Today, more than a quarter of economic immigrants come through the provincial program, up from just 10 per cent a decade ago. The rest come through federal programs. However, university-holders in the program were still far below the 83 per cent among those selected under the federal skilled worker program. I don’t call it overlap,” said Seidle, who authored a report on the provincial nominee immigration program in 2013 that called for improved collaboration between the federal and provincial governments. The report calls for further analyses to better understand how the provincial nominee program fits into Canada’s federal economic immigration plan and better information sharing to improve program design and efficiency.

Source: thestar April 19, 2018 21:19 UTC