{"id":2583,"date":"2017-06-12T05:08:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-12T09:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/?p=2583"},"modified":"2017-06-15T05:21:26","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T09:21:26","slug":"starting-today-some-canadian-companies-can-bring-in-foreign-workers-in-as-little-as-2-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/canadianvisa.com\/news\/starting-today-some-canadian-companies-can-bring-in-foreign-workers-in-as-little-as-2-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting today, some Canadian companies can bring in foreign workers in as little as 2 weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Starting today, some Canadian companies can bring in foreign workers in as little as 2 weeks<\/h1>\n<p>A federal program to allow Canadian companies to bring in foreign workers within two weeks officially started June 12.<\/p>\n<p>The plan, which was fleshed out in the federal budget, is part of Ottawa\u2019s so-called Global Skills Strategy, an effort to help Canadian employers attract the world\u2019s best and brightest. Today marks the start of a $7.8-million, two-year pilot run that will be a test case for whether the program should be made a mainstay of Canada\u2019s immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>The fast-track lane into Canada is reserved for \u201chigh-growth companies\u201d hiring high-skilled workers with hard-to-find qualifications or unique expertise, the government said.<\/p>\n<p>The program, known as Global Talent Stream, also allows employers, universities and some research institutions to bring in international talent for short periods of time with no work permit at all.<\/p>\n<p>The thinking is that making it easier for Canadian companies to bring in international talent quickly \u201cwill result in more good-quality, middle-class jobs for Canadians,\u201d Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains said in a statement. <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/3520010\/starting-today-some-canadian-companies-can-bring-in-foreign-workers-in-as-little-as-2-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Starting today, some Canadian companies can bring in foreign workers in as little as 2 weeks<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting today, some Canadian companies can bring in foreign workers in as little as 2 weeks A federal program to 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