Canada will expand a pilot project to attract more temporary foreign workers to jobs in Canada's agricultural industry for another two years after the pandemic meant it got off to a slow start, the immigration minister announced Monday.
The government launched the agri-food pilot three years ago to offer temporary workers in the sector a pathway to permanent residency in Canada.The aim of the program is to address labour shortages in the harvesting and livestock industry, Fraser said.
The pandemic made it more difficult for people to travel and created greater opportunities for workers to be exploited. The new pilot will allow workers who have been using those open work permits to put their job experience toward their application for the pilot, which would make them eligible for permanent status in Canada.
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