{"id":20949,"date":"2014-08-07T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2014-08-07T07:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=20949"},"modified":"2014-08-07T15:53:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T07:53:18","slug":"skilled-newcomers-lacking-domestic-credentials-get-help-from-feds-in-b-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/07\/skilled-newcomers-lacking-domestic-credentials-get-help-from-feds-in-b-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Skilled newcomers lacking domestic credentials get help from feds in B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/job-work-application-employment.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20951\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/job-work-application-employment.jpg\" alt=\"job work application employment\" width=\"1000\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/job-work-application-employment.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/job-work-application-employment-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. &#8212; Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney says it&#8217;s an unacceptable waste that skilled workers who come to Canada can&#8217;t find jobs.<\/p>\n<p>In West Vancouver today, Kenney announced a $3.3 million funding package for the B.C. government to improve the recognition of foreign credentials, helping more of those immigrants find work.<\/p>\n<p>The cash is slated to fund over 30 projects that will help remove barriers faced by newcomers who are trained overseas, with a particular focus in B.C. on the energy and resource sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The projects include helping employers close obstacles for new Canadians entering the workforce, putting more information online that promotes in-demand jobs in Canada and working with regulators to speed up the credential-recognition process.<\/p>\n<p>B.C. Attorney General Suzanne Anton says with 1 million job openings expected in the province by 2020, it&#8217;s not good to let a group of people languish who are skilled but weren&#8217;t certified in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Kenney says the government also wants to benefit from the &#8220;dysfunctional&#8221; American immigration system, including scooping up young graduates from abroad by offering an expedited visa track to this country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WEST VANCOUVER, B.C. &#8212; Federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney says it&#8217;s an unacceptable waste that skilled workers who come to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":20951,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18,6],"tags":[398,7157,573,2198],"class_list":["post-20949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","category-immigration","tag-canada","tag-domestic-credentials","tag-employment","tag-jason-kenney","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20949","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=20949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20949\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}