Job vacancies in food and beverage manufacturing fell to 2019 levels this year, but softening demand for workers isn’t necessarily a positive sign says Farm Credit Canada.
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Food and beverage sector sees softening demand for workers
Meat industry calls on federal gov to ease foreign worker limits
Meat industry groups are asking the federal government to reinstate a program that expanded industry hiring limits for temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and lengthened the validity of paperwork needed for hiring, citing work shortages and impact on food prices.
Farm wages, benefits have room to improve, survey says
Agriculture wages lag behind fields like construction, manufacturing, transport; jobs may lack basic benefits
"While some agriculture employers offered these benefits, many participating organizations do not offer any flexible work arrangements or basic benefits like sick days," CAHRC wrote in a report on its 2024 survey of compensation practices in Canadian agriculture.
Agriculture workers not mentioned in TFW rule changes
Food processing sees foreign worker limit reduced by ten per cent; construction, healthcare exempted
The federal government announced Thursday that, effective May 1, some sectors would be allowed no more than 20 per cent of their workforces to be made up of temporary foreign workers (TWFs) brought in via the low wage stream—down from 30 per cent since 2022.
Veterinary association calls on federal government to address workforce shortage
National testing centre is needed to onboard internationally-trained vets, CVMA says
An organization representing Canadian veterinarians is calling for the federal government to intervene as it faces what it calls a severe workforce shortage.
Opinion: Meat processors key link in local food value chain
The labour issues in the sector didn’t pop up overnight
Labour shortages have long been a challenge for the meat processing sector. It creates problems for meat processing businesses and also makes it harder for farmers to access much-needed processing capacity for their livestock when animals are ready for market. The COVID-19 pandemic intensified the skilled worker shortage, while driving an increase in consumer demand
Better pay, better opportunities: labour report
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada got comments from agriculture, food and labour groups about workforce challenges
Pay workers more, increase benefits and provide more education and training for potential workers to improve the ag industry’s labour prospects. That’s a summary of comments from groups who responded to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s “What We Heard” report, released May 18, on the federal agricultural labour strategy. AAFC spent the last year surveying industry
Editor’s Take: Durable solutions needed for human capital crunch
When Canada has a systemic problem, all too often our national reaction is to slap a Band-Aid of some kind on it and call it a day. Nursing shortage in Manitoba? Jump on a plane and poach every available nurse from the Philippines. Doctor shortage? Hoover up every available international doctor from South Africa, India
Editor’s Take: Everybody wants to work
Employers — including many agricultural employers — seem to have fallen for the trope that ‘nobody wants to work anymore.’ It’s a handy way to back away from any personal responsibility for the industry’s labour woes and one that conveniently avoids looking in the mirror for the source of the problem. We’ll start by looking
Farmers say no one wants to work. Experts say that’s not the case
Producers are struggling to find workers -- and so is everyone else
Aerial field sprayers are the fighter pilots of industry, swooping low and fast while dropping chemical armaments over fields. They’re used to avoiding obstacles including power lines, trees, buildings and vehicles. But some are facing a new challenge — getting chemical delivered to the aircraft. Calvin Murray, founder of Early Bird Air near Strathmore, Alta.,
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
