Federal Skilled Worker Program: Skilled Worker

Citizenship And Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: The Federal Skilled Worker Program is undergoing a number of reforms so that it is faster and more flexible, according to a news release from Kenney's department, according to CBC. The priority occupations would be set out in ministerial instructions, which are typically issued for limited periods of time and citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced further proposed changes to the government's skilled worker program Tuesday that would allow applicants from certain occupations to be fast-tracked. One of the proposed changes announced Tuesday would allow Kenney to use his ministerial authority to place a priority on a specific field such as medicine, so existing applications from doctors would be processed first regardless of where they fall in the pool of applicants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.