Canadian Agricultural Industry Welcomes New Sector Council
September 18, 2006
OTTAWA – The Canadian agriculture industry welcomes the creation of a Sector Council on Agriculture. The establishment of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council (CAHRC) was announced by the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development during a visit to Emre Farms, located in her riding of Haldimand-Norfolk.
“The agriculture industry faces an incredibly wide variety of human resources challenges” said the co-chair of CAHRC’s interim Board of Directors, Mr. Mervin Wiseman. “While the agriculture industry work force is getting older and is shrinking, there is more and more competition among industries for highly skilled or specialized workers. These problems, as well as the lack of seasonal employees must be dealt with in a prompt manner,” Mr. Wiseman added.
“We are ready to start working” said Mr. Terry Murray, the other co-chair of the interim Board of Directors. “We would like to thank the government and particularly Minister Finley and the Government's Sector Council Program for their understanding of the necessity of such a sector council for the agriculture industry,” he added.
There are currently 18 farm organizations involved in the interim Board of Directors of the Canadian Agricultural Human Resource Council, including provincial farm organizations and commodities organizations. Its mission is to represent the Canadian farm production industry to identify and to develop innovative solutions to issues of human resources development, management and employment.
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