Tony Clement is blaming business owners for not hiring more employees, says a CBC report today.
I find that hard to believe as Clement is one politician who does get out there with business owners and he must have heard their issues with minimum wage, hiring and firing legislation and the amount of taxes taken from employee payroll.
One comment that I hear all the time from business owners is that they want to hire Canadians and they want to keep their current staff, but they simply cannot compete with the price of goods coming in from overseas competitors.
So do we blame Walmart?
If there is someone to blame, don’t pick on business owners, let’s pick on the Canadian consumer making the cheaper choice.
I wish I had $100 for every owner who has told me they are sending jobs to China and they do not want to make that decision but the buyers of their light bulbs, plastic bags, T-shirts, etc. have made the cheaper choice. Canadian business owners are heartbroken about laying off their long time staff. Do you think that is easy? Canada Goose is still manufacturing here but it is a challenge and their coats are expensive.
Our Canadian government is a boy scout in the world. We are playing checkers while the USA and China are playing chess.
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