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Franchisees feeling the squeeze after federal crackdown on temporary foreign workers

And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

3 Oct 2024 • 9 min read

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An overhead view of a server bringing a plate to a table of diners in a restaurant.
A server brings food to a table as people dine at a restaurant in Vancouver in September 2021. After the pandemic, hotel and restaurant owners increasingly turned to temporary foreign workers to fill labour gaps. Now, the federal government is cracking down on foreign worker programs in metropolitan areas where unemployment is high. (The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

Carly is a Toronto-based journalist. She holds a master of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine and The Canadian Press.

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