This week, the Honourable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced that Canada will launch a new economic pathway under the Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP) to help employers hire skilled refugees and other displaced individuals. The new pathway, which will complement existing EMPP pathways, will open this summer.
This EMPP pathways gives Canadian employers access to an untapped talent pool from which they can attract and retain employees to fill a wide range of in-demand jobs, including tourism and hospitality workers, and truck and delivery service drivers.
More information on the new federal pathway, including eligibility criteria, will be available on the in the coming weeks. Please see here for more information.