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Essential updates on national and regional industry news, strategic priorities, and advocacy efforts from Kelly Higginson, Restaurants Canada President & CEO. 

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We are urging the government to bring back the Destination Employment Program

As highlighted in our members update late last week, Ministers Miller and Boissonnault made changes to temporary resident levels which reduces the maximum percentage of restaurant operators’ workforce through the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) for low-wage positions from 30…

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A BIG win for our industry; Federal government caps alcohol excise tax at 2%!

A BIG win for our industry; Federal government caps alcohol excise tax at 2%! I was grateful to receive a call from Minister of Small Business, Rechie Valdez on Saturday morning informing me about the decision by the Federal government to maintain the…