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Minister Kenney addresses regulators conference on need to help newcomers succeed in Canadian labour market Ottawa, November 8, 2012 The Government of Canada needs the cooperation of regulators to help trained newcomers find meaningful work in Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said today. Our Government’s top priorities are job creation, economic growth and long-term prosperity, said Minister Kenney, speaking to the Canadian Network of National Ass...ociations of Regulators Conference. Attracting and retaining the best international talent to fill skills shortages in key occupations is critical to Canada’s economic success. Our regulatory partners are vital to ensuring newcomers can start working in their fields faster. The Government of Canada has worked with provincial and territorial governments, and the regulatory community to improve foreign credential recognition. In 2010, service standards were established allowing internationally trained professionals in eight priority occupations to have their qualifications assessed within one year, anywhere in Canada. The Government of Canada is currently improving foreign qualification recognition for six more target occupations. Earlier this year, Minister Kenney and the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, launched a three-year pilot project that will develop and test innovative projects to provide financial assistance, commonly known as micro-loans, to internationally trained professionals. This past spring, Minister Kenney announced a proposed new requirement whereby applicants wanting to immigrate as Federal Skilled Workers will have their foreign education credentials assessed and verified by designated organizations before they arrive in Canada. This is an important step to address the problem of immigrants arriving and not being able to work in their field. Our improvements will help immigrants position themselves to succeed in our economy, said Minister Kenney. We will continue to work with regulators to improve the process for assessing and recognizing newcomers’ qualifications for licensure in their professions soon after they arrive in Canada. Working together, we can speed up the integration of newcomers into the Canadian labour market.

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Published on Wednesday October 31, 2012 Ottawa will keep the same immigrant intake at between 240,000 and 265,000 people for 2013, but won’t say how the annual quotas will be split among the economic, family and refugee streams until later.... Since the Conservative government came to power in 2006, the number of immigrants admitted to Canada has averaged at 250,000. However, critics have said the composition of newcomers has been tilted toward skilled immigrants under the economic class, at the expense of those under family reunification or refugees seeking protection of Canada. Since 2006, migrants admitted under the family class including spouses, children and parents/grandparents fell to 56,446 in 2011 from 70,517, while asylum-seekers accepted dropped to 8,306 from 10,373. Meanwhile, economic immigrants rose from to 156,121 from 138,249. Our government’s number one priority remains economic and job growth, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said in releasing his 2012 annual report Wednesday. Newcomers bring their skills and talents, contribute to our economy and help renew our workforce so that Canada remains competitive on the world stage. While the breakdown of levels for each immigration program won’t be released until next week, Kenney said he plans to allot additional spots to the Canadian Experience Class. Created in 2008, the program offers an avenue for people already in Canada as visa students or temporary foreign workers to gain permanent resident status. The number of people admitted under the CEC has grown to 6,000 in 2011 from 2,500 in 2009, and Kenney hopes to raise the 2013 level to 10,000. Kenney’s report said progress has been made with the elimination of the federal skilled workers backlog from a high of 640,000 applications to 290,972 in June. The number of temporary foreign workers admitted to Canada also grew to 190,842 last year from 179,179 in 2010, with an estimated 300,000 migrant workers currently in Canada. In comparison, the number of international students in Canada only made modest gain from 96,248 to 98,383 in the same period. The government has said the migrant workers program is to complement the permanent immigration system to meet short-term labour market needs. Labour unions and advocacy groups argue these workers, many in low-skilled jobs, are here to fill long-term needs but have no access to permanent status, which is equivalent to modern-day slavery. Kenney’s report said Ottawa will review the temporary foreign worker program to improve alignment with labour market demands and to ensure that businesses look to the domestic labour force before accessing the TFW program.