Exclusion of migrant farm workers from public health insurance puts Nova Scotia agriculture at risk, advocates say

Exclusion of migrant farm workers from public health insurance puts Nova Scotia agriculture at risk, advocates say

Amidst the worsening labor crunch in Nova Scotia’s agriculture sector, the government’s exclusion of many migrant workers from public health insurance potentially puts over 1,600 farmworkers and the agri-food supply at risk, advocates warn.

Migrant advocates say that the provincial