St. Marys Smokehouse and Marg Harpell

Marg Harpell: The federal government says companies like St. Marys Smokehouse can't renew the contracts of temporary workers from the Philippines because the unemployment rate in Sherbrooke is well above six per cent. Company President Marg Harpell says she can't find enough Canadians of working age to fill the orders. , according to CBC. Of the 40 people on her staff, 15 are from the Philippines and eight are immigrants who are permanent residents of the community. Marg Harpell says her plant can't find enough local workers to fill positions and A fish processor in Nova Scotias Guysborough County says changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program will make it hard to fill jobs, as locals don't want them. We have a limited workforce to draw on in the municipality, she said. The population is only 2,300 in total. Over 50 per cent of that population is over age 55. It leaves a very small workforce to draw against. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.