Windsor-Essex to Attract Investors via Immigrant Investor Capital Scheme

Matt Marchand, CEO of the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce in Ontario, aims to get a share of the new pool of rich foreign investors arriving in Canada through the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) scheme. Read More. Source: SCMP
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Number of Quebecers Moving Out-of-Province at 15-Year High

2013 saw Quebec’s population rising by about 63,000, but it also saw the total growth rate for the province decreasing for the fourth consecutive year. This week the annual report on population statistics as released by the Institut de la statistique du Québec, found that the slowdown was not due to a declining number of births
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Pilot Project for Foreign Spouses and Dependent Children of Highly Skilled Canadians or Permanent Residents Returning to Work in Ontario

Operational Bulletin 229-A – April 23, 2012 Pilot Project for Foreign Spouses and Dependent Children of Highly Skilled Canadians or Permanent Residents Returning to Work in Ontario Issue The authorities released Operational Bulletin 229 on November 24, 2010. Initially, this pilot was due to conclude on May 23, 2012. However, the authorities have extended this
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Ontario’s New Restrictive Licensing Rules Targets Immigrant Nurses

Changes made by the nursing regulatory body last year have created additional hurdles for internationally educated nurses, who are struggling to meet the regulator’s new “safe practice” rules and face multiple delays in restarting their nursing careers. The new OSCE test was introduced in March 2013 as an entry test for internationally educated RNs before
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Unemployment Falls to Near Six-Year Low

Canada’s unemployment rate plunged to 6.8 per cent in September, its lowest level in nearly six years, Statistics Canada says. Ontario enjoyed the biggest gain, adding 24,700 new jobs, pushing the province’s unemployment rate down to 7.1 per cent from 7.4 per cent in August, the federal agency said Friday. The labour market data delivered
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Foreign Medical Grad Finds Ontario System Tough to Crack

Anupam Apu is good enough to be an immigrant but not a doctor. He is one of over 6,000 international medical graduates in Ontario dealing with the daily frustration of knowing their chances of becoming practising doctors are slim to none. The 36-year Bangladesh native thought that when he ticked the box for general physician
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Ontario Would Be Wise to Do More for Immigrant Children

A new report has just been published by the C.D. Howe Institute about immigration that urges Canada “to define success not just in terms of immediate job prospects for newcomers, but also the capacity of their children to become successful.” This is a fitting topic given that one in five of Canada’s kids below the age
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Ontario Immigrant Investor Program Could Boost Economy

Since 1991, Quebec has been the only province in Canada with full jurisdiction over its own immigration program. As provinces increasingly spar with the federal government over immigration issues, some experts are calling for similar powers for Ontario. Looking to examples in Quebec and Prince Edward Island – where the provincial government has almost exclusive
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Why are so many temporary foreign workers in Southwestern Ontario?

Canada’s temporary foreign worker program has been experiencing rapid growth and the reason often cited is that the program is needed in areas suffering from severe labour shortages. However, it comes as quite a surprise that TFW figures in South-western Ontario have suddenly increased given that the labour market in the region has been declining
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Ontario Nurses Warn of Extreme Shortages

  The Ontario Nurses’ Association says that the province is facing a “chaotic” shortage in nursing if drastic changes are not made. Speaking on behalf of the association at a rally in Toronto last week, ONA first vice-president Vicky McKenna warned that Ontario is already lagging behind the other provinces, and would need 18,000 nurses
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