From the BCRFA:
8 September 2025
To all members of BC’s Restaurant Industry, Hotel Industry, Tourism, Distributors, Suppliers and Education providers
Your BCRFA is hosting an urgent meeting on 9:00 am Wednesday September 10 so your voice can be heard over the labour crisis we are facing. Your views will captured in a letter to the Federal Government on the need for immediate and responsible changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program to helps deal with our labour shortages. Ian Tostenson will provide an update on recent events and discussions, we will then have open dialogue to get your feedback and comments so that we have this to take to the necessary levels of government.
zoom information:
BCRFA is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Urgent: Industry-Wide Meeting on Labour Crisis
Time: Sep 10, 2025 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Meeting ID: 892 5477 1956
Passcode: 043113
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Please reach out to me on my cell 604-986-1429 or email anytime itostenson@bcrfa.com on these important issues.
Sincerely,
on behalf of The BCRFA Board and Team
Ian Tostenson
President/CEO