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Uncertainty over how new federal travel restrictions and COVID-19 testing requirements will apply to migrant workers is causing “anxiety” ahead of Southwestern… ....
Access to Labour in 2021 Event Type Access to Labour in 2021 (3 presentations) Speaker: Stefan Larass, OFVGA 1) HR Resources for Farms, Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst, Canadian Agricultural Human Resources Council (CAHRC) This presentation will provide useful information, tools and resources to help employers with the complexities of staff management responsibilities. 2) Labour Update for 2021 (SAWP & Ontario), Ken Forth, FARMS Ken will cover off updates on the 2021 SAWP/TFWP program and other relevant labour developments the Labour Issues Coordinating Committee is involved in. 3) Summary of Available Resources for Growers, Stefan Larrass, OFVGA This presentation will provide an update on resources available to growers to support their efforts to manage workplace safety in the pandemic. ....
SIMCOE, ONT. As he stands with his hands inside his sweater pockets, it is clear that Akole Moses wasn’t prepared for the cold Canadian winter. The seasonal migrant worker from Trinidad and Tobago did not anticipate remaining in the country past November. “As a bread winner, you do it for your family to get bread on the table, it’s a sacrifice, it’s a job, and you do it so they don’t have to go through the hardship,” said Moses. Moses has been self-isolating inside a hotel for the past two weeks, anxiously waiting to fly back home to see his five daughters. ....