Canada's unemployment rate increased rapidly in the spring of 2020 in response to strict public health measures. Low-wage workers were hit particularly hard, including restaurant workers. The production and distribution of food being essential and agri-food supply chains being resilient, other workers in the agri-food sector were less impacted by public health measures and the pandemic. Employment in grocery stores remained steady and employment of agricultural workers, including temporary foreign workers, proved more robust than expected. Dealing with contaminated workers proved challenging in meat processing plants. Temporary plant shutdowns and slowdowns created livestock queuing problems and temporary increases in meat prices. The federal and provincial governments implemented several programs to mitigate the pandemic's adverse effects on labor markets. The pandemic will have permanent effect on labor markets, but with unemployment rates falling rapidly across Canada, recruiting and retention remain the main labor issues in agriculture.

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COVID-19 和劳工问题：评估

由于严格的公共卫生措施，加拿大的失业率在2020年春季迅速增加。低薪工人受到的打击尤其严重，包括餐馆工人。食品的生产和分配至关重要，农业食品供应链具有弹性，农业食品部门的其他工人受公共卫生措施和大流行的影响较小。杂货店的就业保持稳定，事实证明，包括临时外国工人在内的农业工人的就业状况比预期的要强劲。事实证明，在肉类加工厂处理受污染的工人具有挑战性。临时工厂关闭和放缓造成牲畜排队问题和肉类价格暂时上涨。联邦和省政府实施了多项计划以减轻大流行” 对劳动力市场的不利影响。大流行将对劳动力市场产生永久性影响，但随着加拿大各地的失业率迅速下降，招聘和保留仍然是农业领域的主要劳动力问题。