Federal budget reveals plans for migrant worker support, carbon backstop and COVID recovery
April 20, 2021
The federal government revealed its 2021 budget yesterday, the first in two years.
Plans address ongoing programs to manage COVID-19, working towards economic recovery and plans for growth. In addition to a proposed federal minimum wage of $15 per hour, several areas impact the Canadian horticultural sector in particular.
Changes to mandatory isolation support
Budget 2021 proposes to provide $57.6 million in 2021-22 to extend the Mandatory Isolation Support for Temporary Foreign Workers Program up until June 15, then reducing the amount provided and phasing out the program in August.
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iPolitics By Kelsey Johnson. Published on Apr 20, 2021 12:09pm (Tony Bock/Toronto Star)
Good day and welcome to the Sprout, where it’s Lima Bean Respect Day and National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day. No disrespect to lima beans, but if given the choice between beans and cake…well, we’re going to pick cake. Always.
Here’s today’s agriculture news.
The Lead
We start with some breaking news in the railway world: Canadian National Railway Co. (CN) has outbid rival Canadian Pacific (CP) in its efforts to buy U.S. railway Kansas City Southern (KSC). As CBC News reports, CN has put forward a cash-and-stock bid valued at US$33.7 billion to buy the American railway, toping CP’s proposal, which had a total price tag of $25 billion.