Insights and Stories on Temporary Foreign Workers

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

Dec. 9, 2021 at 4:45 pm CST

Toronto | Reuters — As the COVID-19 pandemic raged, federal government inspectors frequently deemed the employers of migrant workers compliant with health and safety rules despite a lack of evidence, according to an Auditor General report released Thursday. While Canadian provinces and territories set housing standards, the federal government is […]

Federal budget to offer direct payments to farmers for carbon pricing

Apr. 19, 2021 at 4:50 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

New quarantine rules lined up for temporary foreign workers

Mar. 16, 2021 at 8:33 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

Foreign workers to lose some travel exemptions in March

Feb. 12, 2021 at 8:57 pm CST

By D.C. Fraser

Federal program to protect farms, workers from COVID-19 underway

Oct. 5, 2020 at 3:24 pm CDT

By D.C. Fraser

Feds put up $58.6 M for temporary foreign worker supports

Jul. 31, 2020 at 1:53 pm CDT

Glacier FarmMedia – The federal government is announcing $58.6 million in new money to further support temporary foreign workers in Canada’s agricultural sector, it was announced July 31. Spending is expected to focus on health and safety of temporary foreign workers in Canada. Farmers will be eligible to access $35 […]

By D.C. Fraser

Ontario to insure for crop loss due to lack of labour

Jul. 9, 2020 at 10:45 pm CDT

Ontario’s federal/provincial AgriInsurance program has been temporarily expanded to include coronavirus-related labour shortages as a covered cause for crop loss. Producers already enrolled in an eligible production insurance plan and hit by crop losses due to labour disruptions during the 2020 growing season will be able to get further insurance […]

By Dave Bedard

Health minister calls treatment of some farm workers a ‘national disgrace’

Jun. 26, 2020 at 6:47 pm CDT

Ottawa | Reuters — The treatment of migrant workers in Canada by some farmers is disgraceful and the federal government is seeking to fix the problem, the country’s health minister told a parliamentary committee on Friday, as farms battle COVID-19 outbreaks among their employees. Outbreaks of coronavirus infections have killed […]

By Kelsey Johnson

Tam seeks details on Ontario’s COVID-19 farm worker guidelines

Jun. 25, 2020 at 5:08 pm CDT

Ottawa/Toronto | Reuters — Canada’s top public health official said on Thursday she plans to seek more information from Ontario about the province’s plan to allow some COVID-19 positive people with no symptoms to return to their jobs — a risky policy, according to workers’ advocates and some doctors. Ontario, […]

By Allison Martell Kelsey Johnson

Mexico to resume sending farmworkers to Canada after safety agreement

Jun. 22, 2020 at 3:34 am CDT

Mexico City | Reuters — Mexico will resume sending temporary farmworkers to Canada after the two countries reached an agreement on improved safety protections for labourers on Canadian farms during the coronavirus pandemic, the Mexican government said Sunday. Mexico said last Tuesday it would pause sending workers to farms with […]

By Reuters

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