{"id":207862,"date":"2019-03-31T07:11:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T11:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=207862"},"modified":"2019-03-31T07:11:19","modified_gmt":"2019-03-31T11:11:19","slug":"canada-to-launch-dedicated-agri-food-industry-immigration-pilot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/31\/canada-to-launch-dedicated-agri-food-industry-immigration-pilot\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada to launch dedicated Agri-Food industry immigration pilot"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_194409\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-194409\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/grocery-store-2119702_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-194409\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/grocery-store-2119702_640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/grocery-store-2119702_640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/grocery-store-2119702_640-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/grocery-store-2119702_640-20x12.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-194409\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canada\u2019s Agriculture and Agri-food system contributes $111 billion to the economy annually and $304 million per day. (Pixabay Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Canadian government announced plans for a new three-year immigration pilot designed to support the growth of Canada\u2019s agri-food sector.<span id=\"more-12098\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In its Budget 2019, released March 19, the Government of Canada stated,<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo help the agri-food sector meet Canada\u2019s ambitious export targets and attract and retain needed labour, the federal government will launch a three-year immigration pilot to bring in full time, non-seasonal agricultural workers that will include a pathway to permanent residency.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Meat Council (CMC) supports the federal government\u2019s plans. In an update, the CMC says it has been requesting 2,750 immigration spots to fill meat packers, meat processors and equipment supplier positions that have not been filled by Canadians.<\/p>\n<p>According to Industry Canada\u2019s \u2018Agri-Food Economic Strategy Table\u2019 report published September 2018<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>there is an alarming need to address the immediate labour shortages facing the agriculture sector and to utilize Canada\u2019s permanent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/canadian-immigration-visas.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">immigration<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.canadavisa.com\/canada-immigration-career-zone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">temporary foreign worker<\/a>\u00a0programs to attract workers across various skill levels.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s Agriculture and Agri-food system contributes $111 billion to the economy annually and $304 million per day.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government\u2019s immigration division, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), has yet to announce details on the pilot.<\/p>\n<p>Further details will be published on\u00a0<em>CICNews<\/em>\u00a0as they become available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Canadian government announced plans for a new three-year immigration pilot designed to support the growth of Canada\u2019s agri-food sector. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":194409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-immigration","mauthors-cic-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207862","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\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207863,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207862\/revisions\/207863"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}