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New Brunswick farmers call for change to temporary foreign worker quarantine rules
COVID-19-related quarantine rules for temporary foreign workers.They say they’re concerned about the physical and mental well-being of their vital employees.In early March, the province announced temporary foreign workers would be required to self-isolate for 14 days in a hotel or facility that included bathroom, bedroom, laundry and kitchen facilities for each individual worker.The workers are exempt from Canada’s initial three-day quarantine requirement, but in many other provinces, workers complete their two-week isolation in their farm quarters. New Brunswick had similar regulations last year.Tim Livingstone owns and operates Strawberry Hill Farm, a certified organic farm in Pembroke, N.B., near Woodstock.