Ke hāʻawi nei ke Aupuni o Ontario i $118,500 e hoʻomohala i nā kumuwaiwai COVID-19 kūikawā e pale maikaʻi ai i ke olakino a me ka palekana o nā limahana hana ʻē aʻe a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hana i ka ʻoihana agri-food. Hoʻomaopopo ʻia e nā hui olakino, moʻomeheu a me ke kākoʻo, e hoʻolālā ʻia kēia mau kumuwaiwai hou, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Cultural Resources Library," e ka Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers' Association ma nā ʻōlelo like ʻole a me nā ʻano like ʻole a e hāʻawi ʻia i nā mahiʻai, nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā meaʻai. nā hana hana ma waena o Ontario.
"Ua ulu a hōʻiliʻili kā mākou mau limahana hana i kā mākou meaʻai a kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou kaulahao meaʻai i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19," wahi a Ernie Hardeman, Kuhina o ka Mahiai, Meaʻai a me nā Kūʻai Kūʻai. "ʻO kēia mau kumuwaiwai hou e hōʻoia i ka ʻike maikaʻi ʻia o kā mākou limahana meaʻai āpau i hiki iā lākou ke kōkua i ka hoʻōki ʻana i ka laha a mālama iā COVID-19 mai kā mākou mau wahi hana."
Ka palekana a me ka pale ʻana
Ke hōʻike nei kēia mau kumuwaiwai hou i kekahi o nā hana he nui i mālama ʻia no ka mālama ʻana i nā limahana meaʻai agri-food, ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o ka Prevention, Control and Outbreak Support Strategy for COVID-19 ma Ontario's Farm Workers. Hāʻawi ka hoʻolālā i ke alakaʻi e pili ana i ka pale ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ka COVID-19 ma nā mahiʻai, pale i ka palekana a me ka maikaʻi o ka poʻe mahiʻai, a mālama i ka hoʻomau a me ka holomua o ka ʻoihana mahiai.
"ʻO kēia papahana kekahi o nā hana he nui a ka OFVGA a me ke aupuni o Ontario e hui pū nei e hōʻoia i ke olakino a me ka palekana o kēia limahana koʻikoʻi," wahi a Bill George, ka luna o ka OFVGA. "ʻO ka palekana o nā limahana mahiʻai honua ka mea nui loa mai ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi, a ʻo nā kumuwaiwai i kūkulu ʻia ma o kēia papahana e kākoʻo hou aku i nā hana a nā limahana mahiʻai o Ontario e mālama pono i nā mea mahiʻai āpau i ka wā e hana ana i ka meaʻai no Kanada."
E ho'ēmi i ka pilikia o ka hana
ʻO kēia papahana ma ka hui pū ʻana me ka ʻAhahui ʻo Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers 'Association kekahi o nā hana he nui a ke aupuni i hoʻokumu ʻia ma 2020 e kōkua i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai e hoʻokō i nā pilikia e pili ana i ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19, me:
- ʻO ka $25.5 miliona Agri-food Prevention and Control Innovation Program e kōkua i ka hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻana i nā hana ʻoihana a me nā pilikia o ka hoʻolaha ʻana o COVID-19 i ka wahi hana;
- ʻO ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kahi puka e hoʻopili ai i nā mahiʻai a me nā ʻoihana ʻoihana agri-meaʻai me nā limahana e pono ai i ka poʻe ʻimi hana;
- ʻO ka hana ʻana i kahi $26.6 miliona Enhanced Agri-food Workplace Protection Program;
- ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi $50 miliona hou i loko o ka Polokalamu Hoʻokele Risk, hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua o ka mea i hoʻohiki mua ʻia.