Citizenship and Immigration committee  Let me come back to what Ms. Laplante was saying earlier. Farms resolved their labour issues once they no longer had to limit the number of workers and were able to bring in workers based on their needs. We feel that, since our activities immediately follow farms' activities, it

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In closing, I would say that it's not even just a problem related to COVID-19. Summer is coming, and that is becoming an issue because of employee vacations. For me, as a member of the new generation, and for the company's human resources, it is stressful to never know whether we

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In our case, we want a permit for Aliments Asta, as we do not need to move our temporary foreign workers to other slaughterhouses. I can let Mrs. Laplante give you more details.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I have often discussed that with Government of Quebec representatives. Food policy and food sovereignty are often talked about in Quebec. However, I have made it clear that we will not be able to achieve this as long as we have no workers on site. Canadian and Quebec consumers w

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm going to close on this. There are several large companies in several large sectors, so we need a lot of workers. I'll yield the floor to Mrs. Laplante.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for inviting me here today. I'm going to speak in French, because I'll be able to tell you more in less time. I speak some English, but not perfectly. Asta Foods is a family business with 500 employees. We do slaughte