Immigration Minister Jason Kenney: Permanent Residency

Federal Skilled Trades Dept: Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced the Federal Skilled Trades Program on Monday, which could see up to 3,000 applications from foreign workers in its first year, according to CTV. The program takes effect on Jan. 2, 2013 and Kenney expects the number of eligible applicants to grow over time. Those who qualify for the program will be given permanent residency and a new federal program aims to fill the demand for tradespeople in Canada while fast tracking the immigration process for certain skilled workers. With all the huge construction projects going on and oil and gas projects we re talking tens of thousands of unfilled jobs, quite frankly because our high schools and our community colleges have not been producing enough tradespeople for these jobs, Kenney told s Power Play on Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.