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60 percent of Christchurch businesses say immigration changes by the Government have made no difference. 9 out of 10 businesses say the Government isn't doing enough to fix the labour shortage. This comes from the Quartely Canterbury Business survey. Canterbury Chamber of Commerce CEO Leann Watson joined us to discuss how the recent crop of immigration rule changes have impacted the Canterbury business community. "It's one thing to open the doors, workers also need to want to come here. And we need to address some of the other issues like housing affordability, the cost of living, you know, how we stack up in comparison to other countries around the world." LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.