New program to protect farm workers from COVID-19
The Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced that some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers, including seasonal foreign workers, during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new initiative will subsidize expenses for personal protective equipment and will cover extra costs related to the COVID-19 outbreaks. The Federals promised to cover 50% of the farmers’ costs and 60% if the farmers are women or youth. The participation in the program is available for farmers in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador. The government allocated $35 million for the program and will provide payments retroactively.
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