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Canada completed issuing invitations under the Parents and Grandparents Program
From September 23 to October 4, 2021, the Government of Canada invited potential sponsors as well as those from the remaining pool of interest to sponsor forms submitted in 2020. Eligible applicants have to check their email account since invitations to apply (ITAs) have been sent via email. Sponsors who received ITAs must submit their applications within 2 months. The Government approved up to 40,000 applications — 10,000 of these applications were from the 2020 intake process, while 30,000 were from 2021.
#Family_immigration, #parents_sponsorship, #PGP, #Parental_sponsorship #Parents_and_Grandparents_sponsorship
Canada had the lowest birth rate in 15 years
In 2020, Canada registered the lowest annual number of births since 2006. Statistics Canada noted that while births dropped nationally every year since 2016. Based on data from Statistics Canada, the total number of people dropped by 13,396 nationwide. According to the release, the drop in international migration due to travel restrictions may have led to fewer births. Furthermore, other social and economic factors caused by the pandemic – the closure of schools and daycares, job loss, and financial uncertainty – may have led some families to postpone the birth of children.
#Birth_rate, #population_growth, #pandemic, #demography
The lowest score in the BCPNP Tech has dropped by ten points
On October 5, 2021, British Columbia held a new round in the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Tech Program (BC PNP Tech). In this draw, BC issued 108 invitations to qualifying candidates in four categories: Skills Immigration – Skilled Worker, Skills Immigration – International Graduate, Express Entry British Columbia – Skilled Worker, and Express Entry British Columbia – International Graduate. The lowest score in all categories has dropped by 10 points and was only 70 points. In 2021, British Columbia invited 1,496 candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in the BCPNP Tech. In total, BCPNP issued 9,195 ITAs to date.
#British_Columbia, #BCPNP, #Tech_Pilot, #PNP, #BCPNP_Tech
The meatpacking industry wants the Government to bring in more temporary foreign workers
Canada’s meatpacking industry has a labour shortage crisis, and the industry is calling on the Federal Government to let them bring in more temporary foreign workers. The Canadian Meat Council stated that in Canada, approximately four thousand empty butcher stations at meat production facilities possess on average a 10 percent job vacancy rate. According to the Canadian Meat Council spokeswoman Marie-France Mackinnon, in Alberta, the vacancy rate is around 20 percent. However, in Quebec, the situation is more severe than in other provinces, since the job vacancy rate has approached 40 percent. According to her, the province limits its ‘ability to have made-in-Canada protein. It means more meat is being processed in the U.S. and other countries, and more meat imports for Canadians.’
#Meat_industry, #TFW, #temporary_foreign_workers, #butchers, #Labour_shortage
Canada must solve the severe skilled trades labour shortage
According to the RBC Economics and Thought Leadership report, Ottawa needs to develop new ways to recruit immigrants to resolve the severe labour shortage. The report states that ‘the Federal Government and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) should close the gap between the target and actual intake of immigrants in the skilled trades by more aggressively promoting Canadian trades in source countries.’ Despite immigrants consist more than 21 percent of the Canadian population, in recent years, the share of immigrant involvement in trades programs was about 8.7 percent.
#Labour_shortage, #FSTP, #business, #trades