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OTTAWA – Ottawa is committing $800,000 to help skilled newcomers to Canada find work in their fields.

The funding, to be announced Friday in Toronto by Employment Minister Jason Kenney, is part of a larger, job-centred effort that promises to be a key element of next week’s budget.

The money will go to the National Association of Career Colleges (NACC), an organization representing schools across the country that provide training in sectors with skilled worker shortages.

It’s intended to help as many as 5,000 internationally trained and educated workers who are unable to find work in their fields to either explore other careers or land jobs that are closely related to their areas of expertise.

Serge Buy, head of the association, says too many highly educated newcomers to Canada end up doing dead-end jobs.

He says the association’s new Alternative Pathways for Newcomers project, in partnership with 120 immigrant organizations, aims to get skilled immigrants to Canada back into their chosen areas of expertise.

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