Immigration and Foreign Workers
By 2025 foreign workers are publicly recognized as a valued pillar of Canada’s agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing workforce.
By 2025 Canada has publicly accepted programs to facilitate the entry of foreign workers and new Canadians into Canada’s agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing sectors.
Canada has programs to facilitate the entry of foreign workers and new Canadians into Canada’s agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing sectors.
Ensure continuation of the TFWP, including the SAWP program and establish program(s) that facilitate the entry of foreign workers into Canada to fill year-round jobs.
Ensure immigration streams to provide clear pathways to permanent residency.
Increase employers’ knowledge of foreign worker programs.
Intro
The Immigration and Temporary Foreign Worker Working Group understands the importance of temporary foreign workers to Canada’s agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing workforce.
The working group will address policy changes that provide employers with a streamlined approached to gaining access to the workforce while remaining competitive in the agriculture sector.
The working group will conduct research to inform the development of the workforce strategy. The research project will analyze existing labor market information to understand market condition that result in the need for foreign workers. Quantify the importance of temporary foreign workers to the agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing labor force, understanding both the economic impact here in Canada and in the workers home country and gather narratives or case studies that exist outlining the value of foreign workers to Canada’s agriculture and food and beverage manufacturing industry.
Learn about the issues
Foundational Themes
- Infrastructure
- Competitiveness and Profitability
- Indigenous
- Data
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion