Canadian Immigration Minister John McCallum has stated his intention to “substantially increase” the number of new immigrants to Canada in order to fill the labor shortage, with a three-year immigration plan to be unveiled in that autumn.
“We are moving to reduce some of the barriers in our immigration system … we believe they can be simplified, we think there are some rules that are no longer needed,” added McCallum.
“Now we’ll have to convince Canadians about it, but I think that’s a good idea.”