Saturday, January 9, 2021

Liberals' Immigration Exceptions: 400,000 is the New Annual Number, But Is It Much Higher? And in a Pandemic 8.6% Employment Rate (1.1 Million Lost Jobs)

Are these program exceptions factored into the newly increased 400,000 per year? Or additional? 

"...Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has estimated that 52,000 graduates with expired or expiring PGWPs could benefit from this public policy.

...About half of 61,000 PGWP holders whose work permits had an expiry date between January and December 2020 have already become permanent residents or have an application for permanent residence in process, according to IRCC data...."

https://www.cicnews.com/2021/01/international-students-unable-to-meet-canadian-work-experience-requirement-get-another-chance-0116783.html#gs.plh4rw

As CTV reported, "....Statistics Canada said Friday the economy lost 63,000 jobs in December while the unemployment rate edged up to 8.6 per cent compared with 8.5 per cent in November...Had it included in the calculations Canadians who wanted to work last month but didn't search for a job, the unemployment rate would have been 10.9 per cent in December, unchanged from November..."

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/canadian-economy-lost-63-000-jobs-in-dec-first-decline-since-april-1.5258622



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