New Articles - May, 2012

Immigrants need help learning Canada’s ‘secret rules’, researchers say

By Louisa Taylor, the Ottawa Citizen | Link to Article 

OTTAWA — Immigrants need help learning not just Canada’s two official languages, but also the “secret rules” of Canadian life in order to fit into their

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Global Quebec: Why “La Belle Province” Continues to Shine as an Immigration Destination

By CIC News, the Star | Link to Article 

The Province of Quebec has long been renowned for its unique culture, which blends elements of North American and European language and society in a way that is found

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Child and youth worker among Top 25 Immigrants of 2012

By Valerie Hauch, the Star | Link to Article 

It’s a long way from a city housing project at Jane and Finch to the swank digs at One King West Hotel and Residence where Francis Atta attended a reception Tuesday for winners of

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New Occupational Guides for Immigrants were launched on May 28th

WelcomeBC websites break | Link to Article 

VICTORIA - WelcomeBC's online resources helped approximately one million clients last year - a 63 per cent increase in visits over the previous year. WelcomeBC is one of the most-visited provincial government websites.

The increase is due to the rising popularity of all of the products affiliated with

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The Conservatives tamper with an EI way of life

By Jeffery Simpson, the Globe and Mail | Link to Article 

Employment insurance, or what more properly used to be called unemployment insurance, is only partly about insuring people against temporary

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Mining town coffee shop hires foreign workers

CBC News | Link to Article 

Eight workers from the Philippines are on their way to a small mining town 600 kilometres northwest of Thunder Bay to work at Tim Hortons.

The owner of the Red Lake coffee shop, Ron Parks, said he hired the

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Federal cuts put immigrants in limbo

By Nanaimo Daily News | Link to Article 

Immigrants who live in Nanaimo and hope to become Canadian citizens this summer are in limbo because of restructuring at Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

On June 1, the local offices of CIC

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Wage cuts for foreign workers in Canada discriminatory, critics say

By Nicholas Keung, the Star | Link to Article 

Senthil Thevar joined the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change last year, hoping for more equal treatment of the growing ranks of foreign workers in Canada.

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EI Reform: Unemployed Canadians face crackdown under federal changes

By Les Whittington and Bruce Campion-Smith, the Star | Link to Article 

OTTAWA—Being jobless in Canada just got more worrisome after the Harper government said unemployed Canadians will face

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Nixed applications show policies are unjust, says skilled worker

By Tara Carman, Vancouver Sun | Link to Article 

Vancouver was at the top of Preet Deep Singh's list when he and his wife were looking for a new place to call home.

The couple, who were living in Mumbai, India,

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