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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau is hoping to allow more people into the country during the pandemic under expanded categories of just who is an essential worker. “We are specifically talking about different groups that would be potentially considered to be essential workers, that have the need to cross the border for specific reasons,”
Canada’s unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March, according to the latest federal government figures released Friday. The Statistics Canada Labour Market Survey recorded unemployment of 7.5 percent, as Canada jobs increased by 303,100 during the month, moving employment within 1.5 percent of pre-COVID levels. The
Elite athletes and their coaches are being allowed to come to Canada to take part in world-class sporting events under new travel exemptions. “The entry prohibition and mandatory isolation orders in council have been amended to create an exemption that will facilitate the entry of high-performance amateur athletes into Canada,” the IRCC posted on its
Canada has extended a COVID-19-related policy that allows visitors to get work permits without having to leave the country. An announcement from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on Tuesday said the temporary public policy would be extended until August 31, 2021. At the same time, IRCC also tweaked the criteria of the policy to
Ottawa is temporarily tweaking its Post-Graduation Work Permit Program to make things easier during the pandemic for international students who are either already in eligible programs or will begin them by this autumn. Usually, the time these students spend on distance learning courses is excluded from consideration for the length of their PGWP – and
Canada has confirmed a new month-long extension of the closure of the Canada-U.S. border to all but essential travel to stop the spread of COVID-19. “Non-essential travel restrictions between Canada and the U.S. have been extended by another 30 days – until Apr. 21.,” tweeted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on March 18. “We’ll continue to
Tough travel restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19 caused Canada’s population growth rate to slow to a trickle last year, highlighting the importance of immigration, a Statistics Canada report reveals. In ‘Canada’s Population Estimates, Fourth Quarter 2020’, the Canadian statistical services agency notes the importance of immigration to Canadian population growth. “International migration has
The global pandemic hit Alberta with higher daily numbers of new COVID-19 cases than anywhere else in Canada last year, forcing lockdowns and border restrictions that crippled its economy and restricted immigration. Alberta lost an estimated 7.3 per cent of its real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and experienced a 47.5 per cent downturn in the
Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says candidates overseas with expiring Confirmation of Permanent Residency documents will still be allowed to come to Canada once COVID-19 travel restrictions have eased. In an e-mail to CTVnews.ca, immigration spokespeople reportedly stated that those who received their Confirmation of Permanent Residency after March 18 when the travel restrictions took effect
Canada saw an employment rebound in February, adding 259,000 jobs and seeing the lowest unemployment since March 2020, when COVID-19 restrictions were first imposed. The Canada jobs Labour Market Survey saw an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent, as the major provinces of Quebec and Ontario spearheaded the recovery. Stakeholders will be hoping the figures are
