Community leaders in Northern B.C. are demanding action from Ottawa to address a workforce crisis they claim is threatening businesses.
Prince Rupert is home to the third largest port in the country and, according to the Community Futures Development Corporation, offers unionized jobs which allow young people to move up quickly and afford a house within three years.
But executive director John Farrell says the local economy in the northwest coast city of 14,000, is at risk due to federal government changes to immigration and work permit policies.
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