Healthcare Investment and Immigration Acceleration Program (HIIAP)

 

Objective: Address Canada’s healthcare workforce shortage and regional service gaps by attracting global investment and high-skilled healthcare professionals through streamlined pathways.

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🔑 PILLAR 1: IMMIGRATION PATHWAYS FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

1.1 "Global Health Express" Immigration Stream

✅ Fast-track PR and work permits for:

• Physicians, nurses, personal support workers (PSWs), midwives

• Allied health professionals: physiotherapists, lab technicians, radiologists, mental health workers

• Healthcare IT specialists and hospital operations staff

Eligibility:

• Medical degree or diploma from a recognized institution

• 1+ year of experience (or postgraduate internship)

• Language proficiency (CLB 6–9 depending on role)

Preferred Source Countries:

• 🇺🇸 USA

• 🇪🇺 EU countries (France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, etc.)

• 🇭🇰 Hong Kong

• 🇰🇷 South Korea

• 🇯🇵 Japan

• 🇸🇬 Singapore

• 🇲🇽🇧🇷🇨🇴 Recognized Latin American medical universities

• 🇵🇭 Philippines

• 🌍 Accredited African institutions (e.g., Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Kenya)

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🛂 PILLAR 2: FAST-TRACK CREDENTIAL RECOGNITION

2.1 “Global Credential Accord” (GCA)

🔹 Create bilateral or multilateral agreements for automatic or accelerated recognition of healthcare credentials
🔹 Partner with licensing bodies like MCC, NNAS, and provincial Colleges of Nurses and Physicians

Components:

• 🟢 Pre-arrival online equivalency review

• 🟢 6-month bridging programs (funded by IRCC/ESDC)

• 🟢 Licensing support and local mentorship on arrival

Regulatory Flexibility:

• 2-tiered licensing options for supervised practice

• Digital certification platform to reduce delays

Implementation Support:

• IRCC + Health Canada coordination

• Funding for provincial regulatory modernization

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🌍 PILLAR 3: FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN CANADA’S HEALTHCARE INFRASTRUCTURE

3.1 Canada Health Infrastructure Investment Fund (CHIIF)

✅ Enable private and foreign investment into:

• Regional hospitals

• Senior care homes

• Medical research and innovation hubs

• Healthcare technology (telemedicine, EMR, AI diagnostics)

Incentives:

• Capital gains tax holidays for 10+ year health infrastructure projects

• CMHC-style guarantees for low-risk health facility loans

• PR path for principal executives & medical entrepreneurs

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🏙️ PILLAR 4: REGIONAL HEALTH INTEGRATION ZONES

4.1 "Health-Ready Regions Program" (HRRP)

Target rural, Northern, and under-serviced areas with:

• Dedicated regional allocations for foreign healthcare professionals

• Bundled incentives (free housing, fast-track PR, spousal open work permits, child school access)

• Infrastructure support via CHIIF and Canada Infrastructure Bank

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📈 IMPLEMENTATION ROADMAP

Year	Action	Goal
2025	Launch Global Health Express + CHIIF	15,000 new international professionals
2026	Sign recognition accords (EU, PH, LATAM)	Fast-track licensing from 20+ countries
2027	Establish 30 Health-Ready Regions	100 clinics/hospitals with CHIIF funding
2028	Reduce immigrant credential delays by 70%	Meet 85% of regional healthcare hiring needs

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📊 KPI TARGETS

• 👩‍⚕️ 75,000 new healthcare professionals (2025–2030)

• 🌍 $10B+ in private/foreign investment via CHIIF

• 🧾 50% faster licensing for internationally educated professionals

• 🏥 100+ new facilities built/modernized in underserved areas