ISLAMABAD – The idea behind this new campaign is to fulfill the need forworkers in developing areas and to deal with the declining Canadianpopulation. It is a northern and rural immigration pilot program as theycall it.Ahmed Hussain, immigration minister of Canada, recently revealed about thisprogram. He stated that according to the ongoing Canadian immigrationprogram, people coming to the country for jobs mostly prefer residing inbigger towns and cities.
Rendering to the stats, more than half of the immigrants in Canada areliving in big cities.
It is primarily the reason why the population has declined in theundeveloped rural areas of Canada and needless to say, because ofpopulation decline, there’s a shortage of workers as well.
As per the reports, Canadian leaders of rural areas have asked the federalgovernment to take immediate action in order to overcome the decline inpopulation and shortage of labor.
As a result, the respective program has been announced by the federalgovernment of Canada. Currently, they’ve decided five years as the initialperiod for this program.Eligibility Criteria:
Small towns, as well as rural areas, can participate in this program. Thecommunities selected for this program are as follows:
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1. Alberta 2. Ontario 3. Manitoba 4. Yukon 5. British Columbia 6. Saskatchewan 7. Nunavut 8. Northwest Territories
Each one of them has to submit an application and once done, the federalgovernment will analyze the situation of these communities on variousgrounds before approval, including distance from big cities, jobopportunities, development plan, population, along with the necessaryfacilities present like education, healthcare, transport and more.
The program would be launched soon, but nothing has been revealed as yet.
