New Articles - July, 2012

CIC Launches National Consultations on Immigration Levels and Mix

By Market Watch | Link to Article 

TORONTO, ONTARIO, Jul 31, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)'s Parliamentary Secretaries Chungsen Leung and Rick Dykstra have launched a series

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Immigrants face extra challenges

By Derek Sankey, The Vancouver Sun  | Link to Article 

Steven Goldman hears a lot of horror stories about the world of franchising. As one of Canada's prominent franchise lawyers, he sees a lot of immigrants who come to Canada to "

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Inheriting money from abroad? Understand the rules

– By Grant Robertson, the Globe and Mail | Link to Article 

As Canada’s population becomes ever more global, with immigrants bringing wealth from all over the world, a new kind

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Immigrant job program posts 80 per cent hire rate

By Wanda Chow, Burnaby Newsleader | Link to Article 

When Luis Masaya immigrated to Canada from Guatemala early last year, he came with an education in computer science and experience teaching at university and working in the United States.

But he couldn’t find

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International Nurses Help Close Health Care Gap in Canada's Rural Areas

By Market Watch | Link to Article 

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Jul 30, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Experienced international nurses looking to find work in Canada may have better luck in remote areas.

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Vancouver virtual job fair links prospective employees with tech companies

 

By Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun | Link to Article 

A virtual job fair showcasing opportunities with B.C.’s technology companies kicks off Tuesday in Vancouver.

“The beauty of this is that it’s a

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Immigration Canada's bold new focus

Rich Letkeman, Mississauga.com | Link to Article 

“To create a fast and flexible immigration system that creates jobs and promotes Canada’s long term prosperity, the Government of Canada will eliminate the backlog in the main

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Closure of immigration office creates gaps

By CBC | Link to Article 

Community groups say the closing of the federal government's Citizenship and Immigration Centre in Sudbury is making it more difficult for immigrants to access services and information.

They now have to either

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Language and employment biggest barriers for new Canadian immigrants

By Workpermit.com | Link to Article 

A new study has shown that the biggest concern for new immigrants and refugees settling in Ontario are finding employment and making sure that they have suitable

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Long-term immigration approach needed to maximize newcomers’ employability

Benjamin Tal, Special to Financial Post | Link to Article 

Textbook economics suggests immigration should lift productivity. After all, new immigrants open up trade opportunities; they diversify the engines of economic growth; they offer new

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