{"id":98857,"date":"2022-05-04T10:05:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/saskatchewan-eyes-more-immigrants-with-labour-mobility-and-fair-registration-practices-act"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:05:22","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:05:22","slug":"saskatchewan-eyes-more-immigrants-with-labour-mobility-and-fair-registration-practices-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/saskatchewan-eyes-more-immigrants-with-labour-mobility-and-fair-registration-practices-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan Eyes More Immigrants With Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Practices Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Saskatchewan is hoping a new bit of legislation will allow it to become the Canadian destination of choice for immigrants to Canada from throughout the world and grow its population to 1.4 million within only eight years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The Prairie province\u2019s population now stands at just over 1.18 million.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">That means Saskatchewan is hoping to grow that population by another 220,000 people, or roughly 18.7 per cent, by 2030.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Read More<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/saskatchewan-entrepreneur-category-new-list-of-2022-draw-dates-published\">Saskatchewan Entrepreneur Category: New List Of 2022 Draw Dates Published<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/saskatchewan-launches-new-tech-talent-pathway-for-canada-immigration\"><span class=\"s3\">Saskatchewan Launches New Tech Talent Pathway For Canada Immigration<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/saskatchewan-issues-85-canada-immigration-invitations-in-new-pnp-draw\"><span class=\"s3\">Saskatchewan Issues 85 Canada Immigration Invitations In New PNP Draw<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">Earlier this month, the province introduced its Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Practices Act to help it hit that demographic goal and also create 100,000 jobs over the next eight years.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Act To Boost Credential Recognition<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cTo meet the demands of Saskatchewan&rsquo;s growing economy, it is important that we develop our current labour force as well as recruit domestically and internationally to bring more skilled workers to the province,\u201d said provincial Immigration Minister Jeremy Harrison.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis new legislation will be the most comprehensive of its kind and make Saskatchewan a destination of choice for skilled professionals and tradespeople.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">With the act, Saskatchewan will improve credential recognition for foreign-trained workers and help employers in key sectors, including healthcare, construction, and information technology, fill jobs now going begging for a lack of qualified applicants.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Watch Video<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kosXiqfsKCg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\">A Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Practices Office is being created to administer the act and assist regulatory bodies in meeting their obligations. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThis will include working with the regulatory bodies to examine timeframes for registration decisions, registration application requirements, qualification assessment processes and internationally-trained recognition pathways,\u201d the province noted in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Many other Canadian provinces already have legislation requiring regulatory bodies to comply with domestic trade agreements and support fair registration practices for internationally trained workers. Industry associations are giving the new legislation two thumbs up.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Business Groups Enthusiastic About Bringing In Skilled Workers<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cAs we enter the busiest time of the year for the construction sector in Saskatchewan, it is more important than ever that our members have access to a wide pool of skilled tradespeople,\u201d said Mark Cooper, chief executive officer of the Saskatchewan Construction Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cThe introduction of this new act will ensure that we maintain our safety standards and can quickly grow our workforce of skilled workers in a timely and efficient manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Keith Moen, executive director of the North Saskatoon Business Association, agreed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWith demand for Saskatchewan&rsquo;s food, fuel and fertilizer increasing and expected to increase even more in the coming years it is absolutely critical that Saskatchewan is able to meet the labour needs of the future,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Practices Act will ensure that Saskatchewan is well-positioned to attract and retain the necessary talent that will help propel our province forward not only in the near future, but in the long-term as well.\u201d<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saskatchewan is hoping a new bit of legislation will allow it to become the Canadian destination of choice for immigrants to Canada from throughout the world and grow its population to 1.4 million within only eight years. The Prairie province\u2019s population now stands at just over 1.18 million.\u00a0 That means Saskatchewan is hoping to grow&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":73624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4859,10558,17206],"tags":[5292,71305,57792,4970],"class_list":["post-98857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lactualite-canadienne","category-provincial-news-fr","category-saskatchewan-news-fr","tag-canada-immigration-fr","tag-credential-recognition-fr","tag-saskatchewan-immigration-fr","tag-skilled-worker-fr","category-4859","category-10558","category-17206","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98857\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}