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Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe has said that although the province worked closely with the federal government on immigration issues, it has its way of creating policies focusing on economic immigration.
Sasktoday reports that the federal government handles immigration policies regarding asylum seekers, refugees, and student permits. The province has its policy, the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program, with entrepreneurs, farm owners and operators, international skilled workers, and workers with Saskatchewan work experience as categories.
Moe said in an interview, “We feel strongly that economic immigration should be a part of any successful immigration policy.
“It is not only a good policy for the individual that may be immigrating and making a home in Saskatchewan, but we would hope that it’s their family, that individual’s family, that is moving to Saskatchewan and making their home in a Saskatchewan community.”
He added that individuals availing themselves of the program would benefit the immigrant’s family and the place where they chose to reside in the province with their skills and work experience, strengthening that community.
