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The New Yorkers are perplexed. They ask if the signs they’ve been seeing on storefronts on the Main relate to a big sale. Not quite.

In fact, those “Nous Embauchons” signs they’ve been spotting translate as “We’re Hiring,” and they have become ubiquitous at boutiques, restaurants like A&W and Rôtisserie Coco Rico and specialty food shops along St-Laurent Blvd., underscoring current labour-shortage issues in Montreal and throughout Quebec.

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The New Yorkers joke that, given the volatile political climate back home, they could consider applying for the jobs and moving here. But he’s a doctor and she’s a financial analyst, so they would be a tad over-qualified to be shilling sausages at Charcuterie Hongroise, a mainstay on the Main for the last 65 years.

And that is precisely the problem, according to Charcuterie Hongroise owner Angelo Perusko, who has had his “Nous Embauchons” sign affixed to his window longer than he can recall. His need for staff is even more pressing now with summer allegedly on its way and with that, street fairs and festivals galore.