The P.E.I. Seafood Processors Association and the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association have united in calling for a reversal of Ottawa’s sweeping reforms of the temporary foreign worker program — reforms they say will have a devastating impact on the Island’s seafood industry.
Dennis King, executive director of the P.E.I. Seafood Processors Association, says a growing number of challenges have made it difficult to find enough workers in P.E.I. to work in fish plants.
“The processing sector on P.E.I. operates during our peak employment period,” King said.
