B.C. premier's comments on TFW Program stir division and debate

There is no 'debate'. The program is federal. A premier's jurisdiction is provincial. He is telling the federal government to fix the problem because the current wording of the law and how it has been executed has allowed these large corporations to abuse it over and over again.

Instead of letting the market decide what a job at Tim Horton's supposed to be, they have instead allowed them to hire these so called 'temporary foreign workers' en masse over the years through a revolving door from poorer countries. It has resulted in stagnant wages, record profits for these companies and now they're crying foul?

What should be happening is to lower the bar to running a business anywhere in Canada. As of right now, running a small business to compete requires nearly insurmountable levels of red tape (licenses for not only the business, but also signage license, over-the-top fire safety requirements [go ask about how much it will cost to just have a kitchen installed + getting inspected etc. etc.], beyond basic food safe certifications where you'll have to provide nutritional charts, washroom requirements and more...). Anything that you probably see out there that isn't looking like this is either grandfathered in or they have deep pockets. This is also why you see places that are renovated and seemingly ready to go, but can't open because they have to jump through the hoops. This is also why you won't ever have authentic night markets like the ones in Asia anywhere in Canada. Many large cities themselves are anti-small business on default when you dig into the policies of what you can and can't do.

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There is no 'debate'. The program is federal. A premier's jurisdiction is provincial. He is telling the federal government to fix the problem because the current wording of the law and how it has been executed has allowed these large corporations to abuse it over and over again.
Instead of letting the market decide what a job at Tim Horton's supposed to be, they have instead allowed them to hire these so called 'temporary foreign workers' en masse over the years through a revolving door from poorer countries. It has resulted in stagnant wages, record profits for these companies and now they're crying foul?
What should be happening is to lower the bar to running a business anywhere in Canada. As of right now, running a small business to compete requires nearly insurmountable levels of red tape (licenses for not only the business, but also signage license, over-the-top fire safety requirements [go ask about how much it will cost to just have a kitchen installed + getting inspected etc. etc.], beyond basic food safe certifications where you'll have to provide nutritional charts, washroom requirements and more...). Anything that you probably see out there that isn't looking like this is either grandfathered in or they have deep pockets. This is also why you see places that are renovated and seemingly ready to go, but can't open because they have to jump through the hoops. This is also why you won't ever have authentic night markets like the ones in Asia anywhere in Canada. Many large cities themselves are anti-small business on default when you dig into the policies of what you can and can't do.
Yeah, divided. The people cheer, and the businesses that abuse the system whimper. Who gets to win? We'll wait and see, but I'm not holding my breath.