A former Canadian Immigration Director has stated that Canada needs to increase its annual immigration intake by 100,000 a year to match needed population targets. Robert Vineberg, former Director of Federal-Provincial Relations at Immigration Canada, is calling for policy changes in order to boost immigration numbers in most provinces.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada recently released a bulletin stating that the Canadian visa office in Taipei, Taiwan will no longer be accepting new applications.
According to the Better Life Index, created by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada placed second out of 34 counties for having the best quality of life.
Struggling Indian immigrants are getting help from a Toronto program aimed at turning them into successful entrepreneurs.
According to the Alberta Immigration Progress Report 2011, over the past five years, Alberta has successfully implemented programs to help immigrants find jobs which meet their skills and experience.
Last month, Canada added more than 58,000 jobs to the workforce. According to a report by Statistics Canada, the national unemployment rate has decreased by 0.1 percent to 7.6 percent.
More than 10 percent of Ontario’s registered and practical nurses have received their training from outside of Canada. Creating Access to Regulated Employment, or CARE, was created to help these nurses get accredited to work in Canada.
By 2020, the province of Nova Scotia hopes to double the number of immigrants arriving in their province per year.
Alberta will soon be experiencing a shortage of more than 77,000 workers within the next ten years, according to Employment Minister Thomas Lukaszuk.
Dozens of people gathered in Surrey, British Columbia on Sunday to speak out against immigration fraud and fraudulent consultants.