United Food and Commercial Workers Canada and Ecojustice have launched a lawsuit against Health Canada. They say the department has failed to protect agriculture workers by not enforcing material safety data sheet requirements.
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Union and environmental charity take on Health Canada over farm chemicals
Groups allege farmers and workers not given access to legally-required pesticide safety data sheets in lawsuit
Temporary foreign worker system called ““Inherently exploitative”
Amnesty International report claims some treatment of Ontario, Quebec workers violates anti-slavery and anti-trafficking legislation
Canada's temporary foreign worker (TFW) program is "inherently exploitative and discriminatory"; and violates Canada's international obligations according to a report from Amnesty International released today.
Employers of temporary foreign workers got more fines, bans in 2024
Employment and Social Development Canada handed out $2.1 million in financial penalties to employers of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) between April and September 2024. This was more than double the fines given in the same period of 2023, according to a federal news release.
Food and beverage sector sees softening demand for workers
Job vacancies in food and beverage manufacturing fell to 2019 levels this year, but softening demand for workers isn’t necessarily a positive sign says Farm Credit Canada.
COMMENT: The Temporary Foreign Worker Program is a failure, and new immigration limits make a bad situation worse
Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was seemingly set up to fail. Multiple successive governments have long passed the buck to the next and still none are willing to fix it.
‘Less panic’ over new immigration policy
The federal government’s new policy on immigration will not have huge consequences for agri-food processors or farmers, say spokespeople for the Canadian Meat Council and the Canadian Federation of Agriculture.
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board developing a strategy for foreign agricultural workers
New system aimed at increasing return-to-work numbers
The Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) is making changes regarding foreign agricultural workers in the Seasonal Agriculture Worker Program (SAWP) with new Foreign Agricultural Worker Strategy.
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