Evidence of meeting #4 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was framework.
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Conservative
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Director General, Labour Market Integration, Skills and Employment Branch, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development
Yes, it does.
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Conservative
5:15 p.m.
Director, Foreign Qualification Recognition, Foreign Credentials Referral Office, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Well, there is indirect targeting, in the sense that Immigration Canada does have something called ministerial instructions. The minister has the purview to designate certain occupations as being in demand. We determine which occupations are in demand through consultations to see where there are labour market shortages. So at any given time there's a list of occupations where we give preference to immigrants coming to those intended occupations.
5:20 p.m.
Conservative
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NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Thank you.
I have a bunch of questions on the numbers.
On page 7 of the CIC brief, where you are talking about the CIIP program, you indicated that 62% of the 1,051 graduates found employment in their first six months after arrival. Do you have any idea who found employment in their recognized field out of that 62%?
5:20 p.m.
Acting Director General, Foreign Credentials Referral Office, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
I do have that.
Sorry, it's just going to take me two seconds to find it.
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NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
While you're looking for that number, I'll pose a question for Mrs. Craig Garrison.
Of the residencies available in Canada for physicians, how many of them are available for foreign-trained physicians?
While you're getting that number, I'll go back to Ms. Pateman.
5:20 p.m.
Acting Director General, Foreign Credentials Referral Office, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Thank you.
It's actually 60%. So it's quite high.
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NDP
5:20 p.m.
Acting Director General, Foreign Credentials Referral Office, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
That's right.
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NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
So what would that be? According to my quick math, would it roughly be 240 people out of the 1,051?
5:20 p.m.
Acting Director General, Foreign Credentials Referral Office, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Sorry, if I could just throw in another number, more than one-fifth, or 22%, were working in the same field or higher than in their home country. And 44% found employment within six months, and 62% within six months.
5:20 p.m.
NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Are those figures available on your website, or is there a report that we could look at?
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Acting Director General, Foreign Credentials Referral Office, Department of Citizenship and Immigration Canada
The evaluation is public and we can certainly provide it to the committee.
5:20 p.m.
NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
That would be very useful because it looks like this program is having some success.
Ms. Craig Garrison, did you find that number?
5:20 p.m.
Director, Health Human Resources Policy Division, Department of Health
Yes. There are approximately 2,700, or in that range, of ministry-funded residencies across the country. Of those--
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NDP
October 6th, 2011 / 5:20 p.m.
Director, Health Human Resources Policy Division, Department of Health
That's correct—approximately.
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Director, Health Human Resources Policy Division, Department of Health
Of those, 426 are designated for INGs.
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NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Out of that 426, as I understood you to say earlier, those would include Canadians who went abroad to get their training or foreign-trained doctors who are immigrating here. So there are 426 available to that whole pool.
5:20 p.m.
Director, Health Human Resources Policy Division, Department of Health
That's correct.
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NDP
Jean Crowder NDP Nanaimo—Cowichan, BC
Do you have any sense of how many foreign-trained physicians are actually interested in that pool?
5:20 p.m.
Director, Health Human Resources Policy Division, Department of Health
It's approximately 1,900.
