The COVID‐19 pandemic has prompted Canada and several other countries to impose an economic shutdown to prevent a deadly public health crisis from becoming much deadlier. In the agriculture and food sector, several hundred thousand restaurant workers have lost their jobs. The rise in unemployment, the closing of restaurants and schools, and social distancing have triggered demand reductions for certain commodities and foods and demand increases for others, bringing along changes in demand for inputs including labor. Canadian employers of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) are facing delays and additional constraints in recruiting, but so have US and European employers of TFWs. Rising food security concerns are making protectionist trade policies popular. Domestic and foreign firms may export less and do more foreign direct investment, inducing trade in jobs.

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劳工问题和COVID-19

COVID-19大流行促使加拿大和其他几个国家实行经济停摆，以防止致命的公共卫生危机变得更加致命。在农业和食品部门，数十万饭店工人失业。失业率的上升，饭店和学校的关闭以及社会上的隔ancing，导致某些商品和食品的需求减少，而另一些商品和食品的需求增加，带来了对包括劳动力在内的投入品需求的变化。加拿大临时外国工人（TFW）的雇主在招聘方面面临延误和其他限制，但是美国和欧洲的TFW雇主也是如此。对粮食安全的日益关注使贸易保护主义贸易政策大受欢迎。国内外公司的出口可能减少，外国直接投资增加，