Jason Kenney, Canada’s Minister of Employment, Social Development and
Multiculturalism, was in Vancouver earlier this week to announce funds
will be provided to British Columbia to help attract highly skilled
foreign workers.
Kenney announced the province will receive $3.3 million from the federal government to help speed up the recognition of foreign credentials of highly skilled immigrant workers. The federal government intends immigrants with skills to have decisions made on their foreign credentials within one year of application. Ten categories of occupations have been created that will be subject to the promised speedier process.
The 10 occupations are geoscientists, carpenters, electricians, heavy duty equipment technicians, heavy equipment operators, welders, audiologists and speech language pathologists, midwives, pathologists, and lawyers.
The Canadian government estimates about one million jobs will open up in British Columbia in the next 10 years and about 1/3 of them will be filled by foreigners.
While the Minister’s official announcement was droll and routine, Kenney took the time to speak to reporters after his official remarks and discuss how Canada is taking advantage of the immigration situation in the United States.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/65154
Kenney announced the province will receive $3.3 million from the federal government to help speed up the recognition of foreign credentials of highly skilled immigrant workers. The federal government intends immigrants with skills to have decisions made on their foreign credentials within one year of application. Ten categories of occupations have been created that will be subject to the promised speedier process.
The 10 occupations are geoscientists, carpenters, electricians, heavy duty equipment technicians, heavy equipment operators, welders, audiologists and speech language pathologists, midwives, pathologists, and lawyers.
The Canadian government estimates about one million jobs will open up in British Columbia in the next 10 years and about 1/3 of them will be filled by foreigners.
While the Minister’s official announcement was droll and routine, Kenney took the time to speak to reporters after his official remarks and discuss how Canada is taking advantage of the immigration situation in the United States.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/65154
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