After years of depending largely of the Temporary Foreign Worker program for which Tim Hortons was nicknamed as 'Singh Hortons', the restaurant chain announced on Monday that they decided to scale back its foreign hiring and commit to hiring 10,000 local workers as the chain is now expaning across the country. “We have not lobbied the government since last year and we won’t be lobbying them on TFWs any time soon given our commitment to hire locally everywhere possible,” said Duncan Fulton, chief corporate officer of Restaurant Brands, the parent company of Tim Hortons.

The company plans to recruit 10,000 local workers in Canada. It currently employs some 4,000 temporary foreign workers.

Tim Hortons is planning to hire 10,000 new workers locally and reduce its reliance on the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. Find out more.