Posted: Mar. 24, 2023 6:21PMThe relocation of a large government-contracted insurance firm in downtown Victoria has local businesses worried.
The contracted work for Health Insurance BC has been done at the office on Yates Street since 2005. However, recently MAXIMUS lost the contract and it was awarded to be overseen by Pacific Blue Cross. Part of that change includes relocating to a new office at thein Central Saanich, a space Pacific Blue cross took procession of back in December.
“We are definitely relying on our lunch crowd,” she said. “We do a small lunch menu but our main bread and butter is donuts, but I think anytime that number of people leaves — it’s going to have an impact.”
The mayor and city council are doing a fine job of driving all customers and hence businesses out of downtown!