Agriculture

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will cut approximately 600 jobs according to the Agriculture Union. The cuts come as food safety concerns mount, with recalls increasing 150 percent between 2013 and 2023.

Browns Bay Packing laid off more than 70 full-time employees as farmed salmon volumes fell due to federal aquaculture policy uncertainty. The company was also forced to cancel plans for a new seafood processing facility with local First Nations.

Agropur announced the closure of its dairy plant near Sussex, New Brunswick, with 60 job losses expected by the end of 2028. An additional 30 jobs will be lost at the company's ingredients plant in Truro, Nova Scotia, as part of a consolidation and modernization project.

Mission Hill Vineyards laid off workers following a catastrophic winter freeze that caused significant reduction in operations. A British Columbia arbitrator dismissed a grievance seeking severance pay for one of the affected workers.

The Indian Head Research Farm, a federal agricultural research facility operating since 1887, is closing due to federal cutbacks with approximately 40 employees receiving six months notice. The closure is part of a broader federal government effort to cut 16,000 positions across Canada over the next three fiscal years.