New Immigration Pilot Will Offer Residency to Some Migrant Farm Workers

New Immigration Pilot Will Offer Residency to Some Migrant Farm Workers
Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on April 29, 2019 in Ottawa. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press
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OTTAWA—A new three-year immigration experiment that will give migrant workers a path to permanent residency in Canada is getting a thumbs-up from industry but a thumbs-down from migrant rights groups.

Over the last several years, industries such as meat cutting and processing and mushroom farming have relied on seasonal temporary foreign workers due to labour shortages, even though the work is not seasonal.