A McDonalds fast food restaurant is pictured at 4410 Still Creek Drive in Burnaby, British Columbia on Thursday January 19, 2023. Restaurants have become a major employer of cooks, food service supervisors and food counter attendants through the temporary foreign worker program.
Changes to the program, in effect as of Sept. 26, are aimed at shrinking the program and pushing employers to invest more in local employees.A McDonald's restaurant is pictured at 4410 Still Creek Dr. in Burnaby, B.C., in January 2023. Restaurants have become a major employer of workers through the temporary foreign worker program. Changes to the program, in effect as of Sept. 26, are aimed at shrinking the program and pushing employers to invest more in local employees.
Instead, he said, the government should prioritize high-skilled, permanent immigration, and let businesses find staff from a pool of citizens and immigrants.Some business owners say they've tried and failed to find local workers before turning to the temporary foreign worker program, and that the new restrictions could put them out of business.
Restaurants have recently become a major employer of temporary foreign workers. Outside of agricultural jobs on farms and nurseries, the top threeapproved last year through the temporary foreign worker program were cooks, food service supervisors and food counter attendants, according to federal data.
"We still are facing labour shortages across the country and all the different communities, and we need the government to help us get these people in our workforce," he said, adding that the industry has about 73,000 vacancies. Meanwhile, the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change criticized the restrictions, saying in a statement they didn't come with any additional rights for migrant workers.
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