The provincial government has announced two new pathways under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) in an attempt to bring additional workers to the agriculture and healthcare sectors.
“Saskatchewan continues to align its immigration program with current labour market needs, and these new pathways will attract international skilled workers with industry-specific experience to fill in-demand jobs in health care and agriculture,” Immigration and Career Training Minister Jeremy Harrison said. “With labour shortages reported across the country, creating new provincial immigration pathways and streamlining our credential recognition process will help employers in Saskatchewan acquire the workforce needed to grow their businesses.”
Agriculture, a key sector within Saskatchewan’s economic landscape will get an assist via the new Agriculture Talent Pathway. This will allow producers to access the potential employees necessary to enhance export trade while increasing value-added agriculture and harnessing new technologies and innovations.
“A skilled and flexible agricultural workforce is essential to our increasing role in global food security as a supplier our markets can rely on—which keeps our producers competitive and profitable and keeps our economy strong and growing,” Agriculture Minister David Marit said. “Labour shortages are a constraint to growth for agricultural producers, and by supporting them in filling critical jobs through this new pathway, we will strengthen the agricultural sector and enable producers to meet growing demands.”
The new Health Talent Pathway is intended to support the Government of Saskatchewan’s Health Human Resources action plan. The SINP will serve as a resource for the healthcare sector to recruit and retain skilled workers. Recruitment done through SINP will be streamlined under this single stream.
“The SINP plays an important role in building a stronger health-care system,” Health Minister Everett Hindley said. “Streamlining immigration and credential recognition processes for internationally trained health-care workers will help improve our recruitment efforts and enhance access to health-care services for Saskatchewan residents.”