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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>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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		<title>Changes to the Federal Skilled Worker Program</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just last week the Minister of Immigration announced changes to the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Program of Canadian Immigration.
It should come as no surprise to anyone who follows Canadian politics that the party in power, with a fresh majority of seats in the House of Commons, has reduced by half the number of applications to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/06/federal-skilled-worker-program.html</link>
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		<title>Comparing Apples to Apples</title>
		<description><![CDATA[At first blush few would challenge the proposition that Canada is a very good country in which to live and plan a future.

In the past few days alone our good fortune has been twice recognized. A report published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ranked Canada second on a quality of life index among the 34 major industrialized countries surveyed. We scored at or near the top in areas such as housing, education, health, and life satisfaction. The one blemish on our record and what prevented us from gaining the number one spot is that voter turnout in Canada leaves something to be desired. Although in truth that may say more about our politicians than the Canadian people. The second kudo comes from the Institute for Economics and Peace, which just produced its Global Peace Index for 2011. Canada was considered the eighth most peaceful country out of 153 nations examined. To put our ranking in perspective, the U.S. comes in at the 85th position.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/05/comparing-apples-apples.html</link>
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		<title>Who’s the Biggest Hypocrite of this Election Campaign?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In two weeks from now, Canadians will go to the polls to select their federal members of Parliament, and unless we experience our own “Dewey Wins” moment, the Conservative Party of Canada will be called upon to form the next national government.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.canadavisa.com/canada-immigration-blog/2011/04/whos-biggest-hypocrite-election-campaign.html</link>
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