May 21, 2014 | Press Room
The Information and Communications Technology Council (ICTC) today announces that it has begun a three-year project in partnership with the industry and associations, academic institutions, and policy makers to ensure the availability of timely, relevant and specific...
May 18, 2014 | Press Room
May 16, 2014—Ottawa, ON—More than 700 new citizens from over 45 countries were welcomed to Canada at nine ceremonies held in Ottawa this week. The increasing number of citizenship ceremonies demonstrates how the government is working to make the citizenship program...
May 18, 2014 | Press Room
The current debate over the Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) highlights the challenges that our governments face in trying to ensure that employers are able to hire adequately skilled workers, and that Canadians have the resources they need to prepare...
May 18, 2014 | Press Room
A man who came to Canada as a temporary foreign worker offers his insight about why people from his home country come to Canada for work. Joel Leynes moved to the province from Philippines when he got a job offer, and said he couldn’t pass up the chance. He...
May 15, 2014 | Press Room
Employment Minister Jason Kenney gave a spirited defence of the temporary foreign worker program Wednesday during an impromptu speech to a business audience. Most temporary foreign workers are in highly skilled, well-paying jobs from Canada’s best allies and the...
May 15, 2014 | Press Room
Responding to Liberal motion It’s been less than two weeks since Liberal MHA Cathy Bennett first set foot in the House of Assembly, but she’s already wrung a commitment for more provincial regulation over temporary foreign workers out of the Progressive Conservative...
May 13, 2014 | Press Room
OTTAWA, May 12, 2014 – The National Airlines Council of Canada (NACC) and the Canadian Airports Council (CAC) welcome Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander’s announcement of the launch of a new CAN+ program which will expedite visa...
May 13, 2014 | Press Room
The Harper government says it is making it easier and faster for Mexicans to come to Canada. Citizenship and Immigration minister Chris Alexander has announced a new program that will make visa processing quicker for Mexicans who have travelled to Canada or the United...
May 12, 2014 | Press Room
May 12, 2014 — Ottawa — Today Chris Alexander, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, announced that in April 2014 approximately 95 percent of the visitor visas issued by Citizenship and Immigration Canada were Multiple-Entry Visas (MEVs). MEVs are a fast and...
Apr 30, 2014 | Press Room
April 30, 2014 — Montréal, QC — Today Montréal welcomed approximately 750 new Canadian citizens from 81 countries during three ceremonies downtown. Ceremonies like these demonstrate how the government is working to make the citizenship program more efficient, helping...
Apr 30, 2014 | Press Room
Work Global Canada will be attending the 6th annual Diversity Symposium hosted by The Association for New Canadians (ANC) on May 7th, 2014. — About The 6th Annual Diversity Symposium The Association for New Canadians (ANC) is hosting its sixth-annual Diversity...
Apr 28, 2014 | Press Room
Ottawa, April 27, 2014 – The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister for Multiculturalism, issued the following statement to recognize Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day: “Today on Yom HaShoah we stand together with Jewish communities in Canada and around the world in...
Apr 27, 2014 | Press Room
The Temporary Foreign Worker program is critically important to restaurant operators in select regions of Canada, where they have no other staffing options for their businesses. Unfortunately, several myths and generalizations about the program are circulating due to...
Apr 27, 2014 | Press Room
Helping internationally trained immigrants get jobs related to their fields April 25, 2014 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Employment and Social Development Canada The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with the Honourable...
Apr 26, 2014 | Press Room
MANILA, Philippines—Here’s good news for Filipinos wishing to work or permanently settle in Canada. The Canadian government is forging ahead with a new immigration system that will offer “express entry” to qualified immigrants, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda...
Apr 25, 2014 | Press Room
Canada and its maritime province Nova Scotia are set to roll out new immigration programs that will provide job opportunities and permanent settlement for qualified applicants. In a statement Friday, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Canada will implement in...
Apr 24, 2014 | Press Room
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, the Government of Canada announced new occupations and caps for the popular Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program. Additional important information has been announced for the Federal Skilled Trades (FST) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC)...
Apr 24, 2014 | Press Room
Hermie and Mila Garcia, political prisoners under a dictatorship, did odd jobs to fund their own paper, which celebrates its 25th anniversary. For the past 25 years, Hermie and Mila Garcia have followed the same routine every other week: up till the wee hours...
Apr 23, 2014 | Press Room
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander was in Richmond Hill on Tuesday where he spoke about Canada’s new immigration system which will offer ‘express entry’ to qualified economic immigrants starting on Jan. 1, 2015. The Canadian government is...
