PEI Periodical and Article Database

: Resident care worker program offered in Montague; Resident Care Worker (R.C.W.) program, Montague, Holland College

: Residential construction sector one of the most heavily hit by skilled workers going west.

: Resolution could prove to be a tough sell; Andy Walker discusses the resolution in provincial government to increase the ownership limits under the Lands Protection Act [Feature editorial column]., ***unscanned

: Response to the PEI Literacy Alliance election questionnaire; the newsletter of the PEI Literacy Alliance

: Restaurant group wants to meet Harper on foreign workers ban; Restaurants Canada are requesting an emergency meeting with Prime Minister Harper on the issue of foreign temporary workers within the restaurant industry in Canada. The federal government placed a moratorium on the food service industry while it conducts a review of abuses of the Program. Restaurants Canada president and CEO Garth Whyte states that this has turned the labour shortage into a crisis. The industry group is promoting a three point plan which includes an immediate end to the moratorium, strengthening rules of the program, and allowing restaurant owners to hire foreign workers at all skill levels for which there is a shortage. Restaurants Canada Chair and local business owner, Liam Dolan notes that "restaurant owners and their employees are feeling more and more pressure each day this moratorium continues."

: Restaurant sales increase in April; "Sales for the food services and drinking places industry increased for the fourth consecutive month, rising 1.0% to $4.7 billion in April. At the same time, prices for food purchased from restaurants rose 0.4%", ***unscanned

: Restaurant sales up nationally in August but down in PEI; "Sales in the food services and drinking places industry rose 1.2$ to $4.9 billion in August, the seventh increase in eight months." However, PEI decreased by 1.2%. Island sales went from $16,863 to $16,663., ***unscanned

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