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Rural Ontario businesses caught between federal policy and provincial dithering

Employers say tighter federal rules and Ontario’s refusal to extend relief leave workers’ permits expiring and threaten staffing at rural businesses.

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Dale Fortes has built a business on certainty. Since 2009, he has run the Boston Pizza in Fort Frances, Ont. and grown it into a stable employer of more than 100 people. Now he is betting nearly $4 million on a second location in Dryden, an hour's drive away. But there is one thing he cannot control: The clocks on his workers' permits. All 10 of his temporary foreign workers — cooks, kitchen staff and front-of-house staff — hold work permits th…

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Rural Ontario businesses caught between federal policy and provincial dithering

Dale Fortes has built a business on certainty.

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The Hamilton Spectator broke the news in Hamilton, Canada on Wednesday, October 7, 2026.
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