Alberta and British Columbia seeking Filipino skilled workers
The Canadian province of Alberta has a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Philippines’ Department of Labour and Employment (DOLE) regarding human resource development to promote the many employment opportunities…
Alberta Looking for Unskilled Workers
As Alberta's service and retail sectors are heating to a boil; the province is left scrambling to find unskilled labour. More and more foreign worker recruitment agencies are taking on…
Alberta has a new plan to help immigrants enter the workforce more quickly
A Foreign Qualifications Recognition Plan for Alberta, recently released by the provincial government, will improve the process of recognizing internationally-obtained qualifications, training, and experience so that newcomers to Alberta can…
Alberta recruiting in India to fill provincial labour shortages
Last month, a team of Alberta government and industry leaders went to India on a trade mission. Though the focus of the GO-India mission was meant to be trade and…
Amendments to Canadian Citizenship Act for people born outside of Canada
All individuals born in Canada are granted citizenship, as are people born abroad who undertake the Canadian citizenship process and are approved. The Canadian Citizenship Act, which governs the issuance…
PM Offers Apology for Chinese Head Tax, Promises Funding Towards Cultural Community Programs
PM apologizes for the Chinese head tax of the 19th and early 20th centuries, offering compensation packages of $20,000 to surviving payers of the tax and commits $35 million to…
Atlantic Provinces contemplating a regional immigration policy
Atlantic Canada’s (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland and Labrador) share of immigration in 2007 was 2.4 per cent, the highest it has been since 1980. Although…
Atlantic Provinces working together to build regional immigration strategy
Through their joint investments, $4.4 million over three years will be allocated to attracting and retaining newcomers and helping them with workforce integration. Specific projects include the creation of an…
Auditor General requests review of Passport, Citizenship and Immigration service fees
According to Canada's auditor general, Sheila Fraser, Canada's Foreign Affairs department is collecting more than it should from Canadian passport applicants. She announced that the $25 consular service fee (which…
‘Welcome BC’ Initiative Allocates $43 million to Immigrant Settlement and Multiculturalism Services
Forty-three million dollars over two years has been earmarked by the British Columbia (BC) provincial government to help immigrants find work in their fields and better integrate into their new…