Canadian Mushroom Growers Association
Registration:
7
of
8
(2023-12-19
to
2024-04-16)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
- -Seeking funding for proposed training and farm innovations for workers and farm employers.
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program, Regulation
- COVID-19 Emergency Measures: 1) Emergency funding needed due to massive market changes and enormous costs to farmers 2) Marketing support including Canada Brand needed huge market fluctuations to buy local and buy Canadian first and 3) support for Canadian essential farm workers what they need.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- -Proposed Agriculture and Agri-Food Workforce Action Plan and Workforce Program, to increase the labour supply and to increase training for the agriculture sector workers and employers.
Policies or Program, Regulation
- -Address agriculture labour issues and shortages with government officials by seeking support for the implementation of Agri-Food Immigration Pilot that will allow immigration access for farm and food workers, also create new incentives to encourage refugees and new immigrants to work on farms and to also address the Temporary Foreign Worker Program application process issues with administrative efficiencies.