Canada to extend post-graduate work permits for international graduates

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Canada to extend post-graduate work permits for international graduates
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International graduates with expired or soon-to-be-expiring post-graduate work permits will allowed to apply for an extension as the federal government seeks to boost Canada's anemic labour sector.

International graduates with expired or soon-to-be-expiring work permits will be allowed to apply for an extension as the federal government seeks to boost Canada's anemic labour sector.

The PGWP program allows international graduates to receive an open work permit to gain work experience in Canada. Starting April 6, PGWP holders who want to stay longer will be able to begin a voluntary process to extend their work permit. The policy update comes as employers across Canada struggle to attract and retain skilled workers amid an ongoing labour shortage. Experts have attributed that shortage partly to disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but mostly to an aging workforce.has been declining since 2000, Statistics Canada reports, but the trend has intensified in recent years as baby boomers – Canada's largest generation, born between 1946 and 1964 – grow older and start to leave the workforce en masse.

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