Labour News

By Ron Greidanus, Canadian Honey Council (CHC) Director and Labour Committee lead. (January 11, 2023)

I recently participated in a meeting with the reformatted CFA labour committee. It has now been restructured into a joint government industry meeting with terms of reference. There were a few important updates:

• Housing standards – work is ongoing with prepublication of recommendations to come forward sometime in 2023. They said they are focussing on prerequisites such as water must be tested but the recognize that much of the issue is of a local or provincial nature.

• Trusted Employee program – Lots of work has been done to coordinate this with other departments and it is currently going through the cabinet process. They are very hopeful that something will be out in the coming months.

• Open work permits for families of temporary foreign workers. A presentation on this can be viewed at: https://www.albertabeekeepers.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Open-work-permitsto-family-members-of-TFWs_Phases-and-TFWP_January-2023-.pdf

RON GREIDANUS CHC Director