New Articles - November, 2011

Foreign-trained MDs benefit Canada but cost Africa

By Globe and Mail | Link to Article 

Canada’s immigration model aims to attract the best and brightest from around the globe. The skills and education of Filipino nurses and South African doctors benefit

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Ottawa man faces human smuggling, fraud charges

By Meghan Hurley, the Vancouver Sun | Link to Article 

OTTAWA — An Ottawa man who police allege posed as an immigration consultant and filed more than 90 sponsorship forms faces human smuggling, theft and fraud charges after a year

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Ontario’s dwindling appeal to immigrants prompts funding cut from Ottawa

By Steven Chase, the Globe and Mail | Link to Article

Ontario is slowly losing its appeal for immigrants as newcomers head to

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Immigrant settlement money shuffled among provinces

By Louise Elliott and Laura Payton, the CBC News | Link to Article

The federal government will cut $31.5 million from immigrant settlement services in Ontario while boosting funds to every other province in 2012, the second year in a row Ontario's

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The Queen City attracting immigrant families

By Global News | Link to Article

The Naqvi’s immigrated to Canada from Pakistan six years ago for a better life.   

Imtiaz Naqvi said his standard of living has improved significantly.  

He first moved to

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Ottawa faces legal challenge over backlogged immigrant visa applications

By The Toronto Star | Link to Article

More than 300 people around the world awaiting immigration visas have filed legal notices against the Canadian government, claiming they are being “warehoused” in a lengthy backlog.

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Super visas will make immigrants' lives easier

By Manpress Grewal, the Vancouver Sun | Link to Article

Although the jury is out on the Canadian government's moratorium on new applications to sponsor parents and grandparents for immigration, few would argue the wisdom of the new parent

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Literacy class gives foreign domestic workers needed boost

By Darah Hansen, the Vancouver Sun | Link to Article

Regine Ganancial has lived in Canada for two years but only recently did she learn the significance of those little red poppies she saw pinned to

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Prairies increasingly attractive for newcomers to Canada

By Amy Chung the Vancouver Sun | Link to Article

More immigrants are flocking to the prairies and turning their backs on Ontario — a traditional hub for newcomers to Canada — according to new statistics.

Figures released

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Literacy class gives foreign domestic workers needed boost

By Darah Hansen, the Vancouver Sun | Link to Article

Regine Ganancial has lived in Canada for two years but only recently did she learn the significance of those little red poppies she saw pinned to jacket

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