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FEDS PROMISE TO PLANT 2 BILLION TREES
The Government of Canada announced its plan to plant two billion trees over 10 years, with an investment of $3.16 billion. Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, unveiled the plan in a media release on Dec. 14, 2020.
“Planting two billion trees is more than a plan for climate action,” O’Regan said. “It’s a plan for creating thousands of good, green jobs. We’re confronting the urgency of climate change and getting trees in the ground starting this spring.”
To accomplish the goal, the Government of Canada said it will continue to work with existing tree-planting programs including Highway of Heroes Tree Campaign, which has planted more than 750,000 of a planned two million trees between Trenton and Toronto in Ontario.
WINTER MAINTENANCE LIABILITY BILL PASSES IN ONTARIO
The Ontario provincial legislature passed Bill 118, the Occupiers' Liability Amendment Act, on Dec. 3, 2020.
The bill took effect in January, 2021 after receiving royal assent from Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor.
The new law requires slip and fall claimants to provide written notice to a property owner, property manager, snow removal contractor or tenant within 60 days of the incident. The previous time period was two years. The written notice must also include the location, date and time of the incident. Landscape Ontario’s Executive Director Tony DiGiovanni calls rising insurance rates for winter maintenance contractors “a crisis,” and says the association’s snow and ice management sector group is engaging with government officials and the insurance industry to find solutions.
LMN ANNOUNCES 2021 LEADERSHIP TEAM
LMN announced new additions and a reorganization of its leadership team. The
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LMN’s 2021 leadership team
Markham, Ont.-based business-to-business software company specializing in service to the landscape industry is now led by: Sarah Collins, chief marketing officer; Abbey Gilhula, chief of staff; Megan Macaulay, vice president of customer experience; David Chalmers, chief revenue officer; and Mark Bradley, CEO. "2020 has been a growth spurt for LMN, and with that comes the expansion of our leadership team," said Mark Bradley, CEO and cofounder of LMN, also known as the Landscape Management Network. "LMN raised the bar in preparing for 2021 to be our most successful year in building trust and equity in the landscape industry."
LMN reports 2020 was one of its best years of growth and acquisition. In May of 2020, Serent Capital, a San Francisco and Austin-based private equity firm announced its investment in LMN. Other recent announcements by LMN include the release of the 20.11 Product Update, the expansion of the LMN Academy, and the launch of the news media platform and podcast Landscape Disruptors.
KAM’S ADDS SALES REP
Kam’s Growers Supply announced the hiring of Hailey Ashbee as technical sales representative for the Niagara region. The Guelph-Ont. based grower supply company says sales rep Steve Droog will maintain selected accounts in Niagara and will transition others to Ashbee. Droog’s role will be expanded into the nursery market sector to provide sales support to most of the Ontario Hailey Ashbee nursery accounts.
Technical sales rep Serge Leclair will now focus on existing and new Quebec customers, while continuing his work with Landscape Ontario Horticultural Trades Association and selected Ontario nursery accounts.
CANADIANS SUPPORT CITIZENSHIP FOR TFWS
A strong majority of Canadians support citizenship rights for temporary foreign workers, according to a recent poll. Eight in 10 Canadians would support (40 per cent) or somewhat support (41 per cent) providing a way for temporary migrant workers to remain in Canada, the Nanos poll showed. The research was commissioned by Canadian senators Ratna Omidvar and Rob Black.
“We need more concrete and equitable improvements to our migrant worker programs,” said Omidvar. “Since the workers are essential to our wellbeing and safety, then the safest, prudent and the most human way forward is to provide them with more permanent residency options.”
Temporary foreign workers currently fill 17 per cent of all jobs in the agriculture sector.
The majority of respondents also agreed (71 per cent) or somewhat agreed (22 per cent) temporary migrant workers make a vital contribution to our agriculture sector, and that they should benefit from the same advantages and the same protections as any other worker (51 per cent are in favour and 28 per cent, somewhat favourable). 84 per cent of respondents said the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) have a positive or somewhat positive impact on Canada’s agricultural sector.
