Janitors wanted: Canada opens immigration door wider as pandemic cuts arrivals
APRIL 14, 20211:38 PMUPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
By Anna Mehler Paperny
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is offering permanent residency to around 90,000 foreign students and workers in jobs as diverse as plumbing and cleaning, as it steps up efforts to meet an annual immigration target that has helped drive economic growth in recent years.
Canada has welcomed 70,000 new permanent residents so far this year, according to official numbers provided to Reuters, proportionally well short of the government’s 2021 goal of 401,000. Three-quarters of those 70,000 were already living in the country.
With Canada’s borders closed and COVID-19 rampant, the target is tough to meet. So the government is focusing on an immigrant pool already within its borders.
The program announced Wednesday invites 20,000 health workers, 40,000 international students and 30,000 “essential” workers from other sectors to apply for permanent residency.
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