The Leader of Canada’s New Democratic Party (NDP), Jon Layton, has outlined plans for the creation of an agency that will be responsible for recognising the professional credentials of foreign workers who chose to make Canada their home.

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Canadians can look forward to their largest salary increase in 5 years, the Annual Canadian Salary Survey recently revealed.

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The Canadian province of Ontario is set to launch a new initiative that will allow 500 skilled migrant employees per year the chance to circumvent the federal immigration guidelines currently in place.

Under new legislation, the Provisional Nominee Program will allow skilled migrants to enter Ontario within 3-6 months of applying, compared to the normal duration of 2-4 years.

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Statistics Canada has announced that approximately two thirds of Canada’s growth in population is currently due to the influx of migrants emigrating to the country to boost the Canadian labour force.

As well as the need for the skills that thousands of migrants bring to Canada every year, the Canadian government has taken urgent steps to recruit workers from abroad as the country’s birth rate is not high enough to sustain its growing economy. Indeed, over the last 5 years, the arrival of new migrants has accounted for a population boost of 1.2 million, compared to the comparatively small figure of 400,000 native-born Canadians.

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