Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: Skilled Worker

Citizenship And Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Talks Dept: CALGARY - Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says it's time to hit the "reset button" and temporarily put the brakes on new applications under two programs popular with skilled workers wanting to come to Canada from abroad, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "Effective next week we will be issuing a temporary pause on new applications for the federal skilled worker program," Kenney said in a speech to a C.D. Howe immigration conference and citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney talks about immigration legislation in Ottawa, Ont. on Wednesday June 20, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld Kenney told a business audience Thursday that the government is placing a six-month moratorium on the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Immigrant Investor Program. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.