Industry committee  Hello. Thank you for your good wishes. Hello to your brother as well. He's an outstanding service professional at our resort, to say the least. I know he's enjoying his time back in Quebec and on the farm. I am proof of what a 10-year visa process can do for a family. I went o

Industry committee  Yes. When it came to the cost of a thousand dollars to pay for accommodation and airfare, it just became too restrictive.

Industry committee  We, in the company that I work for, and certainly in our industry, believe in the science of vaccinations. We believe that people visited our resorts in greater numbers because they knew everyone a the resort would be vaccinated. Everyone visiting the restaurants, they knew, woul

Industry committee  I think we would all agree that if you could get into Canada quicker using whatever technique and technical assets that you have in front of you, it would be best for all of us. We also all believe that coming to Canada as a vaccinated person would be better for all of us, but th

Industry committee  Yes, I would agree with that statement. Canada has literally the number one tourist brand in the world, Destination Canada. And Canadians alone are known for their hospitality—and don't forget, we live in a country that has clean air, fresh water, beautiful mountains, beautiful

Industry committee  Yes, in the real-time newsscapes, look at the lineups that are happening at Pearson and Vancouver airports today. If the government officials were to meet with tourism professionals, airport professionals, we don't have all the answers but we have some of the answers. Certainly w

Industry committee  Right now the Government of Canada welcomes agricultural workers from various countries to help our agricultural sector. Simply put those practices in place immediately. We could change this within a week. We could start welcoming young people who are willing to work in Canada, s

Industry committee  Thank you.

Industry committee  I can speak intelligently to the ski instructors using this program. It's not an effective visa program at all. In the country of Canada we have approximately 25,000 certified ski instructors. Fewer than 10% of them are active ski instructors working in the field. We go to places

Industry committee  The easiest way to explain that is to take, for example, our business. We would normally employ between 200 and 235 ski instructors pre-COVID and 50% of those would be on working holiday visas, whether they be from Australia, New Zealand or Europe. We teach what is called a gap

Industry committee  Yes, we would recommend that they extend these past two years. It's very seldom that you'll get a ski instructor who will return for his second year once they get a level 2 or a level 3 certification. They will sell their wares, for example, to the United States or Japan or to Au

Industry committee  There you go. Thank you very much. Beginning with this year's ski season, we recommend the introduction of a two-year winter pilot project targeted at attracting ski instructors to the industry with a limited two-year visa. We are losing these professionals, who train Canadians,

Industry committee  Good afternoon. I would like to begin my presentation by respectfully acknowledging I am joining you from the traditional ancestral and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan people. It is a pleasure to speak to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry and