as of sept. 3, the government will refuse any requests made under the labour market impact assessment (lmia) program for the next six months for jobs in montreal with salaries under the quebec median of $57,000, or $27.47 an hour. the moratorium could be extended to three or five years, legault said. the measures are expected to decrease the number of temporary foreign workers in montreal by 3,500, from the current 12,000. the federal government said tuesday it approved quebec’s proposal.
surging immigration numbers have become a hot-button issue in quebec, with legault calling on ottawa to cut the number of asylum seekers arriving in the province because not enough of them speak french and quebec lacks the resources to accommodate them.
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“today’s announcement will put pressure on many businesses struggling with labour shortages,” the canadian federation of independent business said in a statement .
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