIFA's decision to award the World Cup to Russia and Qatar, in 2018 and 2022 respectively, right since the get go.

Those who advocate for migrant workers say the program's latest controversy is helping perpetuate a belief that foreign labourers themselves are to blame for Canadians being out of work.