Yours hosts this week are Carmel Kilkenny and Terry Haig
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The use of Temporary Foreign Workers grew exponentially in many businesses in Canada over the last 10 to 20 years. The Canadian government made some attempts to deal with this issue when CBC reported on young Canadian workers denied hours at McDonald’s and other fast-food restaurants in favour of Temporary Foreign workers. The government enforced stricter conditions, including the provision that no Canadians were available for the work, and they provided stronger oversight. But the Canadian Seafarers Union has been dealing with these practices for several years and now they’re taking the government to court. Jim Givens is president. Carmel Kilkenny spoke with him and asked him to find out how it came to this? Animal activists pressured restaurants and fast-food chains to do something about chickens and hens raised in cages smaller than a sheet of letter-sized paper. Last week, Canada’s largest fast-food chain, McDonald’s, announced it will transition to cage-free eggs in its North American restaurants over the next 10 years. And McDonald’s is not alone. Among the companies that have said they too will switch to cage-free eggs, are Subway and Starbucks, though neither of these chains has established a timeline. Animal activists such as. Sayara Thurston say it’s a breakthrough. She is the campaign manager for Humane Society International/Canada. Terry Haig spoke to her to get her reaction. Farmers looking for ways to produce eggs ‘cage-free’ or other ways to improve and increase production, from milk, to corn and so on have a common destination in Canada. It’s a place that showcases the new equipment and technology available to them. Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show, in Woodstock, in southern Ontario takes place on a permanent site, that is about 90 acres or almost half a square kilometre in size. Last year the event welcomed over 40,000 visitors to the 21st annual edition. Farmers came from across Ontario, but there were many from neighbouring US states such as Michigan and New York, as well as some from as far away as New Brunswick, in Canada. They made the trek to Woodstock to get a first hand look, and perhaps a try-out at, or on, the new equipment, techniques and technology. Marck Montgomery spoke to Doug Wagner, CEO of Canada’s Outdoor Farm Show.
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