Ontario’s minister of agriculture, food and agribusiness has identified a top priority for him when he met with his federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) colleagues in Whitehorse.
That priority is labour.
Ontario has the largest domestic ag workforce in the country, employing almost 30 per cent of the sector’s domestic workers. The province also employs 23 per cent of foreign workers who come to Canada. Only B.C. welcomes more temporary foreign workers.
Ontario ag had almost 8,700 job vacancies that year, the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) says. And the organization estimates 40,600 Ontario positions will be left unfilled by 2030.