Quebec’s labour force needs are urgent, Couillard tells discrimination conference
Quebec’s shrinking labour force is a far more pressing problem than trade agreements, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard told a forum on the promotion of diversity and the fight against discrimination as it opened on Tuesday in Quebec City.
The forum replaces a controversial conference on systemic racism originally planned by the Couillard government. The change of format followed accusations from the opposition that the government wanted to place Quebecers on trial and and try to imply guilt on their part.
On Tuesday, Couillard changed the tone of the proceeding by speaking instead of the importance of attracting and keeping workers in Quebec. More than one million jobs — 1,372,200 to be exact — will need to be filled in Quebec by 2024, he said, adding he had heard the “cries of distress” from businesses.
Quebec’s shrinking labour force is a far more pressing problem than trade agreements, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard told a forum on the promotion of diversity and the fight against discrimination as it opened on Tuesday in Quebec City. The forum replaces a controversial conference on systemic racism originally planned by the Couillard government. The change of format followed accusations from the opposition that the government wanted to place Quebecers on trial and and try to imply guilt on their part. On Tuesday, Couillard changed the tone of the proceeding by speaking instead of the importance of attracting and keeping workers in Quebec. More than one million jobs — 1,372,200 to be exact — will need to be filled in Quebec by 2024, he said, adding he had heard the “cries of distress” from businesses. On Tuesday, Couillard changed the tone of the proceeding by speaking instead of the importance of attracting and keeping workers in Quebec. More than one million jobs — 1,372,200 to be exact — will need to be filled in Quebec by 2024, he said, adding he had heard the “cries of distress” from businesses.