Canada, for the primary time, is planning to cut back the variety of non permanent overseas employees it welcomes, officers introduced Thursday, after years of lofty immigration ranges.
Ottawa is proposing to cut back the variety of non permanent residents to 5 per cent of the inhabitants over the following three years, down from the present 6.2 per cent (2.5 million individuals).
That concentrate on might be firmed up after consultations with Canada’s provinces, a few of which have been pushing again on massive migrant inflows amid a housing crunch and hovering calls for for companies.
Restrictions on non permanent overseas employee permits will begin on Could 1.
This follows a not too long ago introduced cap on new permits for worldwide college students and visa necessities for some Mexican travellers.
“Canada has seen a pointy improve within the quantity of non permanent residents lately, from an increase of worldwide college students to extra overseas employees filling job vacancies to these fleeing wars and pure disasters,” Immigration Minister Marc Miller instructed a information convention.
Nevertheless, Canada’s labour market is now a lot tighter, with its inhabitants progress, fueled by large immigration, outpacing job creation.
In line with authorities information, job vacancies fell 3.6 % to 678,500 within the final three months of 2023, marking the sixth straight quarterly decline from a file excessive of 983,600 reached within the second quarter of 2022.
“Modifications are wanted to make the system extra environment friendly and extra sustainable,” Miller stated.
Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault urged employers to think about hiring refugees earlier than searching for to usher in non permanent overseas employees.
He stated companies which might be at present allowed to have non permanent overseas employees make as much as 30 % of their workforce will see that proportion drop to twenty %, besides within the well being care and building sectors.
Canada’s immigration division, in the meantime, has been ordered by Miller to conduct a evaluation of current applications that herald non permanent labourers to higher align them with labour wants and weed out abuses.
AFP
