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Stranded foreign workers get reprieve
They can now apply for an open work permit to find work and keep social programs

Poll says Canadians support path to residency for foreign workers
Close to 80 per cent had a positive response to the idea of permanent residency for foreign workers

Strategy created for 2021 planting worker protection
The government and industry collaborated on the detailed strategy for farm workers

Farm worker protections get more funding
Program means double the previous limit that can be claimed by farms

New pilot program for agri-food labour welcomed
Meat processors, greenhouse and mushroom growers, livestock producers get first crack at program

Foreign workers starting to arrive, livestock group says
About 2,000 have recently arrived, several thousand more here soon, feeders say

Foreign workers leave families behind, but also see opportunity
More workers from other countries are filling empty farming roles, including on hog farms

Agriculture foreign workers get new path to residency

Canada may delay foreign worker limits as packers, farms face squeeze
