Human Resources committee  We also go to Alberta for job fairs every year. We were there this year in the last few months. We aggressively look for folks who are willing to move and transfer over and we open our doors up, but we don't get applicants.

Human Resources committee  No. In the last couple of years we hired some construction workers from Alberta back when we were double-shifting our plant. We managed to hire a few, but it's interesting that we hired construction workers from Alberta rather than people from our industry. Again, they didn't hav

Human Resources committee  The short answer is that the work is tough, but there are a lot of tough jobs, and I don't always believe that's the full answer. There are a lot of different things you can do on the floor. There's sanitation. There's quality. There's cutting meat, putting boxes together. Howeve

Human Resources committee  You're agreeing that in our areas, where we operate, it's explainable why we would need to go outside.

Human Resources committee  For us, for our industry, for our area, you did mention our low local population, so that's one factor. If the town of Neepawa has 3,000 people and we need 1,000 people at the plant.... As well, they need to have a certain skill level in cutting up the meat, because our custome

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much. Thank you to the HUMA committee for having us out here, and thank you especially for looking at this very important issue and this very important program. I'm here with my colleague. For our company, Baerbel is our legal counsel for immigration. She has lot

Human Resources committee  Excellent. Sounds good. Thanks again. We've provided some submissions for you. There are some PowerPoint slides, but I'm not going to follow the PowerPoint. There's a letter there from a former mayor, from the community where we're operating, and some other documents, so pleas