The Success of Manitoba’s Provincial Nominee Program
In an effort to more evenly distribute the benefits of immigration, in the 1980s Canada began looking for ways to promote immigration to less traditional destinations. To achieve this goal,…
Montreal best city in Canada for university students
Montreal was just ranked the best city for university students in Canada, and the 10th best in the world. The survey, conducted by the British firm QS, has Montreal beating…
Greeks looking to Canada as immigration option
Two sources in the past week reported a potential influx of Greek immigrants which could be on their way to Canada.News1130 in Vancouver, and Metro News in Calgary, reported that…
Alberta boom continues to tap tight labour market
A shortage of labour was cited by a roundtable of energy companies in Alberta as their key business challenge. Easing immigration rules has been put forward as a possible partial…
Quebec employers no longer must recruit locally to hire foreign workers for range of jobs
While the Quebec Facilitated IT program came to an end on February 24th, the 7 affected professions are now part of a newly announced facilitated labour market assessment process. The…
Preparing for the Quebec Selection Interview
This month, CIC News offers some advice on how to prepare and interviews Fritzie Selga, a Filipino nurse who succeeded at her interview and received her certificat de sélection du…
More action on Alberta’s labour shortage dilemma
A newly formed group called the Alberta Coalition for Action on Labour Shortage (ACALS) is pushing the federal government of Canada to amend immigration policies to address a significant labour…
New sponsorship restriction aims to reduce marriage fraud
In an effort to cut down on spousal sponsorship fraud, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has put into action a new requirement where any new immigrant to Canada sponsored by…
Immigration Minister talks of aggressive moves to reduce backlog
Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney suggested Wednesday the possibility of legislating away Canada’s backlog of immigration applications."We’re looking at all options for dealing with these backlogs… It’s not fair to…
Western provinces seek greater authority
Severe labour shortages in Western provinces have resulted in some provincial leaders calling for radical changes in immigration procedures.Western provinces are largely in the midst of a job boom, which…