From the Highland Company website:
Overview
The Highland Companies is creating a diversified portfolio of sustainable local businesses in and beyond Melancthon Township in Dufferin County, Ontario. By building sustainable local businesses, we are creating local jobs and improving the life of the communities in which we operate.
NOTE that they state they are creating local jobs.
Well good for them.
Then what is up with the recent round of layoffs at the packing plant?
And guess who got laid off?
The locals…because the employees Highlands flew in to work, can’t be fired because of a little agreement the company (as do all companies who hire out of country workers) has with the feds-they MUST provide a certain amount of employment.
So, before the naysayers start in on the comments, yes other local farmers also bring workers in from other countries. It is just those “other” local farmers are not promoting a local job strategy as a key driver of a 2,300 acre, 200 foot below the water table mining operation.
NOR do they run a website talking about local jobs without mentioning that it is the out of country jobs that they have to ensure.
Wonder how getting laid off has improved the lives of those former employees?
Dear Minebuster,
ReplyDeleteOn the subject of restricting other development and potential "real jobs"; recent attempts by Shelburne council to develop commercial and residential building projects requiring access via traffic lights, have been blocked by the Ministry of Transport, reason........M.O.T. doesn't want any further restrictions along 124, north of Shelburne as they quote "want to keep the traffic flowing". Do the same restrictions apply to Highland or is M.O.T. paving the way, so to speak for Highland? No prizes for guessing the right answer. This speaks to the backroom deals that go on with this government in the name of transparancy...bullshit!
Keep that information in your back pocket people, a precedent has been set by MOT now.
ReplyDeleteI can't see how they could lay anyone off. They seem to have lots of jobs. Everytime you drive past any land they own, there isn't so much farming going on as weedeating and whippersnippering. Can you say bye, bye bobolink?
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