Public health officials in southwestern Ontario have put a three-week pause on the arrival of any temporary foreign workers to the Windsor-Essex region.
Dr. Shanker Nesathurai, acting medical officer of health for the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit (WECHU), on Wednesday issued a new letter of instruction to business owners or operators who employ temporary foreign workers.
According to the letter, they must immediately cancel, suspend or postpone the arrivals of temporary foreign workers to the region in southwestern Ontario between Jan. 13 and Feb. 1.
“We’re in a public health emergency in Windsor-Essex and the burden of COVID-19 among the migrant farm worker community at this time
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