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Three Canadian Cities in Top 10 in World Liveability Ranking
The Economist’s annual liveability ranking was published on Tuesday and it placed three Canadian cities, Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary, in the top 10. Vancouver placed third for the second year in a row, failing once again to regain the first … Continue reading
Canadians 2nd Most Optimistic About Economy After Brazilians in New Poll
The results of a new poll commissioned by the International Trade Union Confederation show Canadians behind only Brazilians as the most optimistic citizens of any of the thirteen countries included in the poll. The poll covered the adult populations of … Continue reading
Posted in canada, Canada News, Canadian economy, public opinion
Tagged Brazil, Canada, Fukushima Dai-ichi, Greece, Greek government-debt crisis, Japan
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Nearly Three Quarters of Canadians Oppose Increasing Immigration Levels
A new public opinion poll shows that 72 percent of Canadians oppose increasing immigration levels, a sign that Canada is following in suit a broader trend among Western countries of public sentiment turning against immigration. Despite the opposition to raising … Continue reading
Posted in canada, immigrants, public opinion
Tagged immigration, Ipsos Reid, public opinion
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Poll Places Canada as Best Place to be a Woman
In a poll of 370 gender specialists conducted by Trustlaw, Canada was perceived to be the best G20 country to be a woman, and India the worst. Factors that put Canada on top include government-guaranteed health care, the fact that 62 percent … Continue reading
Posted in canada, Canada News
Tagged Canada, discrimination, G20, gender equality, India, Saudi Arabia, TrustLaw
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Canada Rises 3 Spots to 4th Place in Global Peace Index
The Global Peace Index (GPI), an annual ranking of national peacefulness produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, was released today, and showed Canada rising three places, to 4th place among the 158 nations in the index. The index … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Canada, Global Peace Index (GPI), Institute for Economics and Peace
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Census Data Shows Canadian Retiree Population to Rapidly Increase in Coming Years
Results from the 2011 census show that Canada’s population has reached its peak in terms of productivity, and that the population of retirees will explode in coming years as the main bulk of baby boomer generation reaches retirement age. The census … Continue reading
Visible Minority Population of Canada Increasing
A Toronto Star story reports that the visible minority population in Canada is growing, and at a rate faster than the general population: StatsCan projects that the visible minority population in this country will continue to be bolstered by sustained immigration … Continue reading
Posted in canada, Canada News, canadian immigration, immigrants
Tagged Chinese immigrants, GVR, Toronto, Vancouver, visible minorities
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BBC Article asks “What does it mean to be Canadian?”
An article published last Thursday in the BBC asks what it means to be Canadian, and explores the role immigration plays in it: Canada is anything but a homogenous Commonwealth state; nearly one million indigenous people rub shoulders with immigrants … Continue reading
Update on Canadian Government’s slashing of pre-2008 Skilled Worker applications
As posted earlier, the Conservative government proposed to eliminate 280,000 applications filed before February 27th 2008 for the Federal Skilled Worker Program. Here are some questions that you may have: Will I be affected by the proposed changes? Under the proposed changes, CIC would … Continue reading
Europe’s Economic Problems Causing Rise in European Immigration to Canada
The increase in the unemployment rate in many European countries due to the economic problems those countries have been facing after decades of very high social welfare spending levels, and most recently, the financial crisis of 2008, has led to a … Continue reading