{"id":127644,"date":"2017-10-31T02:24:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T06:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=127644"},"modified":"2025-01-12T10:18:35","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T15:18:35","slug":"300000-new-immigrants-per-year-the-new-normal-immigration-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/10\/31\/300000-new-immigrants-per-year-the-new-normal-immigration-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"300,000 New Immigrants Per Year the \u2018New Normal\u2019: Immigration Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_127645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127645\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ahmed-Hussen-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-127645\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ahmed-Hussen-1.jpg\" alt=\"Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen offered no details Monday. (Photo: Ahmed Hussen\/Twitter)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ahmed-Hussen-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ahmed-Hussen-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ahmed-Hussen-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen offered no details Monday. (<a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DMDyMH4UIAAAeW6.jpg\">Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AhmedDHussen\">Ahmed Hussen\/Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Minister of Immigration, Ahmed Hussen, has said that the country will welcome at least as many new immigrants in 2018 as it expects to this year. The Minister\u2019s comments on CBC radio show\u00a0<em>The House<\/em>\u00a0come just before the government is expected to publish its Immigration Levels Plan for 2018.<span id=\"more-9765\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThree hundred thousand is now our new normal,\u201d said Hussen, who did not dismiss the idea of a higher target for 2018.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy wegovy online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/wegovy.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/wegovy.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a government we went from 260,000 to 300,000 because of the need to meet the demands of Canadian families who wanted to reunite with their loved ones,\u201d\u00a0Hussen\u00a0continued.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy zydena online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zydena.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/zydena.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut also employers who are asking us to allow them to continue to use immigration more and more as a way to meet their growth needs.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> buy cipro online <a href=\"https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cipro.html\">https:\/\/cosmeticdermcenter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/jpg\/cipro.html<\/a> no prescription pharmacy <\/div>\n<p>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Minister Hussen had remarked that an annual target of 300,000 new admissions would be the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cicnews.com\/2017\/06\/baseline-300000-new-immigrants-canada-established-069235.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018baseline\u2019 figure<\/a>\u00a0for the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister added that the \u201cvast majority\u201d of immigrants settling in Canada as permanent residents will be admitted through the economic class, because that\u2019s where the greatest need is. Canada\u2019s internationally-lauded economic immigration system has moved towards a demand-based model called\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/express-entry-candidates.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Express Entry<\/a>, where the government invites eligible candidates to apply for permanent residence on a priority basis using a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/comprehensive-ranking-system.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Comprehensive Ranking System<\/a>. Invited candidates have 90 days to apply, with the government aiming to process the majority of applications within six months.<\/p>\n<p>Other economic migrants will settle through a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/provincial-nomination-program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)<\/a>, or be admitted to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/quebec-skilled-worker-immigration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">settle in the province of Quebec<\/a>. There will also be a number admitted as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/invest-in-canada-options.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">business immigrants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Canada will also continue to reunite families in the country through its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/canadian-family-sponsorship-visa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Family Class<\/a>\u00a0programs, and the government will continue to uphold its tradition of resettling those in need through its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/canadian-immigration-refugee-status.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refugee resettlement<\/a>\u00a0programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada\u2019s Minister of Immigration, Ahmed Hussen, has said that the country will welcome at least as many new immigrants in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":127645,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14378,30567,30568],"class_list":["post-127644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","tag-ahmed-hussen","tag-new-immigrants","tag-new-normal","mauthors-hugo-odoherty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=127644"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127644\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":282823,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127644\/revisions\/282823"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=127644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}