Insights and Stories on Employers

Pilot plan to cut red tape for reliable TFW employers

Aug. 16, 2023 at 7:23 pm CDT

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 […]

Audit finds Canada failing migrant farmworkers on COVID-19, housing inspections

Dec. 9, 2021 at 4:45 pm CST

By Anna Mehler Paperny

Canada to wind down broad-based COVID aid programs

Oct. 21, 2021 at 8:05 pm CDT

By David Ljunggren

Foreign worker isolation support extended

Nov. 2, 2020 at 5:07 pm CST

By Dave Bedard

Feds seek feedback on farm worker living conditions

Oct. 28, 2020 at 4:03 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Federal government to backstop TFW isolation with funding

Apr. 13, 2020 at 1:43 pm CDT

Farming and agrifood employers bringing temporary foreign workers (TFWs) to Canada will get per-worker support to make sure those employees can self-isolate for 14 days on arrival. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau on Monday announced up to $50 million for such employers to put such measures in place. As part of […]

By GFM Staff