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Editorial: A shaky foundation

By Gord Gilmour December 8, 2016

It’s often said employees are the bedrock of any business. Without them wheels don’t turn, work isn’t done, products aren’t created and customers aren’t served. If that really is so, and there’s a small library of management manuals to back that claim, agriculture in Canada is in real trouble. A joint study from the Conference

workers cutting beef at a meat-packing plant

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Temporary foreign worker program gets reprieve

By Alex Binkley August 8, 2016

Employers who have been in the program the longest are being exempted from further  reductions in the proportion of their workforce that aren’t citizens

Meat, fruit and vegetable processors are welcoming a recent announcement that reductions in the temporary foreign workers programs have been frozen for now. Employment Minister MaryAnn Mihychuk recently said employers registered in the Temporary Foreign Worker Programs (TFWP) prior to June 2014 will be able to continue to use up to 20 per cent non-citizens

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Canada may delay foreign worker limits as packers, farms face squeeze

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel April 28, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada may delay implementing new restrictions on the use of foreign workers as farmers and meat processors warn of severe labour shortages in one of the world’s biggest agricultural exporters, the employment minister said. Employers have reported difficulty finding workers despite a 7.1 per cent unemployment rate. Many Canadians resist jobs

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Foreign worker break for seafood sector a ‘one-time’ deal

By GFM Network News, Rod Nickel March 17, 2016

Winnipeg | Reuters –– Canada’s move to loosen restrictions on hiring foreign workers for East Coast seafood plants was a one-time decision, and the government is not convinced other sectors need similar measures, the country’s employment minister said Thursday. The Liberal government eased restrictions under its foreign worker program recently for Atlantic seafood processors, allowing

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Editorial: A shaky foundation

Temporary foreign worker program gets reprieve

Canada may delay foreign worker limits as packers, farms face squeeze

Foreign worker break for seafood sector a ‘one-time’ deal

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