Arcade Fire's Win Butler acquires Canadian citizenship A week and change after Canada Day, Win Butler has become a card-carrying Canadian. The Arcade Fire leader posted the news on Instagram, Tuesday evening. “Very honoured to finally be a Canadian Citizen,” he wrote, followed by an emoji of the flag. “I’ve lived in Montreal for […]
Does Canada have an immigration problem?
Canada now issuing temporary resident permits to out-of-status victims of family violence
https://www.newsweek.com/canada-immigration-minister-ahmed-hussen-anti-immigrant-views-1452147 CANADA IS BEING ‘BOMBARDED’ WITH ANTI-IMMIGRANT VIEWS FROM THE U.S.—HERE’S HOW THEIR IMMIGRATION MINISTER IS FIGHTING IT BY CHANTAL DA SILVA ON 8/1/19 AT 12:13 PM EDT As the U.S. government continues a hardline crackdown on immigration across the country and along the southern border, its northern neighbors have been keeping a watchful eye, wary of […]
Alberta invites 471 Express Entry candidates with CRS scores as low as 303 to apply for provincial nomination
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/sask-people-s-party-of-canada-candidate-slammed-over-call-for-more-hate-speech-1.5230152 People’s Party of Canada candidate in Sask. slammed over call for more ‘hate speech’ Cody Payant says his social media post was meant to prevent violence, not incite it Guy Quenneville · CBC News · Posted: Jul 30, 2019 12:43 PM CT | Last Updated: July 30 “Our country could use more hate speech, more offensive comments, more […]
Immigrants in B.C. earn 18% less than 3rd-generation Canadians, survey finds Less than half of those surveyed said they found work to match their credentials CBC News · Posted: Jun 26, 2019 5:00 AM PT | Last Updated: June 26 Half of immigrants in B.C. surveyed say they haven’t found work that matches their workplace credentials and […]
KATHY TOMLINSON VANCOUVER PUBLISHED JUNE 26, 2019UPDATED 9 HOURS AGO 138 COMMENTS International students say Canadian private colleges use agents working on commission, both here and overseas, who persuade student recruits that paying tens of thousands of dollars in tuition is the easiest way to get into Canada and work toward becoming a permanent resident. […]
The Embassy of the Russian Federation to Canada in Ottawa is seen on Monday, March 26, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press Published Thursday, June 27, 2019 4:20AM EDT OTTAWA — A Russian student who was invited to present her research at an upcoming academic conference in Canada says she believes […]
Majority of Canadians think immigration should be limited: poll By Teresa Wright The Canadian Press Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Ahmed Hussen responds to the 2019 Spring Reports of the Auditor General in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 7, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick New polling numbers suggest a majority of Canadians believe the […]
Jacques Cartier was the first European to explore
the St. Lawrence River and to set eyes on
present-day Québec City and Montreal.
