Agricultural Workers: Quebec

Quebec Dept: According to FERME, an organization that recruits temporary foreign agricultural workers, more than 500 Guatemalans who were expected to arrive in Quebec are still waiting for their visas, according to CBC. About 70 per cent of the 10,000 foreign workers who come to Quebec every year are from Guatemala, according to Vandoorne and Some Quebec farmers are worried they wont be able to find workers to plant their spring crops after hundreds of farm workers from Guatemala have been delayed from entering the country. As soon as the weather will warm up the workers will be needed in the field and the season will start so it could be huge losses if the delays are too long, said Marie-Jeanne Vandoorne, a spokeswoman for the Agriculture Workers Alliance. Check out where migrant workers are in Canada (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.