November 2014

The association representing Quebec farm workers says Canada’s immigration bureaucracy is hurting the province’s agricultural industry and could result in the closure of many of its farms. FERME, the association that represents more than 800 Quebec farms and 8000 of its farm workers, accuses the federal government’s immigration bureaucracy of impeding the use of foreign […]

Citing the need to ensure the safety of Canadians, the federal government has tabled a new immigration-related law that bans any foreign individuals who engage in “barbaric cultural practices.” When passed into law, the Zero Tolerance For Barbaric Cultural Practices Act will amend Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA), as well as its Civil

Future immigrants to Canada will have to meet the needs of the country’s labor market in order to attain their work visas. That was the message recently delivered by Canada’s federal Employment Minister Jason Kenney. The minister said that his government’s immigration policies will be designed to rectify gaps in the labor market, where jobs