Alberta attracting foreign workers

Alberta is recently receiving a large share of Canada's immigration population which further turning a support for the province in the coming times.

The new immigration progress report states that it has been found that Alberta seems to be the favorite destination for the overseas workers who intend to land up in Canada. It also states that the immigrant’s number is increasing at higher rate as compared to the past scenario.

Statistics shows that as high of 1, 20,000 immigrants turned to the province during the last five years, the number rose from 20, 716 in the year 2006 to 32, 640 in the year 2010,out them around 85 per cent planned to settle down in the country only. The province got around 11.6 per cent of the total immigrants of the country as compared to 8.6 per cent in the year 2006.

The authorities are welcoming this scenario as they expect fill the future vacancies through the increasing immigration.

Employment and Immigration Minister Thomas Lukaszuk states that, “It is good news that economy of province is growing and is expected to grow at similar pace, if the supply of workers continues.”

Lukaszuk further stated that as the province growth quiet flat the solution to this problem turns out to be bringing the temporary foreign workers during the boom years to fill the employment gap. But this also comes to him as a temporary solution to the permanent problem.

Now they are looking for the permanent solution that is attracting overseas workers to come, work and settle here and bring on their families. The authorities are trying to streamline the immigration rules and regulations for the prospective skilled overseas workers those who are brought in by the Canadian employers.

Fariborz Birjandian, the executive director of the Calgary Catholic Immigration Society, states that Calgary is now mapping Alberta as a fulfilling destination for the immigrants who want to come up in the country to work here and get settled because it is the need of the hour as the province now is booming with the options of jobs as well as provision for settling down even.

He also added that Calgary has improved its reputation internationally from what it was in the past. Before the Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver was the attractive options for the aspiring immigrants. But now the times have, the past few years have brought a lot of change now Alberta has also become as one of the dream destination for the immigrants who are attracted by the Canada.