The Ministry of Agriculture is in consultations with municipalities across the South Okanagan to establish six designated sites, but no decisions have been made as harvest gets underway.

In the coming weeks, up to 1,500 domestic farm workers, many of whom hail from Quebec, will flood into the south Okanagan.

The Mexican government plans to block more Okanagan fruit growers from employing Mexican workers through the seasonal agricultural worker program due to allegations of poor living conditions.