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House Hansard - 85

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 9, 2022 10:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Mr. Ryan Williams (Bay of Quinte, CPC)
  • Jun/9/22 2:44:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, Canada's skilled labour shortage has reached over one million jobs vacant. The shortage of labour is costing our economy $30 billion and is driving inflation. The government is focused on growing government, adding 61,000 federal positions since 2015, but Canadian businesses cannot find home builders, factory workers and truckers. This is costing Canadians more in food, housing and goods as lack of employees further chokes the economy and spikes inflation. When will the government put as much energy into filling Canadian vacant jobs as it does into growing its own bloated government?
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Context: House Hansard - 85 - Jun/9/22
Hon. Sean Fraser (Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Lib.)
  • Jun/9/22 2:45:25 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to place the response to this question in the appropriate economic context and I would like to remind the hon. member that, to date, Canada has seen 115% of the jobs lost during the pandemic returned. Our GDP is ahead of prepandemic levels. We are at the lowest rate of unemployment in the recorded history of Canada. At the same time, we are going to launch a number of measures to continue to recruit new workers, including through immigration. I am pleased to share with the House that, as of today, Canada will welcome its 200,000th permanent resident this year, more than a month and a half faster than any year in the history of Canada. We are going to continue to use every tool at our disposal to fill the gaps in the labour force and grow our economy.
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