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The immigration section of a national association representing lawyers, judges, notaries and law teachers and students throughout Canada is urging Ottawa to speed up the processing of applications for immigration. “The pandemic has caused major disruptions in processing immigration applications,” wrote Mark Holthe, chair of the immigration law section of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA)
Ottawa is extending its flight ban on direct arrivals of passengers from Morocco for another month to protect Canadians from further spread of COVID-19. “To help manage the elevated risk of imported COVID-19 cases and variants of concern into Canada, we have extended the Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) restricting all direct commercial and private passenger
Ottawa needs to bolster the image of Canadian trades workers and try harder to recruit immigrants to resolve the severe labour shortage as tradespeople retire, concludes an RBC Economics and Thought Leadership report. “The federal government and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) should close the gap between the target and actual intake of immigrants
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s newly-re-elected Liberal government is eyeing a loosening of restrictions for those applying for refugee status, documents obtained by the Sun News Network reportedly reveal. “No longer will claimants need to prove, for instance, that they face torture or death if forced to return to their home countries. Nor will they have
Children of temporary foreign workers and international students in Quebec are now covered by that province’s healthcare system, the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec (RAMQ). The change to Quebec’s healthcare system means all children are now eligible for the Québec health insurance and basic prescription drug insurance plans if they are present in Québec
Immigrants looking for a place in Canada to call home should definitely check out the Atlantic Canadian region which includes the two cities ranked as the best communities in the country by the national news magazine Maclean’s. In its 2021 Canada’s Best Communities guide, Maclean’s just couldn’t decide which was better, Halifax, Nova or Charlottetown,
Ottawa is opening its arms to welcome up to 5,000 Afghan refugees evacuated by the United States under a deal to get Canadians and Canada’s allies in Afghanistan out of the war-torn country. “These refugees will be accepted as part of Canada’s recently-announced program for some 20,000 refugees, which include persecuted Afghan minorities, women human
Programs that help racialized immigrant women got a $2.1-million shot in the arm recently as Ottawa extended funding for 11 projects. “Canada can only reach its full potential if everyone in it reaches theirs,” said Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino in a statement. “These important projects will help racialized newcomer women lay the cornerstone of success:
Business incubators are rampant throughout Canada and offer plenty of opportunity for applicants for permanent residence under the Start-Up Visa program to get the support they need to qualify to immigrate and start their businesses. By nurturing start-ups and helping them navigate the myriad of challenges to get the financial, human, and physical resources they
Wait times for immigration applications would be dramatically cut under a Conservative government due to the creation of an expedited processing stream for those who can afford it. “All revenues from this expedited processing fee will be directed towards hiring additional people to streamline processing wait lines even more,” Erin O’Toole’s Conservative Party promises in
