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House Hansard - 5

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
November 26, 2021 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:32:12 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, before I begin, let me say that it is nice to see a fellow Bluenoser in the chair today. I would point out that Canada has now recovered more than 100% of the jobs lost during the peak of the pandemic, but we still suffer from the same labour shortages that are affecting competitive economies right across the world. In order to address the labour shortage, we have a number of facets to our plan, including investing in child care so that hundreds of thousands of Canadian parents can join the workforce, including boosting economic immigration levels so we can find workers to support Canadian businesses, including investing in skilled training and including supporting businesses that are hardest hit by the pandemic. All these measures have one thing in common: The Conservatives routinely voted against them.
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Context: House Hansard - 5 - Nov/26/21
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Nov/26/21 11:34:46 a.m.
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Mr. Speaker, what the Conservatives seem unwilling to recognize is that there is a global phenomenon caused by interruptions to the supply chain, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, that have caused labour shortages in economies right across the world. Thankfully, as the Minister of Finance just shared in our other official language, more than 100% of the job losses from the peak of this pandemic have now been recovered. In order to help solve the labour shortages that we are seeing in Canada, we intend to invest in immigration to bring more workers here, we intend to invest in child care to open up the workforce to more parents and we will invest in skills training. I hope the Conservatives will finally see the light of day and start supporting these essential measures.
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