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Chris Selley: Bring on the doughnut wars—and let's hope they set an example

Tim Hortons seems at least mildly panicked by Dunkin' Donuts return to Canada. Let's panic the airlines and telcos too

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Just in time for stricter limits on temporary foreign workers, and also just in time for the return to Canada of Dunkin’ Donuts, the iconic Tims, having gone to seed — its website is currently bigging up something called “omelette bites” — has decided it doesn’t need so many temporary foreign workers, after all. That’s despite lobbying Ottawa against lowering the cap on those workers as recently as the end of 2025.

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It was really just a pandemic labour-shortage thing, Tims claimed this week in a press release. “Today in 2026, with high youth unemployment nationally, lobbying for expanded access is no longer necessary,” it explains. “In fact, our restaurant owners’ use of the program has already declined steadily since 2024.”

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