Much of the Canada-dependent exclave's workforce moved away during pandemic border closures, which businesses believe could be topped up by Canadian temporary workers.
Brian Calder, president of the Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce wrote an open letter to President Joe Biden urging that Point Roberts be exempt from U.S. work permit rules so they may attract bad needed workers from Canada.Most were part-time seasonal jobs, such as servers in restaurants, gas station attendants, or at the Bald Eagle Golf Club or Point Roberts Marina, but their access to that program ended some time after 9/11 when stricter border restrictions were brought in, Calder said.
A motorist fills his car with gas in Point Roberts. Relatively inexpensive gas and postal boxes draw thousands of Canadian to Port Roberts every year.“And they’re not coming back because they all found work there. During the COVID lockdown, there were no jobs.” However, he said Kiniski’s Reef is a potentially attractive summer employer to young people in Tsawwassen, Ladner and Delta with a US$17 per hour minimum wage, considering the exchange rate.
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