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Pilot plan to cut red tape for reliable TFW employers

Farm employers can apply starting next month

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Canada’s temporary foreign worker (TFW) program is set to give farms a head start in an express lane expected to cut the annual paperwork for that program’s most “trusted employers.” Federal Employment and Workforce Development Minister Randy Boissonault last week launched a three-year pilot meant to “help to address labour shortages and reduce the administrative
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Crops, Other

Grain, seed corn growers get access to seasonal worker program

Maple syrup also added to national commodity list

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Growers of grains, oilseeds and seed corn and maple syrup producers may be able to get in on the federal Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) for the 2021 season. Federal Employment Minister Carla Qualtrough announced Nov. 27 the national commodity list (NCL) would be expanded to include seed corn, oil seed, grains and maple syrup
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Foreign worker isolation support extended

Federal program extended alongside federal restrictions

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The federal program helping employers of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) cover the costs of isolating new workers for two weeks on their arrival in Canada has been extended through November. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced Monday that the Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program will now run to Nov. 30, as the government
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Crops

TFW program to be overhauled after COVID-19 outbreaks on farms

"The piece that's missing is enforcement"

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Winnipeg | Reuters — Canada is overhauling its temporary foreign worker program, a government spokeswoman said on Friday, after coronavirus outbreaks on Ontario farms sickened hundreds and led Mexico to demand assurances of proper safeguards. As part of the review, surprise inspections of working and living conditions on farms will immediately increase, Ashley Michnowski, communications
“I’m hurting not having my help,” says the chair of the Manitoba Beekeepers Association.
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Vegetable, honey producers still waiting on workers

Less than half of international workers expected for the season have arrived, province says

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Despite efforts to bring in international workers, vegetable growers and beekeepers are still severely understaffed, according to provincial numbers. “I’m hurting not having my help,” said Mark Friesen, chair of the Manitoba Beekeepers Association. Friesen’s Canadian employee is living abroad and hasn’t been able to get back into the country, he said. As of May 11, according to numbers
File photo of a quality control check on fresh peppers in a Canadian vegetable packing plant. (Jeffbergen/E+Getty Images)
Markets, Other

Laid-off foreign workers may get conditional clearance for other jobs

Workers allowed to start new jobs while permits are processed

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Approved temporary foreign workers (TFWs) whose jobs disappeared before they could begin work in Canada this spring can now get much quicker approval to start at other workplaces, including farms, where the workers are needed. The federal government said Tuesday it will, effective “immediately,” temporarily waive its rule requiring a TFW to receive federal approval
File photo of a New Brunswick blueberry field in autumn. (EdCorey/iStock/Getty Images)
Crops

New Brunswick ag groups rip province’s ban on foreign workers

Risk during pandemic 'simply too great,' premier says

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New Brunswick farmers who employ temporary foreign workers (TFWs) are calling for the provincial government to reverse its new COVID-19-related ban on entry of TFWs who haven’t yet arrived. The provincial government on Tuesday updated a mandatory order under its pandemic state of emergency to restrict TFWs from entering the province. The new restriction doesn’t
One human resources co-ordinator says some pork producers would soon be looking for international workers to fill vacancies in barns during seeding time.
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Coronavirus causes challenges and opportunities for producers

Some temporary foreign workers capitalizing on changes to extend stays in Canada, one expert says

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One pork industry expert says some hog farmers are finding new workers and extending the stay of temporary workers during the COVID-19 crisis. “Agriculture isn’t going away because of the pandemic,” said Janice Goldsborough, human resources and training co-ordinator with the Manitoba Pork Council. As a result, farms are able to take on some workers
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Markets

Farm labour shortage seen costing billions, expected to rise

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Ottawa | Reuters — Canada’s farm labour deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 workers, or one in three jobs, as shortages continue to hit the sector’s bottom line, the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council said on Tuesday. Farmers in Canada have long reported challenges in recruiting farm workers because the rural-based work
Worker shortages mean tougher times for beef and pork producers
Livestock

Worker shortages mean tougher times for beef and pork producers

Foreign workers will be part of the solution, Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council says

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Labour shortages will restrict growth in the beef and pork sectors during the next decade, says the latest analysis from the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC). It says that “a widening labour gap threatens to limit the profitability and growth of Canada’s red-meat industry.” The council is examining 11 agriculture sectors. It has already

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