19-09-2018 00:19 via montrealgazette.com

Quebec election: First Nations want to help fill labour shortage

What if politicians looked to First Nations as an asset to Quebec’s economy?
Since the beginning of the provincial election campaign last month, Chief Ghislain Picard has been dogging Quebec’s party leaders with that question.
While the province is aging itself out of the labour market, there aren’t enough skilled workers to replace them. Given that 55 per cent of Quebec’s 140,000 Indigenous people are under 25 years old, it would seem logical to tap into that growin
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