Federal Skilled Trades Program 2026: Still in the Rules, No Draw Since 2020, and What to Do Instead
The Federal Skilled Trades Program is the Express Entry class for tradespeople who hold a Canadian certificate of qualification or a qualifying job offer. It still exists in the regulations and still appears on IRCC's website, but IRCC has not held a round of invitations for the program alone since August 6, 2020, and its published processing time currently reads "Not enough data."
By Amir Ansari, RCIC (R709304), Ansari Immigration, Vancouver. Reviewed October 12, 2026.
Getting this wrong costs money in a specific way. Tradespeople pay for language tests, credential assessments and certification exams on the strength of a program page that lists a lower language bar and no education requirement, then sit in the pool for years because the door that bar belongs to is not being opened. The criteria on IRCC's Federal Skilled Trades Program eligibility page (modified June 22, 2026) are real and current. What the page does not say is how often anyone is invited under them. Ansari Immigration treats the Federal Skilled Trades Program as a qualification route to be aware of rather than a plan to build a file around, and the rest of this page shows the numbers that drive that view.
What the Federal Skilled Trades Program is
The Federal Skilled Trades Program is one of three classes managed through Express Entry, alongside the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class. It is for people who have worked in a skilled trade and who either hold a certificate of qualification issued by a Canadian authority or have a qualifying full-time job offer.
The authority is section 87.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. The regulation prescribes the class as one of "persons who are skilled trades workers and who may become permanent residents on the basis of their ability to become economically established in Canada in a skilled trade occupation and their intention to reside in a province other than the Province of Quebec."
Requirement | What the rule says |
|---|---|
Language | CLB or NCLC 5 in speaking and listening, CLB or NCLC 4 in reading and writing. Test results must be less than 2 years old when you complete your profile and when you apply. |
Work experience | At least 2 years of full-time work (or 3,120 hours total) in a skilled trade within the 5 years before you apply, after becoming qualified to practise the occupation independently. |
Job offer or certificate | Either a valid full-time job offer of at least 1 year in total, or a certificate of qualification in that trade from a Canadian provincial, territorial or federal authority. |
Education | None required. Canadian or assessed foreign education can still earn ranking points. |
Proof of funds | Required, unless you can legally work in Canada and hold a valid job offer from a Canadian employer. |
Where you will live | Outside Quebec. |
Source: IRCC, eligibility to apply for the Federal Skilled Trades Program (modified June 22, 2026) and IRCC, language requirements for Express Entry (modified June 22, 2026). Verified October 2026.
Two of those lines are the reason the program keeps its reputation. The language bar is the lowest of the three Express Entry classes: the Federal Skilled Worker Program needs CLB 7 across the board and the Canadian Experience Class needs CLB 7 for NOC TEER 0 and 1 jobs or CLB 5 for TEER 2 and 3. And IRCC states plainly that "There is no education requirement for the Federal Skilled Trades Program." A welder with a provincial ticket and modest English reads that and reasonably concludes the door is built for them.
The occupations are defined by group, not by a published list of job titles. Section 87.2(1) defines a skilled trade occupation as an occupation, other than a restricted occupation, in National Occupational Classification Major Group 72 (excluding Sub-major Group 726), Major Group 73, Major Group 82, Major Group 83, Major Group 92, Major Group 93 (excluding Sub-major Group 932), Minor Group 6320, and Unit Group 62200. If you are working out which code applies to you, our guide to NOC codes and TEER categories walks through the structure.
When was the last Federal Skilled Trades Program draw?
The last round of invitations held for the Federal Skilled Trades Program alone was round 159, on August 6, 2020: 250 invitations at a CRS cut-off of 415. There has been no program specific skilled trades round since, through 288 further rounds up to round 447 on October 1, 2026.
IRCC publishes every round it has ever held. Reading that record end to end, the Federal Skilled Trades Program has had seven rounds of its own, all of them between 2017 and 2020.
Round | Date | Invitations | CRS cut-off |
|---|---|---|---|
64 | May 26, 2017 | 400 | 199 |
76 | November 1, 2017 | 505 | 241 |
91a | May 30, 2018 | 500 | 288 |
100 | September 24, 2018 | 400 | 284 |
117 | May 15, 2019 | 500 | 332 |
128 | October 16, 2019 | 500 | 357 |
159 | August 6, 2020 | 250 | 415 |
Source: IRCC, Express Entry rounds of invitations, full round record read October 12, 2026. Verified October 2026.
Look at the cut-offs. A CRS of 199 or 241 is a score a tradesperson with no degree, modest language scores and no Canadian experience can actually reach. That is what a program specific round does: it ranks you only against other people in the same class. It is also what has not happened for over six years.
There is a second official number that says the same thing from a different direction. IRCC's processing times tool, driven this run, returns the following for an Express Entry permanent residence application:
Express Entry class | Processing time | People waiting | IRCC last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
Skilled trades (federal) | Not enough data | Not shown | October 7, 2026 |
Canadian Experience Class | About 6 months | About 58,900 | September 3, 2026 |
Skilled workers (federal) | About 7 months | About 53,800 | September 3, 2026 |
Source: IRCC, check processing times, read October 12, 2026. Verified October 2026. IRCC recalculates these figures on its own schedule, weekly for the skilled trades entry and monthly for the other two, so re-check before relying on them.
"Not enough data" is not a glitch and it is not a caveat about complexity. It is what IRCC's tool returns when there is not enough recent decided volume to calculate an average. Two sibling classes in the same system produce a number and a queue of more than fifty thousand people each. The third produces neither.
Be careful about what that does and does not prove. It does not prove the program is closed, because it has not been closed: the class is still prescribed in the regulations, and applications already in the system are still processed. It does not prove nobody becomes a permanent resident through it, because a candidate who qualifies for this class can be invited in a round that includes it. What it does show is that the program is not currently functioning as an independent route with its own cut-off, and that a plan built on waiting for the next Federal Skilled Trades round is a plan built on something that has not happened since 2020.
Trades Occupations rounds are not Federal Skilled Trades rounds
A Trades Occupations round is a category based round, not a program specific round. It invites candidates from all three Express Entry classes who have experience in one of a short list of occupations, and it ranks them against the whole pool rather than against other tradespeople.
This is the single most expensive confusion on this topic, because the two things share a word. Round 447, held on October 1, 2026, invited 3,500 candidates at a CRS cut-off of 476 under the category "Trades Occupations, 2026-Version 3." IRCC records the eligible classes for that round as the "Federal Skilled Worker Program, Canadian Experience Class and Federal Skilled Trades Program." So a Federal Skilled Trades candidate can be invited in a trades category round. They are simply not being invited for being a Federal Skilled Trades candidate.
The Ministerial Instructions that governed round 447 set out the test. To be a member of the category, an eligible foreign national must, within the previous three years, have acquired "at least one year of full-time work experience" (or the equivalent in part-time work) "in one of the occupations referred to in the table to this section," and must have performed the lead statement duties and a substantial number of the main duties, including all of the essential duties. Unauthorized work in Canada is excluded from that calculation. The Minister's stated economic goal for the category is "to contribute to Canada's long-term economic success by addressing long-term labour market shortages."
That is a different test from the program. Here is the comparison that matters before you spend anything:
| Federal Skilled Trades Program (the class) | Trades Occupations category (the round) |
|---|---|---|
Legal basis | IRPR section 87.2 | Ministerial Instructions issued for each round, under the Express Entry Instructions |
Experience needed | 2 years full-time, or 3,120 hours | 1 year full-time, or the part-time equivalent |
Reference period | The 5 years before you apply | The previous 3 years |
Occupations covered | NOC Major Groups 72, 73, 82, 83, 92, 93, Minor Group 6320 and Unit Group 62200, with exclusions | 25 named NOC unit groups listed in the round's own instructions |
Certificate or job offer | One of the two is mandatory | Not required by the category itself |
Who you compete against | Other members of the class, in a program specific round | Everyone else in the category, ranked by CRS |
Last round | August 6, 2020, CRS 415 | October 1, 2026, CRS 476 |
Source: IRPR section 87.2 (last amended July 15, 2026), IRCC, Express Entry rounds of invitations including the Ministerial Instructions published with round 447, and IRCC, category-based selection (modified June 22, 2026). Verified October 2026.
The practical consequence is the part people miss. The lower language bar and the absent education requirement belong to the class. They do nothing for you in a category round, where you are ranked on CRS against candidates who often have a degree, strong language scores and Canadian work experience. The seven trades category rounds held so far cut off, in order, at 388, 425, 436, 433, 505, 477 and 476, peaking in September 2025 and easing since. If your profile is the classic Federal Skilled Trades profile, that is the number you need, not 415.
Our guide to category-based selection covers how the categories work across the whole system, and the CRS points breakdown shows where the points you would need actually come from.
There is also an official sentence worth reading twice. IRCC's category-based selection page states: "We may not need a category-based round if there are enough top-ranking candidates eligible for a category being invited to apply through general or program-specific rounds." Category rounds are a supplement, not a promise, and the same logic cuts the other way for program specific rounds.
Who the Federal Skilled Trades Program does not apply to
The Federal Skilled Trades Program excludes more people than its summary suggests. The exclusions are in the regulation and on IRCC's page, and most of them are about when and how the experience was earned rather than about the trade itself.
You plan to live in Quebec. The class is prescribed for people intending to reside in a province other than Quebec. Experience gained in Quebec can still count if you can show you do not plan to settle there.
Your experience was earned while you were studying. IRCC states that "Work experience gained while you were studying doesn't count towards minimum requirements."
Your experience was unpaid. Volunteer work and unpaid internships do not count.
You were not qualified to practise where you worked. The experience must have been gained in a country where you were qualified to practise, and you must have met that country's requirements to practise independently. The two-year clock in the regulation starts "after becoming qualified to independently practice the occupation."
Your occupation is a restricted occupation. Section 87.2(1) carves restricted occupations out of the definition entirely.
Your extra hours do not buy you time. This one is a counting rule rather than an exclusion: full-time work counts up to 30 hours a week, and hours above 30 are not counted, so a 50 hour week still earns one full-time week. Part-time work can be combined across jobs, to a total of 1,560 hours at the part-time threshold.
Your trade is outside the listed groups. Sub-major Group 726 (transportation officers and controllers) and Sub-major Group 932 (aircraft assemblers and aircraft assembly inspectors) are expressly excluded even though their parent groups are in.
One more branch is rarely mentioned and cuts both ways. Section 87.2(4) allows an officer to substitute their own evaluation where the listed requirements, "whether or not they are met, are not sufficient indicators of whether the foreign national will become economically established in Canada." The regulation adds that "This decision requires the concurrence of another officer." That power can rescue an unusual file and it can sink a technically compliant one, and it is one of the reasons a tidy checklist is not the same thing as a decision.
The funds rule has its own carve-out. Under section 87.2(5), the applicant must hold transferable and available funds, unencumbered by debts or other obligations, equal to one half of the minimum necessary income for their family size, with the exception of the candidates at subparagraphs (3)(d)(ii), (iii) and (v), all of whom are already in Canada on a qualifying work permit. A candidate relying on an approved job offer alone, under subparagraph (3)(d)(iv), still has to show the funds. Our Express Entry proof of funds guide sets out the current figures and who is exempt.
The certificate of qualification, what counts and what does not
A certificate of qualification is a Canadian provincial, territorial or federal document proving you passed a certification exam and met the requirements to practise a trade in that jurisdiction. It does two separate jobs in Express Entry: it can satisfy the Federal Skilled Trades Program's job offer alternative, and it can earn skill transferability points in the CRS.
The points are set in the Ministerial Instructions respecting the Express Entry system. Section 26 awards 50 points to a candidate who holds a certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a competent provincial or federal authority and whose first official language is at benchmark level 7 or higher across all four abilities, and 25 points where the first official language is at level 5 or higher with one or more abilities assessed under level 7.
IRCC's officer instructions set out how that is assessed, and the definition of "competent authority" is broader than most people expect: "A competent authority can be a Crown Agency, corporation, private or not-for-profit industry-supported organization or entity that has been legally delegated or invested with the authority, and have the capacity to require or regulate certificates of qualification for trades by virtue of federal, provincial or territorial legislation or regulations."
The limit is in the same instruction: "Self-regulatory and professional certification organizations, such as trade and manufacturer associations, would not be competent authorities for the purposes of recognizing a certificate of qualification, as they do not have a legislatively based delegation to certify the required standards of the trade occupation."
Treated as an eligible certificate | Treated as ineligible |
|---|---|
Aircraft maintenance engineer (AME) licences issued by Transport Canada | Certificates of apprenticeship (C of A) |
Alberta Journeyperson Certificate | Secondary or post-secondary vocational credentials in a trade |
Certificate of Qualification (C of Q) | Operator-in-Training licences or certificates |
Any certificate of qualification in an eligible occupation with a valid Red Seal endorsement | Certifications issued by trade or sector associations |
Class I Operator (at minimum) | Proprietary training certificates issued by material suppliers |
Source: IRCC, Express Entry: assessing an electronic application on section A11.2 (modified March 16, 2026) and the Ministerial Instructions respecting the Express Entry system (modified March 25, 2025). Verified October 2026.
The instruction's own worked example is useful because it shows what the test is actually about. A window installer working as a fully qualified NOC 73111 glazier who holds a Certificate of Qualification from Skilled Trades Ontario as an Architectural Glass and Metal Technician has an eligible certificate, with or without a Red Seal endorsement, because Skilled Trades Ontario is the competent authority for those qualifications in Ontario under the Building Opportunities in the Skilled Trades Act, 2021. A certificate issued by a window manufacturer to installers of its own products is not eligible, however demanding the training behind it, because the manufacturer has no legislated delegation to regulate that qualification.
Timing matters as much as the document. The certificate must be valid when the invitation to apply is issued and when the electronic application for permanent residence is received by IRCC. If it does not meet the requirements, the instruction tells officers that the CRS points "shall be removed." The consequence is set out in the same instruction: "If, after removing the qualifications claimed, the applicant’s recalculated CRS score has fallen below that of the lowest-ranked candidate invited to apply in that round of invitations, officers should refuse an application under section A11.2."
Now the distinction almost nobody states correctly, and it is the reason this section exists. The requirement that the certificate match the occupation you claimed applies to the Federal Skilled Trades Program only. Section 87.2(3)(d)(i) requires a member of the class to hold a certificate "in the skilled trade occupation specified in the application for a permanent resident visa." The CRS points under section 26 of the Ministerial Instructions carry no equivalent occupation-matching condition. Internal IRCC functional guidance released under the Access to Information Act, in which a processing office asked headquarters how to refuse a thinly earned certificate claimed for 50 points, records headquarters answering that the instructions "only require" a certificate of qualification in a trade occupation issued by a competent provincial or federal authority, and that it is "only the Federal Skilled Trades (FST) class" that imposes the occupation match. Treat that as what it is, an internal position recorded in an internal document rather than published guidance, and read it against the two official sources linked above, which are the ones that govern.
Those sources are also silent in one place where applicants expect an answer. IRCC publishes the list of NOC occupations eligible for certificate-of-qualification CRS points, and it is not the same list as the skilled trade groups in section 87.2. The points list includes occupations such as 22114 landscape and horticulture technicians, 22212 drafting technologists, 22311 electronic service technicians, 22312 industrial instrument technicians and 63210 hairstylists and barbers, none of which sit in any of the NOC groups section 87.2(1) lists. IRCC states the split itself. The same instruction tells officers there are "additional occupations eligible for skill transferability factor CRS points for a certificate of qualification that are not eligible for the purposes of meeting the eligibility requirements of the federal skilled trades class (FSTC)," and that "The applicant does not need to have work experience in the NOC as part of their application to be awarded CRS points for a certificate of qualification." Being eligible for the points is not the same as being eligible for the class, and the instruction adds that "The presence of an occupation on this list does not mean CRS points are automatically awarded."
Before you pay for anything, gather these:
The certificate itself, issued to you by name, showing the issuing authority and the trade
Proof the issuing body is delegated by federal, provincial or territorial legislation to certify that trade
Evidence that the certificate reflects full certification, not progress toward it
Reference letters showing the lead statement duties and a substantial number of main duties for your NOC
Pay records and a written employment history showing hours, not just dates
Language test results less than 2 years old at profile and at application
A worked example of how the arithmetic lands
Here is how this typically plays out, built only from the rules and figures above rather than from any individual file.
Take a welder, NOC 72106, aged 33, who has worked seven years in her trade abroad, is qualified to practise there, scores CLB 5 in speaking and listening and CLB 4 in reading and writing, has no post-secondary credential, and has just passed a provincial certification exam in Canada and holds the Certificate of Qualification. On the Federal Skilled Trades Program criteria she is eligible: her two years in the five-year window are comfortably met, her language is at the threshold, and her certificate substitutes for a job offer.
Now the ranking. Her certificate earns her the skill transferability points at the 25-point tier, not 50, because the 50-point tier requires CLB 7 or higher across all four abilities and she is at CLB 5 and 4. She has no Canadian education, no Canadian work experience and no provincial nomination. Her CRS total lands far below the 476 that round 447 required on October 1, 2026, and there is no program specific round at 415 waiting for her, because the last one was in August 2020.
Nothing in that sequence is a mistake on her part. She met every published requirement of the program she was told to look at. The gap is structural: the class sets the floor to get in, and the category round sets the bar to get out, and only the second one has moved in six years. That is also why her realistic next move is not another language retake alone. It is a nomination or a job offer, which is where the next section goes.
What to do instead if you work in a skilled trade
If you work in a skilled trade and want Canadian permanent residence in 2026, build the file around a provincial nomination, a job offer, or Canadian experience, and treat the Federal Skilled Trades Program as the class you may happen to qualify under rather than the route that gets you invited.
Enter the pool under whichever class fits, then target the category. A profile can be eligible for more than one class. What decides your invitation is your CRS score and whether you meet a category's test, so the practical question is whether you have one year of full-time experience in the previous three years in one of the 25 occupations named in the trades category instructions. Those instructions are published with each round, and the occupation table is republished every time, so check the current round's table rather than an older list.
Use the certificate of qualification for what it pays. At CLB 7 across all four abilities it is worth 50 points, and at CLB 5 with a weaker ability it is worth 25. For a tradesperson sitting at CLB 5, the certificate and the language retake are the same project: the certificate doubles in value only if the language moves.
Look hard at provincial nominations, including in British Columbia. A nomination adds 600 points, which ends the CRS conversation. BC runs targeted Skills Immigration rounds that include construction trades. In its round published on October 8, 2026, the province invited 115 candidates in Build: Construction Trades at a minimum score of 94, alongside Care: Childcare at 99, Care: Health at 76, and Care: Veterinary Care at 86. Those are provincial registration scores, not CRS scores, and they are set round by round, so read the BC PNP invitations page for the current position before planning around any of them. Our BC PNP requirements guide covers how the streams are structured, and the provincial nominee program page explains how a nomination feeds back into Express Entry.
Treat a Canadian job offer as a work permit question first. A qualifying job offer satisfies one limb of the Federal Skilled Trades Program, and Canadian experience opens the Canadian Experience Class, which is the class actually being invited at scale. That usually starts with a work permit, not with a permanent residence application.
Keep the profile accurate while you wait. Everything above runs through the same Express Entry profile, and an inaccurate NOC or an overstated hours figure follows you into every later application. If permanent residence is the destination rather than the next permit, our permanent residence page sets out the routes side by side.
The conversation Ansari Immigration has most often on this topic runs the same way, and it is worth setting out as a representative pattern rather than a particular file. Someone arrives holding a trade ticket and a plan to book a second language test, convinced the Federal Skilled Trades Program is one score away. The useful half hour is not spent on the test. It is spent working out whether a nomination stream or a job offer is reachable, and saying so even when the answer is that nothing is reachable this year. Ansari Immigration will not sell a service it does not believe fits the situation.
Book a 30 minute consultation with Ansari Immigration, $80 for 30 minutes, and get that read before you pay for another test or exam.
Have you been holding a trade certificate and waiting for an FSTP round? Tell us which trade and which province issued it in the comments, keep it general, and for advice on your own file use a consultation.
Frequently asked questions about the Federal Skilled Trades Program
These are the questions tradespeople ask most often about the program, answered against the regulation, IRCC's own eligibility page and the published round record as they stood in October 2026.
What is the Federal Skilled Trades Program?
The Federal Skilled Trades Program is the Express Entry class for people with at least two years of full-time experience in a skilled trade who hold either a Canadian certificate of qualification in that trade or a qualifying full-time job offer of at least one year. It is prescribed by section 87.2 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations. It has the lowest language threshold of the three classes, CLB 5 in speaking and listening and CLB 4 in reading and writing, and no education requirement at all.
How to apply for the Federal Skilled Trades Program
Applying means creating an Express Entry profile, declaring the Federal Skilled Trades Program among the classes you are eligible for, and waiting to be invited, because Express Entry has no separate application form for the class. You will need a language test taken within the last two years, documents proving two years of full-time skilled trade experience within the last five years, your certificate of qualification or job offer, and proof of funds unless you are exempt, and nothing can be submitted until IRCC issues you an invitation to apply.
When is the next draw for the Federal Skilled Trades Program?
IRCC does not publish a schedule of future rounds, and no round for the Federal Skilled Trades Program alone has been held since round 159 on August 6, 2020, so there is no pattern from which a next date could be estimated. Trades Occupations category rounds, which include candidates from this class alongside the Federal Skilled Worker Program and the Canadian Experience Class, have been held periodically, most recently round 447 on October 1, 2026 at a CRS cut-off of 476.
Is the Federal Skilled Trades Program still open in 2026?
The Federal Skilled Trades Program is still prescribed in the regulations and still published on IRCC's website as an Express Entry class, so it has not been closed or repealed, and candidates can still declare eligibility for it in a profile. What has stopped is the program specific round of invitations, and IRCC's processing times tool currently returns "Not enough data" for the class, last updated October 7, 2026.
What is the Federal Skilled Trades Program occupation list?
There is no single list of job titles for the Federal Skilled Trades Program, because section 87.2(1) defines eligible occupations by National Occupational Classification group rather than by title, and excludes restricted occupations throughout. The groups are Major Group 72 excluding Sub-major Group 726, Major Groups 73, 82, 83 and 92, Major Group 93 excluding Sub-major Group 932, Minor Group 6320 and Unit Group 62200. The separate list of 25 occupations you may have seen quoted belongs to the Trades Occupations category rounds, and the list of occupations eligible for certificate-of-qualification ranking points is a third list again.
Which skilled trades are in demand in Canada?
IRCC does not publish a demand list as such, but the 25 occupations it selected for the Trades Occupations category in round 447 are the closest official signal of which trades it is prioritising. They include carpenters, electricians, plumbers, welders, sheet metal workers, bricklayers, machinists, heavy-duty equipment mechanics, heating, refrigeration and air conditioning mechanics, roofers, concrete finishers, construction millwrights and industrial mechanics, gas fitters, and construction estimators and managers. The Minister's stated goal for that category is addressing long-term labour market shortages, so the table is a labour market judgment rather than a permanent list.
Can I get 50 CRS points for my trade certificate?
You can earn 50 skill transferability points for a certificate of qualification only if your first official language is at benchmark level 7 or higher in all four abilities, and 25 points if it is at level 5 or higher with one or more abilities below 7, under section 26 of the Ministerial Instructions respecting the Express Entry system. The certificate must come from a competent provincial, territorial or federal authority with a legislated delegation to certify that trade, which excludes certificates of apprenticeship, vocational diplomas, Operator-in-Training licences, trade association certifications and manufacturer training certificates.
Do I need a job offer for the Federal Skilled Trades Program?
You need a job offer only if you do not hold a Canadian certificate of qualification in your trade, because section 87.2(3)(d) lets you satisfy that requirement either way, and the job offer route itself has several forms depending on whether you are already in Canada on a work permit. IRCC adds that if the province or territory where you plan to live does not issue certificates for your trade, a valid job offer is the only available route.
Related Posts
If you are working out which route actually fits your trade, these go deeper on the pieces this page only touches.
Express Entry Category-Based Selection: how targeted rounds choose candidates by occupation and language rather than by program, and what that changes about your strategy.
CRS Points Breakdown 2026: every factor in the Comprehensive Ranking System and where the points a trades profile is missing usually come from.
NOC Codes and TEER Categories: how to find the code that governs your trade before you declare it in a profile.
BC PNP Requirements: how British Columbia's Skills Immigration streams are structured, including the construction trades route.
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This article is for general information only. It is not legal advice. Program criteria, requirements, processing times, and selection approaches can change without notice. Always confirm details on official government websites or consult a licensed Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) for advice specific to your situation.
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