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The Canadian agriculture industry is calling for changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program in an effort to solve a labour shortage it says costs farmers $1.5 billion annually in lost sales.The Canadian Federation of Agriculture, as well as more than 20 Alberta-based farm groups representing a wide spectrum of producers, has made a submission as part of a federal …

OTTAWA (Reuters) ― Canada’s labour-strapped greenhouse vegetable and flower growers are ramping up efforts to keep and recruit more workers in the face of pressure from the country’s budding cannabis industry, farm groups say.“Many of the cannabis producers are very cash rich. They’ve got the resources to pay a very good wage,” said Andrew Morse, head of the Flowers Canada …

Greenhouse and mushroom operations desperately need more workers, especially with Ontario’s greenhouse vegetable industry expecting to add 1,900 more acres and 7,900 jobs in the next 10 years, Canada’s agriculture minister was told in Leamington.“You’ve got producers with ongoing help wanted, help ads constantly and they’ve never taken them down,” George Gilvesy, chairman of the Ontario Vegetable Greenhouse Growers, said …

The long-standing trend of farmers struggling to find workers is expected to get worse, a Senate committee has found.The Senate committee on agriculture and forestry released a report Monday which found that Canada needs to be more competitive in global markets. A lack of workers in the agricultural sector is one of many factors contributing to missed opportunities, said Senator …

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada’s farm labor deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 workers, or one in three jobs, as shortages continue to hit the sector’s bottom line, the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council said on Tuesday.Farmers in Canada have long reported challenges in recruiting farm workers because the rural-based work traditionally involves a high degree of manual …

Canada’s farm labour deficit is expected to double by 2029 to 123,000 workers, or one in three jobs, as shortages continue to hit the sector’s bottom line, the Canadian Agriculture Human Resource Council said on Tuesday.Farmers in Canada have long reported challenges in recruiting farm workers because the rural-based work traditionally involves a high degree of manual labour, long hours, …

Local businesses struggle to keep up amid skilled labor shortage Area mechanics grow frustrated as more unqualified workers fill needed jobs. “The unqualified people are getting paid more than what they should be getting just because they’re filling a void, and we need them. It’s just sad,” said Joe Conant, owner of Conant Automotive. Conant says in the past five …

What Will Farmers Do Without Immigrants? The head of Bethel Heights Vineyard looked out over the 100 acres of vines her crew of 20 Mexicans had just finished pruning, worried about what will happen if the Trump administration presses ahead with its crackdown on immigrants. From tending the plants to harvesting the grapes, it takes skill and a strong work …

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