The stated objective of the Canadian authorities was revealed at the beginning of November. It is to welcome nearly half a million immigrants each year until 2025, to make up for the critical lack of labor in the country. More than 900,000 jobs are currently to be filled in many sectors such as health care.
Another witness to the need for workers: unemployment stood at 5.2% in September, a historically low level in recent months, which is confirmed by Laurent Satre. Le Français created the Rézoway agency in Montreal, intended to help business leaders settle in Canada:
“It’s irritating, this labor issue, because already before the Covid, it was the case, we thought that the pandemic was going to smooth the problem a little or solve it but in fact, it got worse rather It is transversal to all sectors of activity, whether it is our customers or the local companies with which we exchange and work.
They all have the same problem of recruitment, retention of labor and detecting skills to recruit. But it depends a lot on the activity too. There are activities that are labour-intensive and labour-intensive, and others that are not.
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Wave of retirements
As much as possible, for the Canadian government, it is a question of attracting qualified personnel, an essential element in reviving the economy and maintaining the demographic growth of an aging Canadian society. The French also advises candidates to take over an existing company rather than create a new one.
“A company whose business model is to consolidate teams, to recruit and then to grow with teams, local resources, that can be a development choice that is difficult to make given the context, so we have more and more projects related to acquisitions. It is clear that the best way to ensure competence is to have labor immediately available, it is to acquire a competitor or take over a business.
Within the G7, the group of seven major world powers, Canada, which has nearly 39 million inhabitants, has the highest proportion of immigrants, with almost one in four Canadians born abroad. However, the country is also on the cusp of a “record wave” of retirements.
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