Canada eases work permits for foreign students
Sat, 10 Dec 2005 09:55:03 GMT
Studying in Canada just got better. Under a series of new federal-provincial agreements, various provincial governments have now allowed off-campus work permits for international students. Earlier, students were restricted to work only on campus. Even better is the new provision which allows them to work in a field related to their study outside Montreal, Toronto or Vancouver, for up to two years after graduation.
Canada and it’s immigration policy
Fri, 09 Dec 2005 18:36:55 GMT
Canada's annual report to parliament on immigration has been submitted by the minister and it reports his success in attracting 235,824 new people to the country. The document states “Statistically immigration traditionally was the primary instrument driving social and economic development in Canada.” and it could and should be now. Many of our new arrivals come with skills that are desperately needed as demand for their special talents and training increases with the growing population.
Agreement on off-campus work for international students.
Fri, 09 Dec 2005 01:05:50 GMT
The Honourable Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and the Honourable Chris Bentley, Ontario Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities, today announced the agreement that will allow international students to work off-campus while enrolled at an eligible post-secondary institution in the province. “This is a landmark agreement with Ontario,” said Minister Volpe. “Off-campus work agreements will enable the considerable number of international students in Ontario to acquire work experience on the labour market, strengthen their ties to local communities and enhance their integration in Canadian society.”
Ex-chair blasts salaries at immigration consultants' society
Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:12:01 GMT
The former chairman of a body the federal government set up to regulate immigration consultants says he quit because board members wanted to pay themselves $60,000 a year to attend 12 one-day meetings. Toronto lawyer Ben Trister told CBC News that he resigned from the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants last month over his concerns that a majority of board members were mismanaging the organization.
Canada and Ontario Sign Historic Immigration Agreement
Thu, 24 Nov 2005 19:27:10 GMT
The Honourable Joe Volpe, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, and the Honourable Mike Colle, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today signed the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, the Government of Canada will invest an additional $920 million over the next five years in Ontario. This is the first comprehensive immigration agreement between Ontario and Canada, and it is intended to help more newcomers reach their full potential in Ontario by increasing the funding for services to help them settle, integrate and access language training.
New Funding for Citizenship and Immigration Programs (Government of Canada News)
Wed, 16 Nov 2005 21:56:11 GMT
Citizenship and Immigration Canada's Supplementary Estimates were approved today, providing an additional $168.5 million in support of Canada's immigration, citizenship and refugee programs. The additional funding will be directed toward continued improvements to the Department’s programs and services, including reducing inventories and processing times for new citizens, refugees and immigrants. It will also support new initiatives to prevent racism, and make it easier for students to come and stay in Canada.
Immigration minister hopes to persuade out-of-country Canadians to come home
Tue, 15 Nov 2005 20:14:00 GMT
The federal government is about to fight back against countries trying to poach highly skilled expatriate workers from Canada and mount a campaign to persuade Canadians who have left to return home. Those moves are among proposals Immigration Minister Joe Volpe will soon take to cabinet to deal with burgeoning labour shortages. "It's part of the notion of changing what we do from being a much more passive receiver of applications into more of a recruiting arm for Canada," said a government source.
He looks too 'aloof' in photographs, so Immigration rejected his wife
Fri, 11 Nov 2005 21:35:00 GMT
Delta resident Parminder Singh Pannu thought his luck had changed when he married his second wife Ranjit in India in November 2002. Almost three years earlier, his first wife Anupinder died of breast cancer at 43, leaving him a widower. And three years before that, he nearly died when he was sliced from head to hip by a dagger at Surrey's Guru Nanak temple during a protest by fundamentalist Sikhs. But Pannu is more frustrated than ever now because the federal Immigration Department is refusing to allow his 36-year-old bride into the country, calling the marriage bogus.
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