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CNLA Growers Priorities

Have your say in how Growers Canada Committee advocates for you!

In order to help us better understand where the CNLA Growers Canada committee should focus its efforts, chair Jeff Olsen has developed this short, 5-minute survey. Individual responses will be kept confidential, and all answers will be aggregated to protect that confidentiality.

Labour issues are at the forefront of concern and tend to always float to the top, so you will notice more emphasis in the survey on labour. This is so that we can understand today’s nursery farm workers profile, the risks Canada’s nursery sector faces due to labour issues and where CNLA can advocate for support from federal initiatives related to farm labour.
1.Name of farm (optional)
2.Province(s) farm is located
3.Please rate the following issues from 1 (not an issue for me) to 5 (a high priority for me)
Plant health and trade (CFIA)
Water and environment
Labour (domestic)
Labour (foreign, SAWP, TFWs)
IPM and Minor Use Pesticides
Invasive Pests and Diseases
Training for staff/managers
Production issues research
Inventory shortages
Inventory surpluses
Marketing
Sourcing new/unique plants
Using / Accessing Business Risk Management Programs - AgriStability, Advanced Payment Program etc
4.How many of your employees do you have in each of these categories?
Resident
Temporary Foreign Worker
Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program
Temporary Help Agency or Service
Year Round Full Time 
Year Round Part Time
Seasonal Full Time
Seasonal Part Time
5.How likely is your farm to expand in the next five years?
6.Have you or will you delay expansion or accepting new business because you cannot source sufficient numbers of employees?
7.Please provide any comments on particular nursery issues you face and/or what you want CNLA and the Growers Canada Committee to focus on.
Current Progress,
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