TORONTO — The Ontario government has launched the Regional Economic Development through Immigration (REDI) pilot program, which is meant to target highly-skilled immigration for four rural and northern regions with a high demand for skilled labour: Lanark, Leeds and Grenville, Sarnia-Lambton and Thunder Bay.
The program enables local employers to attract up to 800 additional workers for in-demand careers in health care, technology and the skilled trades, which includes construction, a release reads.
The new REDI pilot will be delivered through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP). Through the pilot, the four participating regions have 200 additional nominations each through the OINP’s Employer Job Offer streams to strengthen local economic growth, the release reads.
Internationally trained workers interested in applying for permanent residence under the REDI pilot, who have a job offer from an Ontario employer for a position located in one of the pilot communities, are encouraged to visit the OINP website.
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