New Brunswick farmers are expressing relief over the provincial government’s decision to reverse a ban on temporary foreign workers.
The province announced it would lift the ban on temporary foreign workers Friday, as part of New Brunswick’s move to the “Yellow” phase of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Workers can come to the province next month, provided they are able to self-isolate for 14 days before beginning to work. Mike Slocum is feeling the pain of a farming season in flux.
Prior to the pandemic, he had planned to hire 12 temporary foreign workers to help manage the workload on his fruit and vegetable farm in Waterborough, east of Fredericton.