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Madam Chair, I will give the government an easier question: It is also proposing automation, which I actually think is a good idea. What is the government doing to promote automation in industry, again, to end the labour shortage here in Canada?
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Madam Chair, the government is proposing solutions such as formal hiring processes and holistic packages, but this is only shifting the players on the board. We need new workers. What is the government doing to find new workers to end the labour shortage?
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Madam Chair, the jobless rate plunged from 6.7% to 6% in November, putting us in a labour shortage crisis. What is the government doing to end the labour shortage crisis?
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Madam Chair, in a tight labour market, where we are statistically at full employment but where employers are struggling to find employees, what is the government doing to avoid wage inflation?
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Madam Chair, year-over-year increases of the CPI are approaching 5% annually. It is supposed to be a target of 2% annually. Again, what is the government doing so that wages are keeping pace with inflation?
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Madam Chair, salaries are rising at a rate of 2.5%, yet the consumer price index is rising at 4.1%. That is a delta of 1.6%. What is the government doing so that wages are keeping pace with inflation?
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Madam Chair, the government is also turning its back on Canadians with disabilities. Those eligible for CERB and CRB had to make $5,000 or more in the year prior. This could be from various sources, including provincial EI programs. However, the government chose not to consider the CPP—
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Madam Chair, when will those implicated be prosecuted?
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Mr. Speaker, I think it is very apparent that the government wanted a blank cheque from the very beginning. Fortunately, it was the member for Carleton who was able to recognize it at the time and make those amendments so that Canadians were not on the line for that. As well, I will say this. We outlined four incidents at the very beginning of the pandemic where we collaborated and acted with comp…
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Mr. Speaker, I think we can see that, much like the Liberals, the Bloc Québécois wants to live in the past. We, the Conservatives, are living in the now. We can see that with the question we heard from our Quebec caucus of the Conservative Party this week. It had to do with a very important issue for Quebec and for the members of the Conservative caucus, namely, the labour shortage. We, the Conser…
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Mr. Speaker, it is a pleasure to be here. I will be splitting my time with the member for St. Albert—Edmonton. He has always got such incredibly intelligent debate and I always look forward to his words. I am so thrilled to be back in the House. I very much thank the people of Calgary Midnapore for returning me to the chamber with the highest percentile of votes in Calgary, the highest percentile …
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Mr. Speaker, we are facing a national crisis. It is not inflation that I want to talk about today, but rather another very important issue affecting our economy and our country, namely, the labour shortage. This is important because this shortage exists everywhere and on two levels. First, it affects all regions. No region in Canada is spared: grocery stores in Quebec, restaurants in Banff and fac…
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Mr. Speaker, The Globe and Mail has reported that job vacancies have soared to unprecedented numbers, with more than one million unfilled positions. Vacancies jumped by 16.4% in September alone. When will the minister admit the government's plan for the labour shortage is just not working, take responsibility and fix this problem?
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Mr. Speaker, The Globe and Mail indicated that a fifth of all vacancies were in hospitality, including restaurants and hotels. Despite a hectic tourist season in Alberta, restaurant owner Stéphane Prévost had to close his restaurants for as many as two days a week this summer because there simply were not enough workers. Why is the government always too little too late when it comes to helping emp…
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Mr. Speaker, sectors across Canada are grappling with labour shortages. A BDC report has found that 64% of companies say that difficulties finding workers are limiting their growth. RBC reported that over one-third of businesses are having problems finding employees, resulting in 870,000 vacancies across Canada. Businesses need workers to make money. What is the minister doing to resolve these lab…
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