Ford, who last week pleaded with farmers to bring their workers to get tested, repeated the appeal Monday -- this time singling out some farmers in Windsor-Essex who he said "brushed off" his first request.
"We'll give it another shot," Ford said. "I'll go to the extreme, whatever tool I have, to protect the people of Windsor, and the food supply chain, and the farmers, and the workers."
Ontario's labour minister said the province will increase inspections of farms this week, including the migrant workers' living conditions, in partnership with the federal government and local health units.
"We are stepping up our efforts to work with the agricultural community to help them adjust to the new realities where temporary foreign workers are working and living very closely together," Monte McNaughton said. "The consequences are serious."
Advocates have said the cramped "bunkhouses" migrant workers share on farms have contributed to the spread of the novel coronavirus, and they have called on the province to include those spaces in workplace spot checks.
"We'll give it another shot," Ford said. "I'll go to the extreme, whatever tool I have, to protect the people of Windsor, and the food supply chain, and the farmers, and the workers."
Ontario's labour minister said the province will increase inspections of farms this week, including the migrant workers' living conditions, in partnership with the federal government and local health units.
"We are stepping up our efforts to work with the agricultural community to help them adjust to the new realities where temporary foreign workers are working and living very closely together," Monte McNaughton said. "The consequences are serious."
Advocates have said the cramped "bunkhouses" migrant workers share on farms have contributed to the spread of the novel coronavirus, and they have called on the province to include those spaces in workplace spot checks.
Trudeau said some farmers are not following federal rules regarding migrant workers.
