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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Canadian Military Trying to Recruit More Immigrants
The Canadian Forces are facing a challenge in recruiting enough minorities from mostly immigrant groups, according to a story in politics.ca. Author Colin Horgan notes that among Asian and Arab-Canadians, the interest in careers in the military is low: When … Continue reading
Canadian Criminologist Praises Immigration’s Crime Fighting Effect
In a special to cbc.ca, one of Canada’s largest online news publications, criminologist Michael Kempa says immigration is helping reduce the crime rate in Canada. Kempa writes that the drop in the crime rate since the 1990s has corresponded to, … Continue reading
Posted in Canada News, canadian immigration
Tagged crime rate, immigration and crime in Canada
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Canada’s North Will Need Up To 70,000 Workers by 2020 – Conference Board of Canada
A report released on Monday by the Conference Board of Canada, one of the country’s most respected public policy research organizations, predicts that mining in Northern Canada will support an additional 43,000 to 70,000 jobs in the region by 2020. … Continue reading
Immigrant Income Levels Depend on Canadian Immigration Program
In the second part of our series on the recently released Statistics Canada report on the income of immigrants, we delve deeper into the data and look at how various economic class immigration programs compare for immigrants who arrived between … Continue reading
Posted in BC Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), Canada News, Canadian economy, canadian immigration, Canadian investor program, Canadian job market, Citizenship and Immigration Canada, entrepreneur program, family class, Federal Investor Program, Federal Skilled Trades Program, Federal Skilled Trades Worker, Federal Skilled Worker Program, provincial nominee program
Tagged average income for immigrants in Canada, business class, Federal Skilled Worker Class, provincial nominee class, Statistics Canada
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New Canadian Immigration Program For Entrepreneurs To Launch April 1
Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced today that the Start-Up Visa, which will grant permanent residence to entrepreneurs who receive funding from Canadian venture capital firms, will launch on April 1st. “Our new Start-Up Visa will help make Canada the … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian economy, canadian immigration, Canadian job market, Start-Up Visa, startup visa
Tagged angel investor group, business incubator, Canada's Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA), Canadian Association of Business Incubation, National Angel Capital Organization (NACO), start-up visa, venture capital fund
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Income of Canadian Immigrants Varies Depending on Time, Country of Origin
This is the first of our two part series on the recently released Statistics Canada report on the income of immigrants. We analyse income trends for immigrants from different regions of the world who arrived between 2006 and 2010. The … Continue reading
Regulatory Compliance Costs Canada’s Economy $6,000 per Employee, Possible Relief on the Way
A report by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), which represents Canada’s small and medium sized businesses, estimates that the country’s regulatory burden costs Canadian businesses nearly $6,000 per employee per year, with the cost falling heaviest on small … Continue reading
Posted in Canadian economy, canadian immigration, Canadian investor program, Canadian job market, Federal Investor Program, PNP investor program
Tagged Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB), Red Tape Reduction Action Plan, regulatory compliance costs, regulatory costs for small business
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Lawyers Representing Canadian Immigration Applicants Argue Unlawful Discrimination in Backlog Wipe-Out
Lawyers representing a group of 1,000 immigration hopefuls whose applications for permanent residence under the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) were closed by the federal government under Bill C-38 argued in a hearing this week that the government’s decision violated … Continue reading
Canada’s Most Popular Immigration Program Will Not Have Priority List – Minister
A 140 character tweet from Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney last August may have answered one of the most pressing questions about the updated rules of the Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) when it relaunches in May: will it … Continue reading
Canada to Accept 5,000 Iraqi and Iranian Refugees – Immigration Department
While visiting Citizenship and Immigration Canada’s (CIC) office in Ankara, Turkey, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced that the federal government will resettle up to 5,000 Iraqi and Iranian refugees who are currently residing in Turkey. The move is intended to … Continue reading