18,000 Quebec Immigration Applications Scrapped As CAQ Forces Through Bill 9

Quebec Expression of Interest System ‘Arrima’ Scheduled For September Launch
Jun 17, 2019 – Quebec’s National Assembly sat into the early hours of Sunday morning to eventually pass Bill 9, controversial immigration legislation that means 18,000 skilled worker applications will be scrapped. It took a 19-hour session enforced by the ruling Coalition Avenir Quebec for the bill to become law at 4am on Sunday, June
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Quebec Government to Force Through Immigration Bill 9 On Sunday: Report

Quebec Opens New Expression of Interest Immigration System ‘Arrima’
June 15, 2019 – Quebec’s provincial government is to use its majority to force a vote on its controversial immigration reform legislation. The Coalition Avenir Quebec’s Bill 9 will be voted on by the National Assembly on Sunday morning, Radio Canada is reporting. The vote will come despite the committee debate on Bill 9 –
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Quebec Job Vacancy Rate Increases Again, Remains Highest In Canada

Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) to Accept 1900 New Applications with Higher Investment Requirements Beginning September 15, 2018
June 12, 2019 – Quebec has the highest job vacancy rate of any Canadian province at 4.1 per cent, a new report reveals. The French-speaking province’s 120,800 vacancies at the end of the first quarter of 2019 contributed a total of 435,000 unfilled positions, according to the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB)’s latest Help
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Quebec Government Proposes Immigration Increase to Above 50,000 by 2022

Quebec Court to Hear Legal Challenge Against Government Plan to Apply New Immigration Law Bill 9
June 7, 2019 – Quebec’s provincial government has announced plans for immigration levels to increase every year for the next three years. By 2022, the Coalition Avenir Quebec plans to increase annual Quebec immigration to above 50,000. The proposal was announced by the Department of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion (MIDI) on Friday June 7, 2019.
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Quebec Politicians Clash Over Slow Progress Of Bill 9 Immigration Legislation

Quebec Politicians Clash Over Slow Progress Of Bill 9 Immigration Legislation
June 6, 2019 – Quebec politicians are locked in a battle over the slow progress of Bill 9 – the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec’s controversial immigration legislation. As of June 4, just eight out of 21 articles had been studied in the bill, which would see the cancellation of thousands of Quebec Skilled Worker immigration
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Quebec To Introduce Placement Agency Licences To Improve Protection of Temporary Foreign Workers

View of old Quebec and the Chateau Frontenac, Quebec, Canada
May 22, 2019 – Quebec has tabled a draft regulation to establish a mandatory licence system aimed at personnel placement agencies and recruitment agencies for Temporary Foreign Workers(TFWs). The legislation is designed to improve protection of TFWs working in the French-speaking province. The licence, which will require payment of a $1,780 fee, will be issued
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La tasa de éxito de los trabajadores calificados en Quebec ha disminuido desde la orden judicial del Tribunal Superior

Quebec Court to Hear Legal Challenge Against Government Plan to Apply New Immigration Law Bill 9
18 de mayo del 2019 – Nuevas cifras indican que se están procesando pocas solicitudes de trabajadores calificados de Quebec, con  una tasa de éxito significativamente más baja luego de que un requerimiento reciente exigiera al ministerio de Inmigración de Quebec (MIDI) que reanudara el procesamiento de expedientes. En abril, los administradores del MIDI procesaron
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La contratación de trabajadores calificados es una preocupación importante para la mitad de las empresas de Quebec

2 de mayo del 2019 – Una encuesta de 300 empresas de Quebec reveló que casi la mitad de los encuestados considera que la contratación de trabajadores calificados es la principal preocupación que esperan enfrentar en los próximos tres años. Según la encuesta Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, el 23 % de las pequeñas y medianas
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Campaña de reclutamiento de Quebec en Marruecos ayuda a los empleadores a llenar 300 vacantes

Quebec vs Cyprus: Investment Programs Aimed At Different Candidate Profiles
23 de abril del 2019 – Una reciente campaña de reclutamiento en la ciudad marroquí de Casablanca permitió a los empleadores de Quebec llenar 300 puestos vacantes con trabajadores extranjeros temporales. Las posiciones en soldadura, salud, hotelería, tecnología de la información y hostelería se llenaron durante la misión de reclutamiento organizada por el gobierno provincial.
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Video en vivo de Immigration.ca: cómo la decisión de la corte sobre el proyecto de ley 9 afecta a los empleadores y candidatos en Quebec

Two-Thirds of Residents Back Same or Increased Quebec Immigration Levels
9 de abril del 2019 – El sistema de inmigración de Quebec continúa siendo objeto de controversia después de que una decisión del Tribunal Superior obligó al gobierno a procesar las solicitudes pendientes. En la última transmisión en vivo de Immigration.ca, el abogado de inmigración Colin Singer resumió la situación actual desde un punto de
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