Department Of Citizenship And Immigration: Immigration Program

Immigrant Class Dept: The number of foreigners admitted under the Canadian Experience Class program is expected to rise to 7,000 in 2012 from 2,545 in 2009, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Wednesday. It is currently the Department of Citizenship and Immigration s fastest-growing immigration program, according to Globe and Mail. We should pick the best and brightest and seek to attract them in what is increasingly a global marketplace for human capital, he said and this type of economic immigrant class, unveiled three years ago, was the first new avenue to obtaining a permanent residency card in decades. The initiative is perhaps Canada s most hard-nosed effort to place a premium on newcomers whom Ottawa believes fit best into Canada s economy, removing obstacles for a class of immigrants that Mr. Kenney calls the most likely to succeed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.