Viviane LaPointe at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On September 22nd, 2022. See this statement in context.

September 22nd, 2022 / 4:20 p.m.

Liberal

I'll be sharing my time today with my colleague MP Fillmore.

MP Carr, the rural and northern immigration program is a very successful program in northern Ontario. It helps our businesses with their workforce shortages and labour needs. It grew out of a very successful initiative in Atlantic Canada. In your opinion, would this model you're proposing be relevant to other parts of Canada?

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