Leamington mayor reflects on challenges of 2020, COVID-19 crisis on farms
COVID-19 outbreaks within the migrant farm worker population were Hilda MacDonald s biggest burden as mayor, she said.
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Posted: Jan 01, 2021 5:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 1
Hilda MacDonald, the mayor of Leamington, spoke of the challenges 2020 brought in a year-end interview.(CBC) comments
One thing that governments have taken away from an unprecedented year in 2020 is the ability to pivot and adapt, says Leamington Mayor Hilda MacDonald. I think we re getting better at that, she said. And that might bode well for the future.
After all, before the COVID-19 pandemic hit and sparked a crisis within Leamington s vulnerable migrant farm worker population, MacDonald thought her goal for 2020 would be to focus on a sewer line project.