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Citizenship and Immigration committee It is an issue, and there should be more support with that, yes.
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee In rural areas, there are always housing issues, and there are transportation issues for different reasons. Their wife's work might be urban, and we want them to become rural. There are transportation issues, and there are housing issues. Is there anything else, Casey, that you
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee What would make it easier, first of all, is the advertising. When you're in agriculture, you're advertising all the time to get a Canadian to come and work for you. Why, two weeks prior to an LMIA, do you have to prove that you have been advertising to try to hire a Canadian? It
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes. From our workers, we are hearing concerns about first-come, first served. Also, they can't have support from an immigration consultant. They have to do all of it themselves and pay these fees with no reimbursement if something goes wrong. If every “i” isn't dotted and every
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee I would say no. It's not enough support.
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee Absolutely, yes, because animal welfare is huge. You want to give them the best life that you can while they're here, and you need the people to do that. It's a 24-7 business. They need to ensure that they are fed and watered, and especially that they're treated. If they have lam
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee With some changes.... Go ahead, Casey.
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee Every one of our temporary foreign workers who has come in has excelled and is surpassing...and has very much increased wages. I would not say that they are cheap labour in regard to that.
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee That service would be incredibly helpful—very helpful
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes. That would be very helpful. They would know and would understand how the entire process works.
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee Sure. When we submit the LMIAs, a job description is attached. That job description is very clear that when we bring calves in, we have to process cattle. They do not understand what that is. Processing cattle is putting an implant in their ear—a tag—vaccinating, ensuring their
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee Yes. There are quite a few employers concerned about this, as there are going to be many who want to get into this program but there's so much red tape when you try to get into it. For us, we have many who are trying to get into English classes too, to be able to be accepted in t
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee I can speak on behalf of the National Cattle Feeders. We have had long delays in getting tests back for our employees. We've had to pay 30 hours per week while they're in quarantine. That is a cost that we've had to incur because of the long waits in testing. That's what I can sp
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn
Citizenship and Immigration committee Thank you, Casey. I speak from 15 years of HR experience and seven frustrating years of working with the temporary foreign worker program. The LMIA process is costly, inefficient and does not meet the needs of the beef industry. The program is complicated, and we need to hire i
May 5th, 2021Committee meeting
Jolayne Farn