Tories Limit Immigration Based on Job Skills

Ministerial instructions "changes wholeheartedly the immigration system."

Published December 3, 2008

New and precedent-setting instructions for Canada's immigration system have been released with a list of 38 specific occupations in the health, finance and some construction sectors for which the country is more willing to open its doors.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney made the announcement in Toronto on Friday, nine months after the Conservative government first introduced a legislative amendment...

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