Plan would see levels rise 40 per cent in five years.That would represent an increase of about 40 per cent from last year's level of 235,824 people who became permanent residents of Canada - which fell within the government's current target range of 220,000 to 245,000 new residents per year.

"About 6,000 long-haul trucks are sitting empty in New Brunswick because there aren't enough truckers to fill the available spots" Mr.Volpe said.
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To come to Canada, One need double garaduation.
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Be preapare to drive truck.Something wrong with Canada's Immigration policy.
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Enjoy!!!!

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Municipal and provincial officials, labour leaders and businesspeople struck a recurring theme while lobbying Volpe over the summer.

Economic growth is being hampered in places like Edmonton, Calgary and Fort McMurray because they can't fill jobs fast enough, Volpe said.

Rural communities in Atlantic Canada are dying and existing public services such as schools and hospitals are emptying for lack of use.

About 6,000 long-haul trucks are sitting empty in New Brunswick because there aren't enough truckers to fill the available spots, he said.

Volpe said he also heard that 5,000 skilled jobs needed to be filled in Saskatoon. In Abbotsford, B.C., the need was for 1,000 computer engineers for graphic-and video-game design.

"There's a big sea change in perspective in the entire country -- virtually everywhere you go. And I do mean everywhere," Volpe said.

"It doesn't matter if it's Edmonton or Calgary, small towns like Trail, (B.C.), or smaller major cities like Fredericton. The issue is the same: 'We want more immigration'."
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He conceded that Canada's immigration system has done a poor job informing computer-digital engineers, for instance, of the booming market for their skills in Abbotsford.
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"Canada needs more immigrants, plain and simple, and we need them to succeed," Martin said.

"Too often today's new Canadians, despite higher levels of education . . . are not achieving economic success as previous generations.
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Ablonczy, the Tory critic, said she wants to see a new national agency help co-ordinate the recognition of skills credentials.

If immigrants aren't able to put their foreign diplomas to use here the federal government isn't doing them any favours, she said.


"Bringing more people into a badly mismanaged system is going to cause newcomers a problem they shouldn't have to face," she said.

"To bring people in to have them fall behind without fixing the main problem . . . that's not fair to them."
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Its all there, what we have said here and others must have said all around.
So whats the solution , get more people?

Communities dying, 1000s and 1000s of jobs going unfilled?
In the name of all the maple in canada, what is going on?

I wonder what kind of publicity the govt will engage or is needed to entice people into rural areas. People are not ready to leave the big metro areas.
If these communities are dying, a few immigrants of color reluctantly going there will solve the problems? What kind and how many of jobs of any kind are available in rural areas? This of course we never know till its too late.

Again This fellow Volpe tours the country and people complain and give him numbers. How are these people coming up with numbers?
If they are so desperate why dont they advertise nationally?
I am sure some if not all of the depserate job seekers will go if there is a chance. People wont go to rural areas just on a hunch that there might be jobs. That hapens in cities.

Puru ji, time for you to speed up your memo presentation.

I would personally love to live in fishing village in Nova Scotia.

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