{"id":118799,"date":"2021-04-15T16:17:07","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118799"},"modified":"2021-04-15T16:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T08:17:09","slug":"covid-19-canada-will-grant-permanent-residency-to-90000-students-and-foreign-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=118799","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19: Canada will grant permanent residency to 90,000 students and foreign workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Canada-will-grant-permanent-residency-to-90000-students-and-foreign-workers.jpg\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Canada-will-grant-permanent-residency-to-90000-students-and-foreign-workers.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>OTTAWA, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Canada will grant permanent residency to more than 90,000 foreign students and workers who helped treat patients during the pandemic, the immigration minister announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The program, in effect from May 6, is intended for workers with at least one year of work experience in health care or dozens of other sectors deemed essential \u2014 from grocery store cashiers and shelf stockers, to truck drivers and farm workers \u2014 as well as graduates who\u2019ve completed a post-secondary degree within the last four years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino said the measure should help Canada reach its target of welcoming more than 400,000 immigrants this year, compensating for a drop in immigration last year when the border was closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe pandemic has shone a bright light on the incredible contributions of newcomers,\u201d he told a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese new policies will help those with a temporary status to plan their future in Canada, play a key role in our economic recovery and help us build back better,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYour status may be temporary, but your contributions are lasting \u2014 and we want you to stay.\u201d &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OTTAWA, April 15 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Canada will grant permanent residency to more than 90,000 foreign students and workers who helped treat patients during the pandemic, the immigration minister announced. The program, in effect from May 6, is intended for workers with at least one year of work experience in health care or dozens of other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":118800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[208],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118799"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/118800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}