Thank you very much, Chair.
I want to thank both of our witnesses for your contributions to the work of this committee today.
We know many sectors in Canada lean heavily on the temporary foreign worker program. In a riding like mine in rural Saskatchewan, I know how important it is to those in the agriculture sector specifically. It's a sector where the needs are absolutely time-sensitive. We know too that the recent deaths of migrant farm workers are truly heartbreaking, and the reports around their work conditions are cause of great concern.
The success of the program is obviously in the interests of workers, employers and the government. I would suggest that the success of the program has to be measured against not only having timely access to employees but also against health and safety in the work environment.
My question is for Ms. Douglas. With those measures in mind, in your view, do employers of temporary foreign workers have the appropriate resources to comply with provincial and federal governments' COVID-19 requirements?