CANADIAN IMMIGRATION NEWS
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| Canadas Inflation Rate at a 56 Year Low Down to 0.9 percent | ||
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Following a 12 month decline in energy prices, most remarkably gasoline prices, Canada's inflation rate tumbled down to 0.9 percent in July - a 56 year record low for the country! Wednesday, 26 August 2009 |
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| Improved Security Features and New Look for Canadian Permanent Resident Card | ||
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This week, Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism announced the redesign of Canada’s permanent resident card. Wednesday, 26 August 2009 |
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| Quebec Experience Class Immigration Program Announced | ||
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Similar to the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), the "Quebec Experience Class" (PEQ: Programme de l’expérience québécoise), is a new accelerated immigration program that will allow international students and Temporary Foreign Workers in Quebec to apply to immigrate permanently to Quebec. Friday, 21 August 2009 |
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| World population to reach 7 billion by 2011 | ||
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According to a new report put forth by the Population Reference Bureau’s 2009 World Population Data Sheet, by 2011, the world’s population should reach 7 billion. Tuesday, 18 August 2009 |
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| Canada to fast-track applications from safe countries | ||
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According to a new proposal by Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Canadian government is expected to fast-track people from counties that are generally deemed safe who make a visa application. Tuesday, 18 August 2009 |
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| Canada Transit Without Visa Program | ||
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Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), in cooperation with the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), has announced the formalization of the Transit Without Visa (TWOV) program at Vancouver International Airport into a national program. Wednesday, 5 August 2009 |
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| Canada touted as best advanced economy in the world | ||
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The Canadian banking system, considered the world's healthiest according to The World Economic Forum, was recently announced to have come out of the economic recession. Canada hasn't had a single bailout, bank failure or need for government to interfere with its financial system. Tuesday, 4 August 2009 |
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According to Statistics Canada the Canadian economy saw a 5 percent growth in the fourth quarter of 2009, an "astonishing" difference from the projected 3.5 percent that was predicted by the Bank of Canada.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenny recently announced that there will be new online resources aimed at newcomers as a way to help them facilitate themselves in Canada and provide them with easier access to government resources.
Recent changes to the Provincial Nominee Program in New Brunswick will now allow residents to sponsor their family members outside Canada to join them in the province.
