07-10-2020, 12:33 PM
(07-09-2020, 07:29 PM)danbrotherston Wrote:(07-09-2020, 06:55 PM)jeffster Wrote: Wondering how Windsor is always bouncing up and down like this. And 86 is over 1/2 of the cases. That's insane. You have to wonder if it's related, at all, to the border crossing.
Not likely, given the spikes, I would guess that it is groups of farm workers who are getting tested all a the same time.
This is proving to be a really big problem. Frankly, it makes me even more uncomfortable with the farm worker situation.
Yes, this is true. Issue is that it seems cheaper to ship these workers from poor nations to Canada, house them, feed them, and pay them whatever, than hire Canadians to do the same job. Farm work is hard, no doubt though. And I am guessing that not many would do this for minimum wage or even close to it. Perhaps the government needs to look at incentives for farmers and farm workers to make hiring local for enticing.
Now as it stands, it looks to be way more expensive to have migrant workers. I am sure some would be upset if we stopped such programs, being that it’s lost opportunities for those from other countries. But it’s probably time to think about doing it local again.