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(Third successive draw with Comprehensive Ranking Score Under 600) Canadian Immigration authorities invited 925 applicants for permanent residence with the lowest Comprehensive Ranking Score (CRS) of 469. It was the third successive draw under the new Express Entry System where the lowest CRS score was less than 600 points. Under the initial draws applicants were
Le gouvernement provincial du Québec a mis en garde que la province souffre de pénuries de main-d’œuvre et a annoncé la fermeture de plusieurs entreprises, à moins qu’Ottawa ne renverse les récents changements apportés au Programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires. Le programme a été initialement introduit pour permettre aux employeurs canadiens d’embaucher des travailleurs étrangers
Le gouvernement fédéral prend des mesures pour répondre aux exigences d’un important accord de sécurité à la frontière avec les États-Unis, en mettant en œuvre un examen préalable des voyageurs en provenance des pays qui ne nécessitent pas de visa pour visiter le Canada. Dès l’année prochaine, les visiteurs en provenance de pays comme le
When a gunman stormed into a kosher supermarket in Paris, seizing hostages and killing four people, Julien Catan felt tremors all the way to Montreal. A Paris native, he had walked the streets around the Hyper-Cacher market thousands of times. “What happened in January was a real shock, like never before,” Catan said in an
Filipino Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has attempted to calm the fears of the thousands of Filipino temporary foreign workers (TFWs) employed in Canada by stating they will not face mass repatriation at the end of their four-year stay there. “There is no such thing as ‘mass deportation’ contrary to some news reports about it,” the
Recent changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program are preventing employers from bringing in much needed low-skilled workers into Canada. While some believe this to be a positive development for economy in Canada, the shortage of low-skilled workers will have several detrimental consequences for Canadian businesses, in both the short and the long term. First,
Canadians looking to hire foreign workers as nannies are having to face unexplained delays due to changes introduced to the caregiver program. The problems are exacerbated by poor communication from federal agencies, with some recruitment agencies reporting that no applications have been processed in the past four months. Canada’s Live-in Caregiver program was a part
Figures from Statistics Canada show a surprise increase in Canadian employment in March, with 28,700 new jobs created. Though better than expected, analysts say the figures are not entirely positive, as the jobs created were entirely part-time positions, and they masked a drop in full-time jobs. According to the employment report, about 56,800 part-time jobs
The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) is struggling to attract investors to its program following the introduction of strict new regulations. Reports indicate that the scheme failed to fulfil its 2014 quota by a significant margin, despite the application deadline being extended three times. The application window was initially set to be open for just
