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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Quebec Skilled Worker Success Rate Drops Since Superior Court Injunction

Quebec Court to Hear Legal Challenge Against Government Plan to Apply New Immigration Law Bill 9
May 18, 2019 – Fewer Quebec Skilled Worker applications are being processed and at a significantly lower success rate than before a recent injunction forced the Quebec immigration ministry (MIDI) to resume processing files, new figures show. April saw MIDI officials process 727 applications with 15 per cent of them successful. In the month before
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La moitié des entreprises québécoises considèrent le recrutement de travailleurs qualifiés comme une préoccupation majeure

Le 2 mai 2019 – Un sondage mené auprès de 300 entreprises québécoises a révélé que près de la moitié des répondants considèrent que le recrutement de travailleurs qualifiés est la principale préoccupation à laquelle ils s’attendent au cours des trois prochaines années.  Selon l’enquête de Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, 23% des petites et moyennes
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La campagne québécoise de recrutement au Maroc aide les employeurs à pourvoir 300 postes vacants

Quebec vs Cyprus: Investment Programs Aimed At Different Candidate Profiles
Le 23 avril 2019 – Une récente campagne de recrutement dans la ville marocaine de Casablanca a permis aux employeurs du Québec de pourvoir 300 postes vacants avec des travailleurs étrangers temporaires.  Les postes en soudage, santé, hôtellerie, informatique et restauration ont tous été pourvus lors de la mission de recrutement organisée par le gouvernement
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Vidéo en direct Immigration.ca: Comment la décision du tribunal sur le projet de loi 9 affecte les employeurs et les candidats au Québec

Two-Thirds of Residents Back Same or Increased Quebec Immigration Levels
Le 9 avril 2019 – Le Système d’immigration du Québec continue de faire l’objet d’une controverse après la décision d’une Cour supérieure d’obliger le gouvernement à traiter les demandes en instance. Dans la dernier vidéo en directe d’immigration.ca, l’avocat en immigration Colin Singer résume la situation actuelle d’un point de vue juridique. Il discute des
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