Canada to Accept More Immigrants
Canada plans increase the quota of accepting 220,000 to 245,000 immigrants per year to 320,000 immigrants per year within the next five years. This economic, social, and even political move by the Liberal government party of accepting 100,000 more immigrants per year is targeted to offset the following characteristics of the current Canadian society:
1. A declining birthrate; and
2. An aging population
The characteristics that will blend into the increased quota of accepting 320,000 immigrants per year as follows:
1. Encouraging new immigrants to settle outside big cities like Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver to spread the economic
benefit of immigration across Canada (currently, the Greater Toronto Area is receiving around 100, 000 new immigrants
every year and this has led to an increased pace of development as compared to all other Canadian cities)
2. Matching new immigrants with jobs that meet their level of skill and trade (currently, a majority of new immigrants are
accepting their first Canadian jobs which usually underachieve their higher level of skill and trade)
3. Making it easier for temporary workers and foreign students to remain in Canada and become new immigrants (temporary
workers and foreign students have a strong knowledge of Canada and are already adapted to the Canadian lifestyle) Characteristics that need to be more addressed by the Liberal government party concerning this increased quota of accepting 320,000 per year or even the current immigration quota are:
1. Recognizing foreign educational credentials for a quicker transition and job placement for professional who require a
license or registration to practice, such as, pharmacists, medical laboratory technologists, registered nurses, engineers,
physiotherapists, architects, social workers, teachers, etc. (currently, new immigrants who wish to continue to practice
their profession where licensure or registration are required may have to accept jobs that are lower than their level of skill
while they undergoing their licensure examination process which can take two years to complete depending on the
license.)
2. An increased budget from the federal government for the city of Toronto to assist the settlement of 100,000 to 140,000
new immigrants every year (currently, the city of Toronto is receiving a share of the federal government budget for the
settlement of new immigrants, however, this share is not proportional to the share of new immigrants settling in the
Greater Toronto Area on a yearly basis)
3. Quicker processing by Canadian immigration offices abroad for potential new immigrants applying under the skilled
worker category, which can take two to five years to process.
For more information on any immigration matter including how to bring your relatives to Canada as immigrants, please call the writer, Mr. Don Collantes, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at (416) 733-3605 or toll free at 1-877-882-6888.
The above article is only general information and is unintended to act as a legal document. The writer is a member of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants (CSIC), which is a professional regulatory board immigration consultants as recognized by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), a Department of Government Canada. The writer is also the Chief Operating Officer of CWSS Canada USA Immigration Services Inc., which is a multinational corporation that provides immigration services to Canada, with the Head Office located at 5754 Yonge Street, Suite 103, Toronto, Ontario, M2M 3T6, Canada. Toll Free No: 1 877-882-6888 Email Address: chitoc@cwss-canada.com
