I’m very concerned about the restaurant situation. Staff is also talking about the situation. You maintain that the restaurant must not operate at a deficit, but when staff is laid off, that’s a loss as well.
Many seasonal workers are being laid off in the regions. Many Canadians don’t realize that Parliament also employs seasonal workers, so to speak. It may be, as you said, that restaurant staff have no desire to work at area restaurants. Michel was pretty adamant that the number of people working at area restaurants was close to zero. You’re well acquainted with the problem: some say they want to be paid the difference between the wages paid by Parliament and the wages they would earn at another restaurant that paid minimum wage. Maybe that’s the issue, but I’m not sure. There has to be a difference somewhere.