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NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 14, 2025) – Premier the Honourable Mark Brantley and Minister of Labour within the Nevis Island Administration, the Honourable Spencer Model, welcomed a big delegation from the Canada-Caribbean Seasonal Agricultural Employees Programme (CCSAWP) Annual Evaluation Assembly, who spent Friday, November 14, exploring the island of Nevis.
The delegates toured the Nevisian Heritage Village, the place they have been entertained by scholar Masqueraders and drummers, and sampled conventional stone oven-baked scorching bread and butter.
Premier Brantley and Honourable Model met with His Excellency Samuel Berridge, Excessive Commissioner for St. Kitts and Nevis to Canada, representatives of the Canadian authorities, Labour Ministers Honourable Donald Williams of Jamaica, Honourable Claudette Joseph of Grenada, and Honourable Daren Pinard of Dominica, in addition to representatives from Canada’s Short-term International Employee Program (TFWP), Canadian farm house owners, and Olaf Fontenelle, Head of the Jap Caribbean Liaison Service (ECLS) of the OECS Fee.
Minister Model mentioned, “We’re completely happy to have them on the island of Nevis the place they’ll chill out, absorb a few of our tradition, and go to a few of our eating places to get pleasure from Nevisian delicacies. I hope they proceed to benefit from the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis and that the conferences they’ve been partaking in over the previous few days have been profitable as we proceed to develop this partnership with our buddies in Canada.”
The Seasonal Agricultural Employees Programme has been a cornerstone of Canada-Caribbean cooperation for nearly sixty years, offering 1000’s of Caribbean employees with significant alternatives in Canada’s agricultural sector, together with individuals from St. Kitts and Nevis.
Excessive Commissioner Berridge highlighted the programme’s advantages, noting that the Fee’s function was to facilitate the symbiotic relationship between Canada and St. Kitts and Nevis, serving to to show as many individuals within the Federation as doable to the programme so they may have the chance to work in Canada, whereas additionally helping the Canadian authorities in sourcing succesful employees from the islands.
He added that a variety of delegates had introduced their households and can be spending a number of days vacationing in Nevis.
Steven West of Employment and Social Improvement Canada (ESDC) commented, “Caribbean employees make a useful contribution to Canadian Agriculture and Canadian meals safety. We’re very completely happy to work with Caribbean nations and it was a pleasure to have engaged in productive discussions and progressive pondering on how you can proceed to handle this programme for the advantage of Canadian Agriculture in addition to Caribbean employees and their nations.”
Delegates additionally loved visits to Hydro Gardens in Cades Bay, Tub Sizzling Springs, and Pinney’s Seashore, rounding out a day of tradition, leisure, and exploration in Nevis.
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