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Canada has extended both international travel restrictions and the closure of the border with the U.S. for another month, until July 21, 2021. Bill Blair, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, made the announcement in a tweet on Friday, June 18. The restrictions had been due to expire on June 21. Our number one
Canada immigration numbers dropped off slightly in April, with 21,105 new permanent resident arrivals, although it remained the fourth-highest monthly total since COVID-19 travel restrictions were imposed. The latest federal government figures show Canada welcomed 91,580 newcomers in the first four months of the year, compared to just over 73,240 in 2020 – a solid
Canada has announced plans to end the mandatory 14-day quarantine for fully vaccinated citizens and permanent residents returning from abroad. In an announcement Wednesday, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said negative COVID-19 tests would still be required. The easing of restrictions is set to begin in early July, although only if cases continue to drop and
Canada is working on a plan to ease border restrictions for travellers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Bloomberg is reporting. Quoting sources familiar with the plan, the news agency says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could make an announcement within days on a loosening of the 14-day isolation period currently required. Those entering Canada will
Hockey fans are cheering on a power play by Canadian immigration officials to allow National Hockey League playoff teams into Canada to duke it out for the Stanley Cup despite COVID-19 restrictions. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino tweeted out over the weekend that Canada is making a special exemption for the hockey players, their coaches and
Teen immigrants and international students enrolled at Quebec colleges and universities – and even those just visiting the Province of Quebec – are being urged by the province to come in for free COVID-19 vaccine shots provided they are 12 years of age or older. “As part of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign now underway in
Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is in talks with his American counterpart, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, to re-open the Canada-U.S. border as the COVID-19 pandemic gradually comes under control. “Today, I spoke with my U.S. counterpart (U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security) Alejandro Mayorkas,” tweeted Mendicino on Thursday. “We advanced our partnership on
Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program has the potential to attract the type of new immigrants who can be at the forefront of the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis. It is a program designed to welcome ambitious entrepreneurs with business ideas that could grow into the next Amazon or Facebook, or Skip the Dishes and ApplyBoard.com,
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s own Members of Parliament are urging him to re-open the Canada-U.S. border, a move the Canadian leader said in mid-March was too soon to even discuss. Maybe March was too soon – but several of Trudeau’s MPs think the time to discuss the border’s re-opening has finally arrived. Wayne Easter, a
Immigration experts are calling for the creation of a Canadian immigration ombudsman to keep tabs on the decisions made by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) officials. During the eight months that ended in May this year, the House of Commons’ standing committee on citizenship and immigration studied Ottawa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and
