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{
"time": "2023-05-18 11:35:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, CPC)",
"fr": "M. Tony Baldinelli (Niagara Falls, PCC)"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"7812207\" data-originallang=\"en\">Thank you, Chair.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812208\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like to thank all the witnesses for being with us today.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812209\" data-originallang=\"en\">I'd like to begin with Ms. Grynol. Thank you, if I may, Susie, for all the work and advocacy that you've done, not only for the Hotel Association, but for the Tourism Industry Association and the Coalition of Hardest Hit Businesses.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812210\" data-originallang=\"en\">I think you're being a little shy, too, in not recognizing the fact that you're representing over 8,000 facilities and 460,000 employees. In Niagara Falls alone, I have 16,000 hotel rooms and 40,000 people who have come to depend on tourism for their livelihood. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812211\" data-originallang=\"en\">You mentioned some of the distressing signs. It's been three years that we've essentially lost our tourism years. It was two years, because of COVID-19. I put the entire blame last year on a useless ArriveCAN app that did nothing but keep people away from this destination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812212\" data-originallang=\"en\">Let's talk about the labour situation, because that is something that is impacting my community primarily. We have huge backlogs on the full-time stream, as well as issues with regard to temporary foreign workers. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812213\" data-originallang=\"en\">I want you to explain a bit more about the issues. In Niagara Falls I had hoteliers who were not renting out floors of rooms because they had no people to clean those rooms. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812214\" data-originallang=\"en\">Can you provide more of a description of what we're going through?</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"7812207\" data-originallang=\"en\">Merci, monsieur le pr\u00e9sident.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812208\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je remercie tous les t\u00e9moins d'\u00eatre parmi nous aujourd'hui.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812209\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais commencer par Mme Grynol. Madame Grynol, je vous remercie de tout le travail que vous avez fait pour d\u00e9fendre les int\u00e9r\u00eats de l'Association des h\u00f4tels du Canada, de l'Association de l'industrie touristique du Canada et de la Coalition des entreprises les plus touch\u00e9es.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812210\" data-originallang=\"en\">Je pense que vous faites preuve d'un peu de modestie aussi en ne soulignant pas le fait que vous repr\u00e9sentez plus de 8 000 \u00e9tablissements et 460 000 employ\u00e9s. \u00c0 Niagara Falls seulement, on compte 16 000 chambres d'h\u00f4tel et 40 000 personnes qui d\u00e9pendent du tourisme pour gagner leur vie. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812211\" data-originallang=\"en\">Vous avez mentionn\u00e9 certains signes inqui\u00e9tants. Cela fait trois ans que nous avons essentiellement perdu nos activit\u00e9s touristiques, soit deux ans, \u00e0 cause de la COVID-19, et l'an dernier, pendant laquelle tout le bl\u00e2me devrait \u00eatre attribu\u00e9 \u00e0 l'application ArriveCAN, qui n'a fait qu'\u00e9loigner les gens de notre pays comme destination.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812212\" data-originallang=\"en\">Parlons de la situation de la main-d'\u0153uvre, car c'est un probl\u00e8me qui touche principalement ma collectivit\u00e9. Nous avons d'\u00e9normes arri\u00e9r\u00e9s dans le traitement des demandes du volet du travail \u00e0 temps plein, ainsi que des probl\u00e8mes en ce qui a trait aux travailleurs \u00e9trangers temporaires. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812213\" data-originallang=\"en\">J'aimerais que vous nous expliquiez un peu plus les enjeux. \u00c0 Niagara Falls, j'ai eu connaissance d'h\u00f4teliers qui ne louaient pas des \u00e9tages complets de chambres parce qu'ils n'avaient personne pour les nettoyer. </p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"7812214\" data-originallang=\"en\">Pouvez-vous nous d\u00e9crire davantage la situation que nous vivons?</p>"
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