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Sophie Chatel Liberal
“Aerospace companies in Quebec need thousands of workers, but our schools cannot train enough people. Veterans have the right skills. We are working to make it easier for veterans to get their military training recognized so they can fill these jobs.”
“Madam Speaker, I hope my colleague will agree that aerospace is one of the flagship sectors of Quebec’s economy. I have spoken with companies in the sector, and one Quebec-based SME told me that it could hire 300 people tomorrow morning, but our educational institutions are not currently able to train enough workers to meet the demand for these highly rewarding careers. We have veterans who have acquired these skills, this expertise, and who are simply waiting for those qualifications to be recognized. We are currently working with certain educational institutions to accelerate the recognition of skills acquired in the Canadian Armed Forces so that veterans can step in to fill labour shortages. The aerospace sector alone will need 65,000 new workers over the next 10 years. These are technical trades. Our role is to recognize veterans’ expertise and translate it into a certification that allows them to practise a Red Seal trade and pursue a meaningful career involving a wide range of technologies.”
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Madam Speaker, I hope my colleague will agree that aerospace is one of the flagship sectors of Quebec’s economy. I have spoken with companies in the sector, and one Quebec-based SME told me that it could hire 300 people tomorrow morning, but our educational institutions are not currently able to train enough workers to meet the demand for these highly rewarding careers. We have veterans who have acquired these skills, this expertise, and who are simply waiting for those qualifications to be recognized. We are currently working with certain educational institutions to accelerate the recognition of skills acquired in the Canadian Armed Forces so that veterans can step in to fill labour shortages. The aerospace sector alone will need 65,000 new workers over the next 10 years. These are technical trades. Our role is to recognize veterans’ expertise and translate it into a certification that allows them to practise a Red Seal trade and pursue a meaningful career involving a wide range of technologies.