Tim Hortons’ U-Turn on Hiring Foreign Workers

A woman walks past a Tim Hortons in Toronto in a file photo. The Canadian Press/Doug Ives

Commentary

Tim Hortons set Canadian social media ablaze on May 25 with a press release promising to hire locals over foreign workers. Behind the drama and hot takes is an important question: If our national coffee icon can do without foreign workers, why does any restaurant or retail employer need them?