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Immigration Minister Chris Alexander was in Richmond Hill on Tuesday where he spoke about Canada’s new immigration system which will offer ‘express entry’ to qualified economic immigrants starting on Jan. 1, 2015.
The Canadian government is forging ahead with a new immigration system that will offer “express entry” to qualified immigrants starting in January 2015 as a way to help fill open jobs for which there are no available Canadian workers.
Express Entry, formerly known as Expression of Interest, will be “a swifter path to Canada that will select immigrants based on the skills and attributes that Canada needs based on those identified by government but also by employers,” said Immigration Minister Chris Alexander during a news conference in Richmond Hill, Ont., on Tuesday.
While the change in the name of the program was quietly announced in a news release two weeks ago, the government has been remodelling Canada’s immigration system for the last 18 months or so.
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