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Job creation
Opinions of participants
The Société de développement économique de Lévis, as well as many participants,
underscored the importance of this project’s job creation component, specifically
during the construction phase which would span more than three years 1 . Other
participants evoked the diversity of jobs required to build an LNG terminal, which will
include “not only construction workers, but also many technicians and engineers who
will be assigned exclusively to work monitoring and quality control duties for the entire
building duration” (Inspec-Sol, DM62, p. 2). Moreover, the Fédération des chambres
de commerce du Québec was of the opinion that direct and indirect job creation
related to the project could in some way diminish the impacts that affected some parts
of the region’s social-economic community (Ms. Françoise Bertrand, DT15, p. 53).
Several participants highlighted the fact 2 that quality jobs would be created and that
the proponent would favour the hiring of local workers. For Développement PME
Chaudière-Appalaches, “the arrival of a jobsite like Rabaska, with the proponent’s
promise to favour local labour and companies, is therefore a breath of fresh air for our
region’s contractors” (DM607, p. 3). Some participants were preoccupied, however,
about where the required workers to build the LNG terminal will come from, and
suspected that some specialized labour may be called in from outside the region
(Ms. Louise Latulippe, DM196, p. 8). The Groupe Perspective, following the example
of other social-economic stakeholders, demanded a firm commitment on the part of
the proponent “in order to favour our great region’s youth, workers and companies, by
assuming the responsibility for developing the region’s qualified labour” (DM519, p. 5).
1. Quebec Employers’ Council, DM535, p. 3; Cométal inc., DM201, p. 2; Alu-Rex inc., DM208, p. 1; Métallurgie
Pelchat inc., DM227, p. 1; Lucien Fournier et fils, DM230, p. 1; Excavation B. Bilodeau, DM246, p. 1; Transport
d’agrégats du Québec inc., DM289, p. 6; Mr. Philippe Martel, DM69, p. 3; Mr. Jasay Bernard, DM212, p. 2;
Mr. Paul Ferron, DM482, p. 2; Mr. Guy Boissonneault, DM491, p. 1; Mr. Pierre Paré, DM83, p. 2; Mr. Michel
Brochu, DM86, p. 1; Mr. Marc Duguay, DM90, p. 1; Mr. Guy Duguay, DM107; Ms. Ghislaine Mr. Durepos,
DM122; Ms. Carole Goudreault, DM127; Mr. Jean-François Dion, DM130; Ms. Rachel Chabot-Moisan, DM171,
p. 2; Ms. Anette Roy, DM176; Mr. Éric Simoneau, DM219, p. 4; Mr. Daniel Lachance, DM236; Ms. Maude
Laflamme, DM248; Mr. Émile Laflamme, DM251; Mr. Robert Brisebois, DM254; Mr. Alain Roy, DM255, p. 2;
Mr. Guy Lachance, DM258; Mr. Frédéric Lachance, DM260; Ms. Sonya Denis, DM261, p. 2; Mr. Martial Fortier,
DM262; Mr. Jacques Legros, DM263; Mr. Pierre Breton, DM264; Ms. Andrée Caron, DM272; Mr. Robert
Grandbois, DM330; Plomberie Y. Beaudoin (2002) inc., DM339, p. 3; Fins Gourmands, DM352; Mr. François
Moulin, DM368, p. 2; Mr. Gaétan Cahier, DM415; Entreprises P. A. Goulet et fils inc., DM474; Mr. Jean-Paul
Drouin, DM481; Mr. Réal Labrecque, DM516, p. 3; Mr. Jean-François Leclerc, DM528; Autobus Auger, DM532;
Ms. Linda Poirier, DM642, p. 2; Ms. Martine Demers, DM643; Mr. Guildo Brisson, DM682; Mr. Gaétan Lapointe,
DM683, p. 1.
2. Cogémat inc., DM2, p. 2; Maxi-Paysage inc., DM5, p. 2 and 3; Pierquip inc., DM178, p. 2; Mr. Luc Castonguay,
DM245; Les membranes Naulin inc., DM453, p. 2; Construction Raoul Pelletier (1997) inc., DM469, p. 2;
Mr. Joel Ouellet, DM541, p. 1.
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