Frustration is growing for the Windsor-Essex agriculture sector as negative perceptions around migrant workers and COVID linger. “These workers did everything that was asked of them,” said Joseph Sbrocchi, executive […] Read more
Tag Archives COVID-19
Migrant workers under social microscope
A recent ban on the workers hasn’t helped with community relations, say farm representatives
Pandemic border protests strand cattle and car parts
Ottawa | Reuters — Protests in Canada against vaccine mandates have disrupted two key U.S. border crossings, and are snarling hundreds of millions of dollars daily of trade, ranging from […] Read more
Pandemic protestors block Windsor border crossing
Commercial traffic being diverted to Sarnia
Ottawa | Reuters — The busiest land crossing between the U.S. and Canada was jammed on Tuesday after Canadian protestors blocked lanes on Monday over their government’s pandemic control measures. […] Read more
Editorial: Worker safety and food security a balancing act
Will growers who rely on the labour of Temporary Foreign Agricultural Workers (TFAWs) face yet another season of uncertainty due to COVID-19 housing and quarantine rules? It certainly looked that […] Read more
Behind the short-lived Windsor-Essex foreign worker ban
Foreign agriculture workers were being tested at a much higher rate than the rest of the community, which inflated the numbers
The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU) rescinded its order limiting the arrival of temporary foreign agricultural workers within three days of issuance after the province stepped in to say it […] Read more
Pork industry looks ahead from turbulent 2021
Pork prices expected to stay elevated in 2022
MarketsFarm — Labour shortages caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, high feed costs and lower prices posed constant threats to Canada’s hog industry in 2021. Nevertheless, pork appears to be in […] Read more
Canada rules out use of troops against truck blockade
More protests planned
Ottawa | Reuters — The Canadian government will not use troops against protestors whose nearly week-long demonstration against coronavirus vaccine mandates has brought traffic in central Ottawa to a halt, […] Read more
Province giving HEPA filters to employers with workers in congregate living settings
The Ontario government is distributing up to 5,500 free HEPA filters to improve ventilation in agri-food congregate living settings. The province said in a release the filters will add an […] Read more
Single lanes opened at Alberta border crossing, Mounties say
RCMP 'acknowledges the work that is being done'
Single lanes have reopened in each direction at Alberta’s busiest Canada-U.S. trade window, allowing cross-border supply chains to resume, RCMP report. In response to “concerned citizens in the area of […] Read more
Alberta RCMP to start unclogging major border crossing
Blockade 'not a peaceful assembly,' Mounties say
A major supply chain corridor connecting Alberta and the U.S. is expected to be cleared of protestors and reopened to traffic on Tuesday, Alberta RCMP have warned. Protestors in vehicles […] Read more
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