Quebec Employment Minister Plans to Fill Health-Care Vacancies with Asylum Seekers

Quebec Minister of Employment Kateri Champagne Jourdain responds to the Opposition, at the legislature in Quebec City, on Dec. 2, 2022. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot

Quebec’s employment minister says around 1,500 asylum seekers will be given jobs in the province’s health-care system over the next three years.

Kateri Champagne Jourdain announced the pilot project in Montreal on Dec. 4.