More help is coming to Ontario farmers.
The Ministry of Agricultural, Food, and Rural Affairs announced that they are expanding the agri-food workplace protection program to the tune of $15 Million.
The additional funding is to help protect workers on farms and in food processing facilities during the pandemic.
Huron Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson says this will help ensure the food supply in Ontario continues to flow.
Some of the measures already approved through this program include purchases of PPE, temporary housing for ill workers, building physical barriers for worker separation, enhanced hand washing facilities and a tent rental to expand lunch room space.
Thompson says the Ministry of Labour, Training, and Skills Development have also released safety guidelines to help protect workers, customers, and the general public from COVID-19.
