Immigration draws in Canada, in-demand professions, and other news of the week
We will talk about immigration selections, in-demand professions, and Canada's spring tradition.
Work in Canada
There was an annual conference devoted to the problems of immigrants' adaptation in Canada. Not only the Ukrainian issue was discussed there. For example, the program "Open Work Permit for Vulnerable Workers" was found ineffective.
The idea of the program was that migrants who encountered unscrupulous employers could be hired by anyone during the year. To stay in the country, they had to find a more reliable employer and sign a new long-term contract by the end of the year. But three years into the program, it became clear that Canadian officials treated immigrants harshly, were slow to vet employers, and very rarely acknowledged cases of psychological abuse on their part.
Only cases of financial violence were investigated: fines, coercion to overwork, refusals to pay wages. Some migrants who applied for help were deported on the basis of this application, because formally after being fired they did not have the right to stay in Canada. Now this program will be reconsidered.
Immigration draws
On March 30, the Express Entry Immigration Raffle was held. Invitations to apply and become a permanent resident of Canada were received by 919 nominees from the provinces. According to the official website, 918 provincial nominees with scores above 601 were pending as of March 28. A provincial nomination automatically adds 600 points to a candidate. That means there are no more provincial nominees in the Express Entry pool, but they may show up for the next drawing. There is a possibility that the Department of Immigration will go back to processing other applications. A total of 197,881 people were pending as of March 28.
The province of Ontario held four drawings. On March 24, they invited skilled working professionals who were already registered in the Express Entry system. The number of invitees was 471 people. March 30 the province invited 398 graduate students, 155 skilled professionals and 65 in-demand professionals. Technical specialists employed in industry had an advantage: for example, locksmiths, concrete workers, assemblers of machinery and electronics, crane and machine operators.
Within the two specialist streams, several dozen working professions were selected. Also, patient care assistants, butchers, harvesters, farm, greenhouse and nursery workers were invited as part of the in-demand trades stream. On March 30, the province of Ontario welcomed a total of 618 workers.
The Province of Alberta invited on March 22 350 people. All of them have already been registered in the Express Entry system.
March 24 The province of Manitoba invited graduates and qualified professionals. A total of 191 candidates were invited. Forty-three of them were previously registered in the Express Entry system.
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March 29, the province of British Columbia conducted a targeted selection process and sent out 215 invitations. The province needed technicians, kindergarten teachers, health care professionals, veterinarians and animal technicians.
Life in Canada
The province of Ontario is the latest province in the country to sign the federal agreement on affordable daycare and preschool. Starting April 1, Ontario parents will pay one-quarter less for daycare than they did in March. They promise to cut fees in half by the end of the year. Ontario should have 86,000 new kindergarten places after the five-year plan. There will be about 250,000 new kindergarten places across the country, and at least 40,000 new jobs for child care workers and others.
Canada is in the midst of the maple sap and sugar shack season. These are cafes at maple farms, open from March to May. Most maple farms are in Quebec, where 90% of Canadian maple syrup is produced, but other provinces have them as well.
The maple mills opened for the first time since the pandemic began. They sell traditional delicacies — syrup, hot spilled on the snow and frozen as caramel on a stick, as well as various meat dishes with syrup.
Pandemic has opened up a new market for producers who have been working from the same templates for more than 50 years. They began delivering traditional meals year-round and aren't about to give it up, so now their lunches and treats can be bought for takeout and ordered online.
Alex Pavlenko, founder of the emigration portal Immigrant.Today
