Canada may look at making more temporary migrants permanent

TORONTO -- Canada may extend the deadline of a program created this year to give temporary residents working in key sectors a route to permanent residency, and is considering expanding the program's eligibility to include refugee claimants, Canada's immigration minister told Reuters on Thursday.

More than 14,000 of the 20,000 spots in the healthcare stream of a temporary-to-permanent residency program announced in April were unfilled this week ahead of the Nov. 5 deadline.
He also said he is considering expanding future versions of the program to include refugee claimants, who get work permits while awaiting a verdict on their claims.
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