I would say it should come in two forms, mainly.
First, before dairy workers lose their jobs, it's important to make money available for training and skills upgrading so they are familiar with the latest technology and able to meet all of the industry's needs.
Take, for example, a warehouse worker who loses their job in a dairy processing plant because their employer needs to find other types of workers elsewhere. Given the current labour shortage, especially in Quebec, finding those workers will be a challenge. If, however, funding were available, the employer could re-train the worker and keep them.
Granted, it probably won't be possible to save every job, so when layoffs have to be made, funding for enhanced employment insurance benefits and severance is a must. Some workers have family members who are diabetic or have other serious illnesses, and it's not as expensive as you might think to extend coverage under the employer's group insurance plan to make sure those families don't fall through the cracks.
Lastly, older workers should be able to buy a few years of pensionable service so they can retire earlier. Buying a year or two of pensionable service isn't as expensive as you might think either. Across the sector, the cost varies between $5,000 and $10,000.