P.E.I. Premier Stresses Need for Temporary Foreign Workers in Seafood Plants to Ottawa
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Canadian Press] - March 25, 2015 -
TORONTO, Prince Edward Island's premier says he raised concerns about a drop in the number of temporary foreign workers available to work at the province's fish plants during a meeting Monday with the federal employment minister.
Wade MacLauchlan said Tuesday he expressed the growing concern among seafood processors over potential worker shortages during his meeting with Pierre Poilievre in Ottawa.
In an interview from Toronto, he said the number of foreign workers for the 2015 fishing season that begins in early May will be about 25 per cent lower than the figure allowed under the program since rules changed last June.
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