
Tag Archives Farmworker

Helping hands: pilot immigration program targets rural Canada
The Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Program matches immigrants to jobs and could help agricultural recruiters fill vacancies

New program aims to attract skilled immigrants to rural Canada
Participating communities will gain access to a range of supports to help newcomers settle there

Ag labour in the next 10 years
An upcoming survey aims to update agriculture’s labour needs for the next decade

Agri-food sector needs foreign workers
Groups say a parliamentary report offers recommendations that are a step in the right direction

Farm and agri-food employers hail call for foreign worker reform
A new parliamentary report backs their recommendations to fix critical shortage of workers, but will the federal government act on them?

Politics and farm safety in Alberta
In no other industry would such a poor safety record be allowed stand unchallenged

Fewer farm deaths, but still far too many
Improvements in farm equipment cited as main reason for a slight decline in farm fatalities