Quebec’s plans to attract more French-speaking newcomers are unnerving some business owners who say they need immigrants from varied backgrounds to address a tight labor market in the Canadian province.
While Legault campaigns on attracting more francophones, some business owners warn the move could put off immigrants with critical skills. Quebec has Canada’s second-highest job vacancy rate among provinces. “We’re not saying that French isn’t important. But it does become a limiting factor when we’re looking to attract the best people and talent that we need,” said Veronique Proulx, president of Quebec Manufacturers and Exporters.
Boulet said CAQ deliberately brought in fewer new permanent residents after coming to power in 2018 to help newcomers integrate, and that it is making efforts to better recognize foreign credentials.
I think it’s important, a good thing for 🇨🇦 as a whole to be bilingual and strengthen our French heritage but, Quebec is going about in exactly the wrong way. They may hasten the end of the language in this country, the history and good will itself; if there is any left
This!!
Good luck 🤣🤣🤣 There are thousands of English-speaking people that would love to work in Quebec but because the Quebec govt has made Quebec a racist province where no English is allowed they will suffer the consequences, but hey Alberta money will keep that province afloat
Quebec has effectively banned observant Muslims and Jews, and is in the process of banning English-speaking immigrants. I'm certain, CERTAIN, that this worker shortage will only be temporary.
Anti-Canada government in ol’Quebec anti family and anti worker
Ask SNCLavalin
If you are having a true labour shortage. You need to increase wages. Not just benefits. As it stands right now, it's really just a wage shortage, not a labour shortage.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
How about the announcement today that Quebec will exit the Canadian Charter of Rights, and write a Quebec charter which protects the nation over the individual, if I understand correctly. Another crazy outrage.
acoyne when you are in a hole, quit digging.
acoyne CAKE =/= EAT CAKE
People forget that almost all head offices in Canada were in Montreal, not Toronto, so the banks and most insurance companies. It is the GTA's gain and now they want to humiliate any immigrant's parents if they don't speak French. In the GTA medical clinics post languages.
acoyne Sometimes, the chickens come home to roost.
Why do we need workers? Did he kill off that many working-age people with the mRNA poison shots?
acoyne Wait. What? So French speakers from Morroco, Lebanon or Senegal don’t want to move there. I’m shocked!
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Quebec should get zero in transfer payments from the other Provinces. Giving them 20 billion every year is a crime against Canadians.
acoyne Happened before and will happen again. People will leave. No one likes dictators.
Quebec has earned itself a reputation that makes everyone detest it. The only people I know that would move to Quebec are the type that would live off government programs.
acoyne And this is how Quebec will hang itself with its own rope. Lucky for them they still have Alberta paying their bills….
acoyne How to make PQ insignificant! So inward focused that the best & brightest go elsewhere.
Lego wants people from France. The racist he is deplores the others. He refuses to accept the notion that if he does get people from France, most move on to Toronto or New York City after a brief stay in Montréal or Québec City because they speak more than one language!
King Legault is dictating who meets his criteria for “admission” to his fiefdom!!
Quebec keeps shooting itself in the foot with their stupid language laws. Every province should thank them. Aside from French multinationals, no foreign investor wants to set up shop in Quebec.
Always the same stupide condition!! Brother: ICI AU QUEBEC ON PARLE AUSSI PLUS DE 200 LANGUES ÉTRANGÈRES ET 8 LANGUES AUTOCHTONES...
Ah the start to their own demise.
Quebecois are blatant white supremacists who want to keep people of color out of the province under the guise of preserving the french language. Watch how they are forcing first nations people to speak the language of the colonializer! Residential schools part deux!
It is par for the course they have no intention of listening to any needs other than their own self absorbed outdated ideals on language, race, separatism and anything that's not pure laine..they gotta go..They are horrible and a disgrace to Canada and all Canadians including QC
Et Ottawa refuse les africains francophones d’entrer au pays. Ça c’est raciste