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Experts say Canada’s plan to increase immigration may ease some pressures in the labour market, but bigger changes are needed to ensure new permanent residents are matched with the jobs that most need filling. With the unemployment rate at historic lows, many companies are “starved” for workers, and new immigrants …
Read More »Information session promoting diversity in policing held in Calgary – Calgary
By Krista Sylvester Global News Posted January 28, 2023 9:03 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size An information session encouraging immigrant communities to join law enforcement was held on Saturday in hope of spurring more diversity in policing. The Foundation for the Voice of Immigrants in Canada …
Read More »Refugee children do not place significant demands on health care, Ontario data shows
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 2, 2022 8:54 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO — New research indicates refugee children and youth aged under 17 do not place substantial demands on the health care system in Ontario compared with their Canadian-born peers. A study …
Read More »Man linked to death of Noelle O’Soup was deemed ‘danger to public’ — then released from immigration custody
CBC News has uncovered disturbing new details about the deceased occupant of a Vancouver apartment where the remains of a 14-year-old Indigenous girl and a woman were found this spring. Van Chung Pham was ordered deported from Canada six years before police found the bodies of Noelle O’Soup and an as yet unnamed woman in his home in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood …
Read More »What François Legault talks about when he talks about immigration
It can be difficult to ascertain what François Legault actually believes about immigration. The issue wasn’t central to the first campaigns he waged as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec, the party he co-founded with a billionaire friend. After a couple of middling election results in 2012 and 2014, however, Legault …
Read More »Language, immigration and jobs: Catch up on key moments from the Quebec leaders’ debate
The economy, immigration and the French language figured prominently in the first leaders debate in the Quebec election campaign, featuring lively, sometimes cacophonous exchanges. The “face-to-face” model on the TVA network divides the debate into mini-debates where one leader faces off against another. The fast-paced exchanges led to some stinging one-liners. Coalition Avenir …
Read More »Florida flies migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in latest North-South conflict on immigration
A group of immigrants landed on the wealthy Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, part of a campaign by Republican governors to shift the immigration burden to Democratic areas. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took credit for the arrival of two planes of immigrants, one spokesperson told Fox News and …
Read More »Hiring spree is helping with visa, immigration delays, say federal ministers
The federal Liberal government says hundreds of additional staff members have been added in recent months to address long wait times and backlogs at Canadian airports and passport and immigration offices. But while the hiring spree has started to make a difference, cabinet ministers acknowledged Monday that far more work …
Read More »International student says she spent months in mental anguish after Canadian immigration error
Warning: This story mentions thoughts of suicide. An international student says she ran out of money and spent months in distress after coming to Canada because an immigration official didn’t give her the right document allowing her to work part time while studying in northern Ontario. Shreya Rajput arrived from India on Dec. …
Read More »Conservatives call for release of report on massive Afghan immigration data breach
The Conservative Party has written to Privacy Commissioner Philippe Dufresne asking him to speed up his investigation of a federal government data breach that exposed the identities of hundreds of Afghans seeking Canada’s help to escape from the Taliban in October 2021. Dufresne announced on November 15 of last year …
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