A labour shortage in the hospitality sector is long-standing, preceding the pandemic, but has grown.
Some hotels and resorts on Vancouver Island and elsewhere in the province are putting temporary foreign workers up in rooms just to make sure they have enough staff to get through the summer season.
Employers are looking outside Canada for workers, such as in Barbados, El Salvador, Mexico, England, Ireland, France and Morocco, Jarrett said. “We have a housing shortage in B.C. in all areas of the province,” she said. Housing staff in hotel rooms is a short-term solution only. The province needs more rental housing, Jarrett said.
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