Tag Archives temporary foreign worker

Pilot plan to cut red tape for reliable TFW employers
Farm employers can apply starting next month

Vegetable group lobbies for TFW quarantine fund
Quarantine requirements have added significant costs to farm operations

Grain, seed corn growers get access to seasonal worker program
Maple syrup also added to national commodity list

Foreign worker isolation support extended
Federal program extended alongside federal restrictions

TFW program to be overhauled after COVID-19 outbreaks on farms
"The piece that's missing is enforcement"

Laid-off foreign workers may get conditional clearance for other jobs
Workers allowed to start new jobs while permits are processed

New Brunswick ag groups rip province’s ban on foreign workers
Risk during pandemic 'simply too great,' premier says

Opinion: Keeping up in a fast-moving COVID-19 world
Foreign worker confusion shows the speed things are changing

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