tab for all TFW and SAWP guidance/procedures.
Growers looking for accommodations for the mandatory 14-day quarantine can use the attached document to identify hotels in your area.
As of April 23, 2021, workers arriving in Canada will move to a day-8 test, which will help identify positive cases and allow the sequencing of variants of concern sooner.
Translation provided by the TNO’s Empowering Migrant Workers Project.
Find below an update from CKPHA regarding TFW vaccination plan:
As TFWs may not be as accustom to receiving vaccinations as Canadians are, it is important that they be provided with information about the COVID-19 vaccines in advance, and be given appropriate time to consider whether they would like to be vaccinated or not.
While technicians or specialists who support critical infrastructure (CI) may be considered for an exemption, it is important to note that supporting CI, in and of itself, is not an acceptable rationale. They must demonstrate to border officials:
TFW’s have been identified as a priority in Phase 2 of the vaccination rollout.
See the link below to WECHU’s recently-created web page of COVID-19 vaccine information for temporary foreign workers:
Service Canada Ontario Region will host a meeting on the topic of hiring Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the Agriculture Stream (AG).
Service Canada Ontario Region will host a meeting on the topic of hiring Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program (SAWP) and the Agriculture Stream (AG).