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Immigration, Refugees, & Borders

Economic immigration platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.

Liberal

  • Increase immigration modestly with a focus on highly-skilled people.
  • Create a Municipal Nominee Programme allowing local communities, chambers of commerce, and local labour councils to directly sponsor immigrants.
  • Make the Atlantic Immigration Pilot permanent.

Conservative

  • Increase the number of points awarded for a job offer under the Express Entry Program.
  • Match international students finished university with jobs.
  • Provide new economic immigrants info about opportunities outside of urban centres.
  • Rework the Temporary Foreign Workers Program.

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To reduce duplication and ease the application process, we will create a trusted employer system so that companies do not have to constantly re-apply to the program. We will establish clear standards and timelines for Labour Market Impact Assessment processes and revise the zoning regions to make sure rural areas and tourism hotspots are not lumped into large geographic areas with urban hubs.

To ensure that those who enter Canada as low-skilled workers, as justified by concrete labour market data, are treated fairly, we will establish a path to permanence by allowing employers to sponsor applications for permanent residency. Immigration is good for the economy, good for jobs, and good for people who have chosen to come to Canada.

We will continue to monitor the Temporary Foreign Workers Program to ensure that it is achieving its intended results: supporting Canadian businesses with genuine labour needs, while also ensuring that Canadians get the first crack at jobs in our country.

From Andrew Scheer's Plan for You to Get Ahead, retrieved 2019-10-11.

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NDP

  • Make sure that our immigration policies and levels meet Canada’s labour force needs and recognize people’s experiences, contributions, and ties to Canada.
  • Work with the provinces to address gaps in settlement services and improve foreign credentials recognition.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Economic immigration.
We don't have any PPC policies on Economic immigration.

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