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Canadian provinces call on the Federal Government to increase the nomination allocations

All of Canada's provincial and territorial immigration ministers are urging the Federal Government to speed up visa applications and increase provincial and territorial immigration allocations so that businesses in all parts of the country may hire more immigrants.

As Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) worked to deal with a growing volume of applications that reached 2.62 million in mid-July, Canadian immigration ministers were demanding even more immigrants than are currently permitted under Canada's record-breaking immigration levels strategy.

The immigration ministers say this is needed to meet the country’s massive labour shortages.

#IRCC, #nomination_allocations, #labour_shortages, #immigration_backlog

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees/works.html

August 3, 2022

Immigration Ministers discussed the future of Canada’s immigration system

On July 28, 2022, the Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI) discussed ways to utilize the immigration system more effectively to satisfy economic and regional demands.

Ministers discussed strategies for maximizing the efficiency of the immigration system.

The FMRI also emphasized the importance of reducing immigration processing times and agreed that future short-term measures should be in line with longer-term objectives.

Additionally, the Ministers considered methods to meet regional demands and boost immigration to Canada's smaller and rural or remote regions by mapping economic and settlement resources across the country.

#FMRI, #IRCC, #immigration_ministers, #PNP

https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/news/2022/07/federal-provincial-and-territorial-immigration-ministers-meet-to-plan-for-the-future-of-canadas-immigration-system.html

August 1, 2022

Canada needs a large number of foreign workers

The Business Council of Canada (BCC) recently published a study that emphasizes the significance of immigration to businesses and the Canadian economy. The BCC's 80 member firms were polled for this research, which focused on increasing the use of Canada's immigration program. These organizations have about 1,650,000 employees across 20 different sectors. According to the report, almost two-thirds of firms using the immigration system have active hiring employees. The remaining businesses employ individuals who have already settled in Canada. Furthermore, two-thirds of companies that currently use the immigration system expect to do so for the next three years. #BCC, #Labour_demand, #foreign_workers https://www.talentcanada.ca/why-canada-needs-more-than-400000-immigrants-per-year/

July 27, 2022

More Americans move to Canada after Biden’s victory over Trump

The number of Americans leaving the United States to immigrate to Canada has increased even more under Joe Biden's presidency than it did during the term of Donald Trump. Immigration,

Refugees and Citizenship Canada's (IRCC) website overloaded as "move to Canada" and "immigrate to Canada" surged following election night.

The term "immigration to Canada" briefly rose to the top of Google queries in Canada. During the four years of Trump's presidency, 37,205 Americans became new permanent residents of Canada, on average 771 per month.

During Biden's term in office, 16,385 people made the move to Canada permanently with an average of about 1,024 every month.

#US, #Biden, #Trump, #IRCC

July 27, 2022