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	<title>Canada Immigration Blog - Attorney David Cohen</title>
	<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog</link>
	<description>Canadian immigration lawyer, David Cohen&#039;s blog reflects the personal views of an immigration expert with thirty years of experience.  David writes about his perspective on Canada immigration laws and regulations as well as Canada immigration policies of the past, present and future.</description>
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		<title>&#8230;But Is It Good For Canada?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Thursday, April 25th 2012, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) announced the implementation of a new Accelerated Labour Market Opinion (A-LMO) program. The introduction of this accelerated program is undoubtedly welcomed by many employers, who have been frustrated by rising LMO processing times across Canada. However, it is important to look at what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2012/04/good-for-canada.html</link>
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		<title>A Fly in the Ointment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Immigration Minister Jason Kenney is on a mission to transform Canada’s immigration policy. If all goes according to plan, gone will be the days when ambitious immigrants start near the bottom and work their way up the ladder of economic success. The new skilled worker immigrant will be younger and a well-trained tradesperson or a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2012/03/fly-ointment.html</link>
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		<title>Plus ça change…</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Minister of Immigration has let it be known that we can soon expect changes in the way economic immigrants are selected under the Federal Skilled Worker program. We don’t yet know the exact details but from the dropped hints, you can pretty well rest assured that applicants in the professions will be required to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2012/02/change.html</link>
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		<title>Haitian Immigration to Canada Post-Earthquake: Thoughts and Lessons Learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[January 12th marked the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake in Haiti. This event, which resulted in the deaths of over 300,000 individuals and the displacement of 1.5 million more, marked a turning point in the history of the country and the region.
Nowhere were the international repercussions of this catastrophe more acutely felt than in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2012/01/haitian-immigration-canada-postearthquake-thoughts-lessons-learned.html</link>
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		<title>Canadian Immigration Policy Shift</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This much is not in dispute. Canada has become one of the most affluent, peaceful and, for good measure, diverse countries in the world. There are many reasons for our good fortune and among them is the sound immigration policy upon which Canada… at least until recently, has been built.
Most will also agree that our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/12/canadian-immigration-policy-shift.html</link>
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		<title>Ontario’s Dominance in Decline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This much is clear; Ontario’s proportionate share of new immigrants to Canada has been in steady decline for the past few years. In 2005, about 64% of all newcomers settled in Ontario (mainly in and around Toronto) but by 2010 the number had dropped to 52%.
Is that a bad thing? I guess the answer depends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/11/ontarios-dominance-decline.html</link>
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		<title>What’s Love Got to Do with It?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The newspaper headline read “Ottawa Moves to Curb Marriages of Convenience” and I thought to myself “that is going to be one tall order.” But as I continued the article it became clear that our government does not intend to control all marriage arrangements. Wealthy geezers and their trophy wives can breathe a sigh of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/10/whats-love.html</link>
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		<title>Going the Extra Mile</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tip my hat to Borys Wrzesnewskyj, the former Liberal Member of Parliament for Etobicoke, who narrowly lost his seat in the Conservative tsunami that swept through Ontario this spring.
While in office, Mr. Wrzesnewskyj learned that a family in his riding was in dire straits. The Tabajs (including their three-year-old Canadian born twin boys) were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/09/extra-mile.html</link>
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		<title>Canada Loves These Immigrants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent article in the Globe and Mail caught my eye. The piece was about young, unemployed Irish tradespeople who, of late, have been flocking to Toronto in record numbers.
It’s been said that Ireland’s chief export is people and there is a tradition of Irish immigration to Toronto that dates back some 200 years. So [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/08/canada-loves-immigrants.html</link>
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		<title>Summer Musings – Part I</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Say what you will about our Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, just don’t call Jason Kenny lazy. It has been less than two months since his Conservative Party won a majority government and in that short time he has made a number of game-changing pronouncements. Two of these appear below along with my comments. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/07/summer-musings-part.html</link>
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