BC Transit reduces service in Kitimat due to staffing shortages caused by LNG recruitment | CBC News
“There’s certain things that they offer that we just can’t compete with,” he said, noting that LNG is offering accommodation and food to employees, along with a pay increase.
“We can’t do what they’re doing with the pay scale at this stage.”
It’s not just retention of staff that’s causing problems for PET — rising housing prices and housing scarcity in the town is making it difficult for the transit operator to recruit new drivers from outside of Kitimat.