More Greater Victoria restaurants are closing up as industry advocates call for shorter waits for foreign workers amidst a labour shortage.
“It’s not a question of people not wanting to work in construction or restaurants,” said Ian Tostenson, president and CEO of the BC Restaurant and Foodservices Association.
“It’s that we don’t have enough people in B.C., so, therefore, we need immigration, and therefore we should embrace these and be the most competitive province in all of Canada, and we’re not, we’re number ten,” he said.CHEK Newsletter“We waited three years for our first three employees and we’re currently waiting for our next four,” he said.
Part of the problem is a backlog in getting approval from the province before the application can even be sent to the federal government. “They could relax this requirement and get rid of the backlog. They could tell the federal government to go ahead and process immigration while the B.C. government catches up with its paperwork,” added Tostenson.
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