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IRCC's one-time In-Canada Workers Initiative is already producing results, with 3,600 approvals by late February. The program targets workers already in PR queues, excludes all major cities, and requires no new applications.
Deputy Immigration Minister Ted Gallivan told a Commons committee that IRCC will begin reaching out to students with expiring status in June, following an Auditor General report that revealed the department could not confirm whether tens of thousands had left the country.
The Team Canada Strong package offers up to $16,000 per apprentice and promises to cut certification time in half. For internationally trained workers already in Canada, the path forward is less clear.
The spring economic update would fund paid placements, apprenticeship grants, and faster certification as Ottawa tries to add up to 100,000 Red Seal workers by 2030-31.
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The province's updated priorities open only healthcare and skilled trades to international applicants. Most other occupational groups now require candidates to already live and work in Nova Scotia.
IRCC doubled the validity of proof-of-status letters for foreign workers on maintained status, but PGWP applicants remain on a 180-day cycle.
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