Advisory body urges province to leave farm workers exempt from health and safety laws: A provincial government advisory body wants Alberta to remain the lone province to exempt farm workers — including a fast-rising number of temporary migrants — from health and safety laws, according to a leaked report.Despite Premier Alison Redford’s promise to protect agriculture employees under the legislation, her government’s Farm Safety Advisory Council is suggesting that voluntary certification of the industry will be enough to reduce a farm-injury fatality rate that is stubbornly high and rising.
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