When asked when the Canadian Experience Class (CEC) draws will restart, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser indicated they would resume "in the near term" and that he was looking into ways to make the Express Entry system more flexible.
Fraser had a conversation on Canadian immigration with Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada. On February 16, the event was aired live on the Canadian Club Toronto website.
While the immigration minister stated that no date has been set for CEC draws to restart, he did imply that they will resume "shortly" and that Express Entry would begin to seem more regular in the coming years.
"We do need to resume federal skilled worker draws in the near future," Fraser said. "If you look at the immigration levels plan over the next several years, the balance is moving back, and by year three... a record number of federal skilled workers will be welcomed to Canada, including through the Canadian Experience Class."
By no means do I want to communicate that there will be any kind of abandonment of—what I would argue—is one of the most successful immigration programs anywhere in the world.”
Fraser also stated that he would want to see the Express Entry system become more flexible. Express Entry, he suggested, could be used to meet short-term needs such as welcoming people into smaller communities, high-demand sectors, and "people who are coming from a particular region that has the kind of educational institutions that will train the workers we need in strategically important sectors."
"I'm personally digging into building this flexibility into the Express Entry system right now because I think it'll help us to adapt in a more fluid way when we see the rate of transition only rising over time," Fraser said.
In a discussion with Canadian immigration lawyers, Fraser hinted that occupation-specific Express Entry draws may be a possibility in the future.
One of Fraser's goals outlined in his ministerial mandate letter is expanding Express Entry options to permanent residency for international students and temporary foreign employees. He's also in charge of extending the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot and pushing forward with the Municipal Nominee Program to ensure that immigration better helps small and medium-sized towns. Fraser has already made the Atlantic Immigration Pilot a permanent program since entering office in the autumn, which was one of the other objectives on the agenda.
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