The growing season of the Okanagan region is still months away, but a local labour rights advocacy group is already warning about the health risks and financial burden facing temporary foreign workers when they come to Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic. government says it will pay for this expenditure for foreign workers. Walton expects temporary foreign workers to arrive there in mid-March. government to waive the three-month waiting period for temporary foreign workers for receiving provincial health coverage, including a COVID-19 vaccine. Ministry of Agriculture, in 2019 around 11,000 temporary foreign workers — predominantly from Mexico — came to B.C., and 846 foreign workers have arrived in the province since Jan. 1.

Source: CBC News February 13, 2021 16:52 UTC