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Rabat – Representatives from Yellowknife, the capital of Canada’s Northwest Territories, are set to visit Morocco in November to support the migration of “bilingual skilled labor” amid a labor shortage.
The Canadian Embassy in Rabat expects to host a “Destination Canada Mobility Forum” at the end of next month to introduce local talent to job opportunities in the Northwest Territories. A similar event is scheduled to take place in Paris in the same month. Approximately 4,000 potential job candidates are expected to take part in the two forums.
The Council of Economic Development at Canada’s Northwest Territories (CDETNO) is co-organizing the recruitment gatherings with the objective of connecting employers in Canada with potential employees in Morocco and France. The job openings are primarily in the hospitality and tourism, administration, construction, and healthcare sectors.
Canada is currently facing serious labor shortages in vital sectors and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic added pressure to address the labor crisis, particularly in healthcare.
“We know that there is a shortage of labor and everybody’s crumbling,” Executive Director of CDETNO Francois Afane said.
However, the Executive believes that “the more job offers we have, the more interest we’ll get from candidates, and the more likely we’ll be able to attract people in as many domains as possible.”
Yet, the recruitment process can face numerous challenges given the differences in labor training in Canada, Morocco, and France.
Still, Afane argued that these challenges would not “discourage or prevent us from at least trying to convince people to come this way and maybe go through the process.”
This year, the Francophone Immigration Network of the Northwest Territories (RIFTNO) has received funding to participate for the first time in the annual forum.
The network plans to explain and promote Francophone services across the Northwest Territories to potential candidates with the objective of bringing “new people” to the Canadian territory despite the level of appeal from other regions and provinces such as Quebec, says RIFTNO’s coordinator Abby Schelew.
Given that Quebec is predominantly Francophone, the province has attracted the attention of Francophone-trained labor in Morocco and other African countries for years.
To support migration flow, Quebec’s government has launched initiatives to facilitate the recruitment process.
In February, Quebec’s government announced its plan to spend $65 million over the next two years to recruit 1,000 nurses from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Cameroon, and Mauritius.
The government detailed that the candidates would benefit from nine to twelve months of work as well as a $500 weekly allowance in addition to receiving recognition from the province’s Ordre des infirmières (Nursing Order).
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