Citizenship and Immigration committee  Obviously, it's a positive impact. I would suggest that we could go a step further, especially in the tourism sector, by lifting requirements for things like LMIAs and job postings. Our sector has such a major shortage that the LMIA process and job posting process are—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We were very happy to see those restrictions lifted. It's going to go a really long way for our industry to have a strong fall. That's generally a bit of a quieter season, so being able to have business events and international visitation come through is really important. Interna

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Sure. We were really happy to see some movement in the right direction in the last budget. Specifically, there was a commitment to increase the cap for TFWs for hotels from 10% to 30%, which was a fantastic thing to see. Again, additional resources for processing are always help

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. One of our recommendations is to open up permanent residency for people who have work experience here. Short of any issues and if the work permits just expired, I think they would be excellent candidates for long-term immigration.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think the biggest focus for our industry, really, is to ensure that.... Tourism does, right now, have a real opportunity to recover and thrive, but we do need people. We're in the people business; we need people for that. We want a system that really responds to high-demand oc

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you for the question. I have heard about the trusted employer proposal and it is one that our industry would support wholeheartedly. The hotel sector is an excellent employer. We are incredibly proud of how we treat our employees and every single one of our members woul

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would absolutely be helpful. The complexity of the applications is another issue that our members are facing. Again, the expedited—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You raise an important point. For us, temporary foreign workers really are that short-term solution for this major labour crunch we're facing. Indeed, the wait times are definitely months. I referenced a survey that we recently did with our members. We knew that the backlog was

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for inviting me here today. My name is Adrienne Foster and I'm the vice-president of policy and public affairs with the Hotel Association of Canada. Hotels are critical to the Canadian economy. More than just keystones of the tourism sector,