A high leader of Tremcar will not be able to make its flamboyant new factory profitable without its temporary foreign workers (TET).
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“We are building a new factory of $ 32 million, in Granby. Having known, we could have investing elsewhere, “sighs Mélanie Dufresne, vice-president of market strategist at Tremcar, who is part of a group requiring compensation to the federal The newspaper.
In Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, in Montérégie, Tremcar is a major employer. Each day, hundreds of workers make tanker trailers and tanker trucks.
The newspaper went to this factory several times to tell the story of workers who have seen all the colors whenever the rules were changing.
Last October, a high executive of the company said that she should go to the United States or Mexico if she cannot have her arms here.
Since the end of September, Ottawa has no longer authorized to exceed the threshold of 10% TET and their visa is a year maximum, rather than two years as before.
Employers must also increase the median salary by $ 5.49 to go from $ 27.47 to $ 32.96 per hour, since November, which rhymes with savory increases from $ 2 to $ 10 per hour for tremcar.
Not able to find them here
Why does the manufacturer not hire Quebecers, then?
“We have had a school in the factory since 2017. We pay our Quebecers $ 25 an hour to learn the job, but we are not able to provide our cohorts,” explains her V.-P., Mélanie Dufresne.
“It’s no longer fashionable, manual work,” she adds.
Beyond the positions occupied by foreigners, the impact will be felt on the jobs here, she warns.
“It means fewer engineers, fewer administrativeuses. It means job losses, ”she concludes.
