Reading Time: 2 minutes The 2024 federal budget’s promise to reduce “temporary immigration” could reduce the number of temporary foreign workers available to Canadian agriculture and agricultural businesses. The document states the government “will reduce the share of temporary residents in Canada to five per cent of the total population over the next three years,” which it estimates will […] Read more
Agriculture industry wary of federal immigration plan
Feds vow to reduce 'temporary immigration,' but group says temporary workers are not the same as international students
Initiative aims to address labour shortages, safe work practices
Pilot aims to foster safer working environment for TFWs
Reading Time: 2 minutes The federal government has announced a pilot program designed to reduce administrative burden for employers seeking to hire Temporary Foreign Workers. The Recognized Employer Pilot is a response to the labour shortage in Canada, the government said, and aims to give qualified employers a faster path to hiring TFWs through the existing federal program. A […] Read more
Feds extend Agri-Food Immigration Pilot program
Pathway to permanent residency program for TFWs given two more years
Reading Time: 3 minutes Applicants residing in Canada can either meet the job offer requirement, including the median wage, or the education requirement, including verification of credentials.
More temporary foreign workers needed, says CCA
Reading Time: < 1 minute The Canadian Cattlemen’s Association wants the federal government to make changes to the temporary foreign worker program to address the shortage of labour. “Cattle producers and beef processors are struggling to find enough workers, and straining to deal with the impacts of job vacancies on production,” the association said in a recent newsletter. It cites […] Read more
Worker shortage handicapping ag sector
Plants have jobs but not enough Canadians interested in them
Reading Time: 5 minutes A chronic shortage of workers isn’t just a problem for meat packers, but all of agriculture, say experts. Mark Chambers sees the impact every day at Sunterra Farms, but also knows his experience is being mirrored across the country. “If we can’t get enough labour to produce the value-added products or to expand and grow, […] Read more
Abrupt change in rules for temporary foreign workers is wrong
Thousands of hardworking and dedicated people have been cut adrift because of changes to the Temporary Foreign Workers Program
Reading Time: 3 minutes In Alberta, the shortage of workers is so critical that experts estimate the province will be 96,000 persons short by 2023. With unemployment at 4.7 per cent (and well under four per cent per cent in some regions), the situation is warrants attention. At that rate Alberta dips into a demographic that should not be […] Read more
Déjà vu all over again at Alberta’s largest meat-packing plants
Food processors hit hard by recent changes to the temporary foreign worker program
Reading Time: 2 minutes How will recent changes to the temporary foreign worker program impact agriculture’s ability to compete for labour? Paul Wannet, human resources manager for Cargill Meats in High River, knows — and he’s been through it before. The situation was dire for Alberta’s largest meat-packing plant in 2007 when the temporary foreign worker program renewal came […] Read more
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