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Canada Announces 3-Year Permanent Residence Pilot for Temporary Foreign Workers Starting in 2020

Canada Announces 3-Year Permanent Residence Pilot for Temporary Foreign Workers Starting in 2020

Canada has announced it will give permanent residences to temporary foreign workers with experience in the country’s agri-food sector starting 2020. 

Experienced, non-seasonal foreign workers with eligible job offers in Canada’s agri-food industry will be retained under the new permanent residence pathway dubbed Agri-Food Immigration Pilot.

The Canadian government said the industry exported a record $66.2 billion in products last year and supports 1 in 8 jobs across the country, but industries such as meat processing and mushroom production “have experienced ongoing difficulty in finding and keeping new employees.”

Currently, foreign workers under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker program only receive limited-term work permits and have no pathway to permanent residency.

Temporary foreign workers who are eligible for permanent residence under the Agri-Food Immigration Pilot include retail butchers, industrial butchers, food processing laborers, harvesting laborers for year-round mushroom production and greenhouse crop production, and general farm workers.
Others include workers for year-round mushroom production, greenhouse crop production and livestock raising farmworkers, supervisors, and specialized livestock workers for meat processing.

A maximum of 2,750 applicants will be accepted for processing each year under the three-year pilot. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) said the program could welcome about 16,500 new permanent residents, families included, to the country over the course of the pilot’s three-year duration.

“Temporary foreign workers who come to this country and work hard filling permanent jobs should have a fair and reasonable chance to become a Canadian regardless of the job they are filling,” said Rodger Cuzner, Parliamentary Secretary to Canada’s Minister of Employment, Workforce Development, and Labor.

 

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mkenya halisi (not verified)     Sat, 07/20/2019 @ 08:35am

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@isaidso then remain an illegal in usa or uk?Such opportunities are good.Go there work for 5 years invest in our beautiful country kenya the head off home.So ice itakuchapa tu for few years then head of u enjoy best weather in the world n awesome social life.Kazi sii kufanya makazi nakulipa mabills miaka nenda miaka rudi

Anonymous UI (not verified)     Sat, 07/20/2019 @ 09:07am

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@isaidso, you are right. Kenyan's, don't just leave the country. Do some research. People are dying due to extreme weather changes. Extreme heat, extreme cold, racism is at all times high. Watch the news, go to you tube and find out the rate of homelessness in this western countries.
Find the living conditions of the majority of our people.
Why would they be deporting so many if they also need them in their countries? They are making western countries white again.
Kenyan's talk to your relatives and friends and do some research.
Majority, in those countries are now working towards coming home. An awakening is taking place.

Arif Hussain (not verified)     Sat, 07/20/2019 @ 03:30pm

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I am working in UK Agri-Food and crosent backrry side. I am interested 3 year immigration pilot program with family.

Punam devi (not verified)     Sat, 07/20/2019 @ 11:07pm

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Hiiii....
In this pilot program blueberry work permit will come or not....can you please verify this??

Princess (not verified)     Sun, 07/21/2019 @ 10:23am

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Hi! I am interested please can someone from Africa allow to apply for it? If yes how can the person go about it ? What are links to apply for the job?

Tanneh Sonpon (not verified)     Sun, 07/21/2019 @ 02:05pm

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Can someone who currently resides in West Africa (Liberia) apply for this? If so, how can I begin the process? Your reply will be appreciated. Thank you

Tanneh Sonpon (not verified)     Sun, 07/21/2019 @ 02:06pm

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Can someone who currently resides in West Africa (Liberia) apply for this? If so, how can I begin the process? Your reply will be appreciated. Thank you

Faisal (not verified)     Tue, 07/30/2019 @ 12:14pm

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