Canadian Immigration News

In the May edition of the Canadian Immigration Newsletter, Attorney David Cohen wrote a blog about a Canadian citizen who had been stranded in Sudan for six years as an al-Qaeda suspect.

Earlier this month, the Canadian government announced funding for a project that will help francophone immigrant families in Manitoba with their settlement and integration in their new communities in Canada.

The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity, recently announced that the Government of Canada would soon issue a formal apology in Parliament for the Komagata Maru tragedy.

The Honourable Jason Kenney, Secretary of State for Multiculturalism and Canadian Identity, recently announced that the Government of Canada would soon issue a formal apology in Parliament for the Komagata Maru tragedy.

A new pilot project has been launched by the federal and Alberta governments to fast-track the entry of internationally-trained nurses into Alberta's health care system.

Launched less than a year ago, the Foreign Credentials Referral Office (FCRO) is a tool to help newcomers and prospective immigrants obtain the information they need to prepare themselves for work in Canada in their fields.

On June 22 of last year, Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized to the Chinese Canadian community for Canada's past immigration policies and the head tax once charged to newcomers from China. Survivors or their surviving conjugal partners have been offered $20,000 in symbolic payments.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney is currently finalizing a new policy to help Afghans who have become endangered through their associations with the Canadian military and Canadian diplomats. Afghans who have been seriously injured as a result of working with the Canadian military and those who face threats from insurgents because of they have assisted foreigners, will be eligible for fast-track Canadian immigration.

Human Resources and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has announced that the Expedited Labour Market Opinion (E-LMO) pilot project to bring in foreign workers to Alberta and British Columbia, has been expanded for an additional 21 occupations. It will now be much faster for Alberta and BC employers to hire temporary foreign workers for a greater number of occupations.

The Strategic Occupations Stream of the British Columbia Provincial Nomination Program (PNP), currently a pilot project, has expanded beyond tourism and trucking to include workers in the food processing industry.