Ottawa is in the midst of a broad-based consultation aimed at renewing the agriculture streams linked to the temporary foreign workers program
Keith Currie is the president of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture . The CFA is a farmer-funded, national umbrella organization comprising of provincial general farm organizations and national and interprovincial commodity groups. program, painting the program in a negative light and culminating in the recent commitment by federal Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault to tighten access to the program and reduce the number of TFWs in Canada.
We need to create a more permanent fix to Canada’s chronic labour shortages across the entire agriculture sector by ensuring the agriculture streams are maintained to support farmers’ seasonal and temporary needs, while at the same time ensuring the TFW program supports pathways to permanent residency for experienced temporary foreign workers in sectors such as agriculture that demonstrate chronic labour shortages.
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a stark reminder that without the TFW program, Canada’s ability to produce food and agricultural products would be severely compromised. When borders were closed and the flow of TFWs was disrupted, the agricultural sector faced unprecedented challenges.
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