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- The Keystone Potato Producers’ Association has hired Susan Ainsworth as its new general manager, effective September 1, 2023.
- Minimum wage rates will increase to $15.30 per hour as of October 1, 2023. Manitoba will have the distinction of one of the top three rates in Canada. Ontario’s rate is set to rise to $16.55 per hour on the same date.
- In a new report, the British Columbia Fruit Growers’ Association offers analysis of U.S. and Canadian temporary foreign workers’ programs and highlights potential for access by smaller Canadian farms.
- The new budget of $3.5 billion is up 25 per cent from the expired five-year agreement. These funds are for 2023-2028.