The COVID-19 pandemic

[Coke6pk]

I remember when the Oil Sands were big, they had to get foreign workers at the fast food restaurants in Fort McMurray as there were no Canadians willing to relocate there for minimum wage.

Based only on your description, it sounds like they didn’t try very hard. Specifically, to operate in the market by raising their wages. Just because people won’t do the work at the employer’s usual or target wage doesn’t mean there is a labour shortage.

And if the higher wages make the restaurants uneconomical, then they need to charge more at those restaurants.

And if that means they don’t get enough customers and can’t run the restaurants, then that means the customers don’t value the food enough for it to make sense to run them.

There is absolutely no justification for the idea that goods and services should all be the same price everywhere in the country.

I likely shouldn't of used the term "minimum wage"... that's on me.  They were paid higher than the provincial minimum, but less that the large sums everyone else in Ft Mac was making.  

I don't work for HRSDC (Human Resources Skills Development Canada) the agency responsible for issuing the required authorization, but I would assume suitable salary for the position is part of the process.

Coke