Immigration Kenney: Language Testing

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney Dept: Starting this July, a number of people immigrating under the provincial nominee program will face the language testing, Immigration Kenney announced Wednesday in Saskatoon, according to CBC. The tests will be mandatory for those applying for semi- and low-skilled jobs and will assess listening, speaking, reading and writing abilities. The new requirement is one of a number of changes to the immigration system discussed in last month's federal budget and some people immigrating to Canada will be soon be required to undergo language tests to prove basic proficiency in English or French, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says. "Speaking to Saskatchewan, this is an English-speaking society," Kenney said. "You can't succeed in a society if you don't have the capacity to communicate in it. And it's unfair, I think, to newcomers to make them believe otherwise." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.