Hiring a Canadian versus hiring a temporary foreign worker, is that essentially the question? Yes.
What I hear from my members is that they would far prefer to hire a Canadian. It is easier and cheaper.
As I was saying, 93% of my members are small businesses. They are the backbone of the resort. Many of them are in the food and beverage industry, or retail. They have three to four, maybe five staff. To go out there and try to bring on three or four temporary foreign workers to work in a café, $4,000 in LMIA applications, for a small business that's a marketing budget for an entire year.
We would far prefer to hire, attract, and retain Canadians.