News of the week: Canada needs more immigrants
Sharing the most important news from August 23 to 29.
Immigration selections
In the past week, the Canadian provinces have held 4 drawings and invited a total of more than 1,000 people to apply for permanent residency.
Prince Edward Island sent 161 invitations in streams for professionals and entrepreneurs. British Columbia selected 74 candidates in the selection process for IT workers — more than usual. Quebec held its second major draw in a row just a week after the previous one, this time luck smiled on 502 candidates. The province of Ontario was also busy with selections and held its second selection for graduate majors a week after the first, with 326 people receiving invitations.
Jobs in Canada
As can be seen from the large-scale immigration selections, Quebec has decided to call more immigrants. The provincial Ministry of Immigration plans to develop a new policy of inviting candidates and their subsequent adaptation. Among other things, immigrants will be able to enjoy free help from the government. By 2026, Quebec intends to fill more than one million jobs.
There is also a labour shortage in the Atlantic provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Labrador and in Prince Edward Island. Local employers are finding it very difficult to recruit employees and are willing to bring in people from overseas — they are allowed to hire foreigners on a simplified basis. Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador has offered provincial governments methods to retain immigrants, and they may soon be doing more to help newcomers.
The Province of New Brunswick will hold another information session in an online format where representatives from the province will talk about immigration opportunities and participants can network with employers. Nurses are invited to register this time.
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