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Bajan Brief – Miss Violet: Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Good morning. Miss Violet here. Retired schoolteacher, Bridgetown. Forty-one years in the classroom. I know when people are not doing their homework. Let us proceed.

THE FARM LABOUR SITUATION: READ THIS CAREFULLY

Canada is requesting returning workers rather than new recruits. This sounds like good news. I want you to think about it more carefully. If Canada only wants back the people who already went, then the programme is no longer expanding access — it is recycling it. The same families benefit repeatedly. The young person who has never been does not get the opportunity. This is the definition of a programme that has stopped doing what it was originally designed to do. I have seen this happen with school clubs. I have seen it happen with civic organisations. It happens when no one is watching the intake numbers. Someone needs to watch the intake numbers.