The reductions in temporary immigration planned by our governments could rhyme with the great return of labor shortages, according to the Institut du Québec.
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“Could the drop in temporary immigration exacerbate labor shortages?” wonders out loud Emna Braham, CEO of the Institut du Québec (IDQ).
In recent months, The Journal has told several stories of business owners at the end of their rope, who have difficulty understanding why they would be deprived of their temporary foreign workers (TEF).
“There is nothing settled. We hired a consultant to go to Ottawa. Nobody helps us. We consult lawyers,” Mélanie Dufresne, strategic director of Tremcar, lamented again on December 10.
Mélanie Dufresne, senior manager of Tremcar, and her Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu plant director, Claude Clouâtre, fear suffering losses in productivity if they lose their valuable workers.
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If in addition to having fewer foreign workers, economic growth is there this year, our SMEs will have even more difficulty recruiting.
According to Emna Braham, the plan to return to budget balance in Quebec also risks impacting employment in the public sector, which is the main driver of job creation.
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