New Delhi, March 8 -- Canada announced a major haul in its Permanent Residency (PR) program for immigrant construction workers on Friday, March 7, thanks to the persistent labour shortages amid housing supply shortages in the country.

Addressing a press conference, Marc Miller, Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), said nearly 14,000 foreign national construction workers may be admitted to Canada.

According to Statistics Canada, an estimated 23 per cent of all general contractors and residential builders in Canada's residential construction sector are immigrants.

He, however, did not say whether they would be admitted under permanent pathways, temporary pathways, or a combination thereof.

Marc Miller also s...