PORT HAWKESBURY — The Strait Area Chamber of Commerce is compiling a list of qualified call centre workers as part of an effort to attract a new tenant to fill the departing Electronic Data Systems operation.

"Our highly skilled workforce and first-class facility are generating considerable interest in the industry," chamber president Dan Fougere said in a release Monday.

"We know there are families depending on those jobs; replacing them as soon as possible is our first priority," he said.

Identifying a ready workforce is one of a number of assets "we hope will attract a new tenant to this site," he said. "This information is vital to securing a new client to the site."

The chamber is working with the Strait Highlands Regional Development Agency, Enterprise Cape Breton Corp. and the Nova Scotia Office of Economic Development...

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