Media Advisory: CRFA to call for EI changes and restaurant task force

Who: Representatives of the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association (CRFA) will appear before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance.
Topic: In its pre-budget submission, CRFA will ask for:
  • a Private/Public Sector Task Force to study the central role of restaurants in Canada and make recommendations to promote and grow this industry;
  • changes to the employment insurance (EI) model to reduce the burden of job-killing payroll taxes.
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
CRFA President and CEO Garth Whyte will be available for comment after this time. 
Location: Room C-120, 1 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Contact:  Prasanthi Vasanthakumar, Communications Specialist, 1-800-387-5649, or pvasanthakumar@crfa.ca

CRFA is one of Canada’s largest business associations, with more than 30,000 members representing restaurants, bars, caterers, institutions and other foodservice providers.  Canada’s $61-billion foodservice industry employs more than one million people in communities across the country.

Click here to read CRFA’s pre-budget submission to the Standing Committee on Finance.

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