Grown Locally, Harvested Globally: The Role of Temporary Foreign Workers in Canadian Agriculture
Canadians produce a lot of food, but harvesting that food has increasingly meant relying on a growing force of temporary foreign workers (TFWs). In 2020, however, border restrictions imposed by Canadian governments to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, and perhaps the reluctance of TFWs...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Calgary
2020-07-01
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| Series: | The School of Public Policy Publications |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/sppp.v13i0.70510 |
| Summary: | Canadians produce a lot of food, but harvesting that food has increasingly meant
relying on a growing force of temporary foreign workers (TFWs). In 2020, however,
border restrictions imposed by Canadian governments to control the spread of
the novel coronavirus, and perhaps the reluctance of TFWs to travel to Canada
during the pandemic, have significantly impeded the use of TFWs in Canada’s
food-production system. That has revealed the vulnerabilities of the Canadian food
supply chain to globally disruptive events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, and the
risk to a system that has, historically, provided Canadians with a stable, affordable
supply of food for their local grocery stores. |
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| ISSN: | 2560-8312 2560-8320 |