With labour shortages nationwide, particularly in the health sector, Canada’s immigration minister has announced a new pathway for skilled refugees to connect with employers.
Starting this summer, the government will process each refugee case in the new pathway from start to finish within six months, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said during a keynote speech to the Empire Club in Toronto on March 27.
“If we do the right thing, we’re able to also serve our self-interest,” he said.
He gave the example of the Hadhad family whose chocolate factory in Syria was destroyed in a bombing. When they settled in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, community members helped them build a shed in their backyard to start making chocolate again. The Hadhad family’s Peace by Chocolate factory now employs about 50 locals….