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Human Resources committee  I am the executive director of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council. Thanks for inviting the council to speak with you today about the importance of temporary foreign workers working within the agriculture and agri-food industry. Our testimony as part of this review i

June 1st, 2016Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  I think it's a really good question. Business owners need to learn from other business owners and we don't need to reinvent the wheel. This is an opportunity to identify best practices and share them broadly. That's the role of sector councils, to look across the nation and rea

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  I think it's critical. Knowledge transfer is essential. We're talking about the viability of businesses. Every business in every sector faces this issue. However, it's quite poignant in the agricultural sector, for the reasons you stated. It's a critical risk for the industry at

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  Your question can't be answered.

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  We don't have those figures.

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  We need better information-mining capabilities for the industry.

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  I'd like to echo the comment of my colleague John, that the councils are in the business of ensuring accurate information about their labour in order to support the industry. Like John's council, we have also conducted our own research. But this is about ensuring efficiencies acr

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. Yes, that's exactly the intent of my comments. Statistics Canada does engage in a labour force survey that provides information about agriculture. They also engage in a census of agriculture that provides information that's more in depth. However, n

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  Yes, that would certainly be helpful. Any elements that can delve more deeply into not just what crops are produced but into the human resource elements and the labour shortages that exist would be helpful to ensure that we all have a good picture of the labour market in agricult

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  I think automation is an interesting concept that is being considered within the industry. Innovation is always good. It can be applied to students identifying the right kinds of careers they're interested in within this industry, helping them identify career pathways. Putting tr

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  Yes, specific recommendations have been made. There are pages and pages of them. I've rolled them up into three broad categories for us today, just as consideration. Certainly there has been a lot of time and attention—from subject matter experts across the country, and broad c

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Merv. This is a considerable concern for the industry. Through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada there exist 11 value-chain round tables that represent the different commodity groups for agriculture. Each of the chairs of those value-chain round tables has agreed that

May 28th, 2012Committee meeting

Portia MacDonald-Dewhirst