New Brunswick will bar any new foreign temporary workers from entering the province in an effort to stop more COVID-19 cases..Premier Blaine Higgs said at a press conference an influx of more workers is too much of a health risk..He urged New Brunswickers and foreign workers already in the province to take jobs in the farming and seafood-processing sectors.. aflagNB flag .“Yes, I am optimistic that the people of this province will once again demonstrate their willingness, their ability to go out of their comfort zone or step up because we need them,” he said..“Under normal circumstances we welcome temporary foreign workers in our province – they play an important role in New Brunswick’s continued economic growth.. “Right now the risk of allowing more people to enter the province is simply too great.”.Higgs said the province would work with producers to move some of the 1,500 foreign workers already in the province to where they are needed most..“Let’s find a solution together – if there was ever was a time that people were needed to step up and be part of the solution … now is the time,” he said..“I won’t apologize for protecting New Brunswickers.”.Higgs said he told Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland of the decision and asked for “flexibility” to allow the shifting of foreign workers already in New Brunswick..Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not answer when asked if provinces have the legal authority to ban temporary foreign workers.. AFL launches website for people to boycott businesses that donated to UCP .“The situation is very different across the country. The provinces will make decisions that prove to be the best within their jurisdictions,” he said Tuesday..New Brunswick has had 118 coronavirus cases and no deaths..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
New Brunswick will bar any new foreign temporary workers from entering the province in an effort to stop more COVID-19 cases..Premier Blaine Higgs said at a press conference an influx of more workers is too much of a health risk..He urged New Brunswickers and foreign workers already in the province to take jobs in the farming and seafood-processing sectors.. aflagNB flag .“Yes, I am optimistic that the people of this province will once again demonstrate their willingness, their ability to go out of their comfort zone or step up because we need them,” he said..“Under normal circumstances we welcome temporary foreign workers in our province – they play an important role in New Brunswick’s continued economic growth.. “Right now the risk of allowing more people to enter the province is simply too great.”.Higgs said the province would work with producers to move some of the 1,500 foreign workers already in the province to where they are needed most..“Let’s find a solution together – if there was ever was a time that people were needed to step up and be part of the solution … now is the time,” he said..“I won’t apologize for protecting New Brunswickers.”.Higgs said he told Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland of the decision and asked for “flexibility” to allow the shifting of foreign workers already in New Brunswick..Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did not answer when asked if provinces have the legal authority to ban temporary foreign workers.. AFL launches website for people to boycott businesses that donated to UCP .“The situation is very different across the country. The provinces will make decisions that prove to be the best within their jurisdictions,” he said Tuesday..New Brunswick has had 118 coronavirus cases and no deaths..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
