Facing an aging workforce and heightened competition for talent, a growing number of Cornwall employers and institutions are increasing their international recruiting efforts to fuel the Seaway city’s economic growth.
Dozens of foreign nationals now work alongside their Canadian counterparts at major food processors, tech firms and manufacturers. Many have come into Canada under the federal temporary foreign worker program. Others have been international students at St. Lawrence College and are looking to establish careers in Canada.
It’s a collective effort that employers say they expect to pay long-term dividends for Cornwall’s economy.
“Employers are going to have to increasingly rely on foreign workers,” says Paula Fontaine, director of human resources at SigmaPoint Technologies. “Immigrants are the only future for Canada. And if we don’t allow more in, industries won’t be able to meet their customers’ demands and businesses will falter and close.”
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McGill establishes fair-trade carbon offsetting project in Panama with new partnership
Partnership with Indigenous community provides learning opportunity for students, contributes to McGill’s carbon neutrality target
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Alvaro Omi and his mother Luz Karina Lana, project participants from the community of Piriati, plant trees on their lot.
McGill has committed to a new fair-trade carbon offsetting project in partnership with Indigenous Panamanian communities, furthering the University’s efforts to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040 by planting trees to offset greenhouse gas emissions.
Through the partnership, the University has committed to providing the financial contribution necessary for the project’s implementation until, at least, the end of 2022. In 2020, the project successfully planted 25,000 native tree seedlings in collaboration with 25 families in Panama.
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