So far, 55 Filipinos are working there, and a Quebec delegation is preparing to return to Asia to meet a new cohort of a few dozen candidates.
They have industrial, mechanical, electrical, process engineering skills, operation of digitally controlled robots like we have in the factory. The industrial and manufacturing base in the Philippines is exceptional
explains Frédéric Verreault, Executive Director of Corporate Development.
Chantiers Chibougamau makes every effort to help newcomers settle into northern Quebec.
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The company hires fathers and mothers to promote integration into the community of 7,500 people.
We use the waiting times at immigration to pay them full time and give them French lessons in Manila. And the first day when they arrive they have working French to go to the supermarket in Chibougamau and chat with their colleagues.
says Mr. Verreault.
While the parents continue French lessons in Quebec, the children integrate into the French elementary school in Chibougamau from the age of six or seven.
New residential area
Chantiers Chibougamau is also stepping up its efforts to help new workers find housing.
The crisis is so big that last year the company decided to create its own residential area. The first apartments will be accessible at the end of the year or early next year.
A total of about 30 houses are rented out to provide temporary housing for workers.
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