@GottaLaff I think its worth covering other routes than the points system (?Express Entry?).
I was a Provincial Nominee (in NS) - I was offered a job that had been advertised nationally for 3 weeks, and which my employer showed they could not fill. This was my only feasible route in - in my late 40's, without a post grad qualification and not being bilingual, I'd always have failed to get enough points to get in.
The Atlantic Pilot scheme came soon after, and made even this process easier.