Conservative leadership candidate Jean Charest announced his plan to attract immigrants to Canada and assist them with entering the workforce. .“If you have skills and you want to work hard, Canada will welcome you, quickly recognize your credentials, help you integrate, and ensure that your success is our success,” said Charest’s campaign in a Thursday press release. .The press release said Charest will create a national registry for credential recognition for all federal workers. The press release went on to say he will task Global Affairs Canada with negotiating labour mobility treaties with various countries. .It said he will incentivize provinces to remove application fees to update credentials, create a simple application process, and cut review times. Every international graduate from a Canadian university will be granted the right to work in Canada and a path to citizenship. .A Charest government will spend money on encouraging workers that businesses need to move to Canada. He will permit skilled workers to bring their spouses and children with them. .“Jean Charest’s vision is Canada should be the place in the world that is best at attracting and retaining talent,” said his campaign. .“An engineer in India should be an engineer in Canada.” .Conservative leadership candidate Pierre Poilievre vowed to reduce wait times for immigrants wanting to become licensed in their fields. .Poilievre said he would create incentives for provinces to reduce bureaucracy so incoming professionals and tradespeople can obtain Canadian licenses sooner. .“Many of these new Canadians have critical training and skills that our country sorely lacks,” he said. .“But there’s a problem — government gatekeepers are in the way.”
