{"id":76409,"date":"2020-04-13T21:03:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigrationca.staging.wpengine.com\/coronavirus-chartered-flights-bringing-important-temporary-foreign-workers-to-canada"},"modified":"2020-04-13T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T01:03:12","slug":"coronavirus-chartered-flights-bringing-important-temporary-foreign-workers-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/coronavirus-chartered-flights-bringing-important-temporary-foreign-workers-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus: Chartered Flights Bringing Important Temporary Foreign Workers To Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Canadian Honey Council has chartered a plane from Nicaragua to bring in a small but crucial group of temporary foreign workers<\/a> to help Canada\u2019s beekeepers during the coronavirus crisis.<\/span><\/p>\n

The flight was expected to leave the Central American country on Monday, delivering 80 workers to more than 30 employers across Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

Stranded Canadians wishing to return home in the face of the coronavirus pandemic have also been offered seats on the flight, in a link up between the Council and Global Affairs Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each passenger will be subject to a health check before the flight and be required to self-isolated for 14 days upon arrival, under rules imposed by the federal government when allowing an exemption for TFWs.<\/span><\/p>\n

Employers are expected to repay the Council a portion of the $200,000 it spent on chartering the flight, necessary because of the suspension of air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/p>\n

Beekeepers are just one of several agriculture and food-related industries in Canada desperate for workers, as spring begins and planting, growing and processing season kicks into action.<\/span><\/p>\n

Canada is prioritizing\u00a0Labour Market Impact Assessments<\/a>\u00a0(LMIAs) in important occupations to help farms and other businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n

The federal government is aiming to sure up Canada\u2019s food security by helping farmers being in the labour they need to plant and harvest crops.<\/span><\/p>\n

Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), which handles LMIA requests through the\u00a0Temporary Foreign Worker Program<\/a>, says priority is being given to \u2018occupations in agriculture and agri-food\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

The priority occupations are:<\/span><\/p>\n