Immigration Direct

As Canadian Employment Minister Jason Kenney considers major changes to Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program, the opposition Liberal Party has put forward its own plan for reforming the troubled program. Liberal immigration critic John McCallum filed a motion in parliament that, according to the Liberals, is designed to make the TFW program more transparent […]

Canadian Immigration Minister Chris Alexander is vigorously defending his government’s sweeping new immigration law, labeling political opponents of the bill as hypocrites just as the legislation moves forward in parliament. Responding to both Liberal and New Democratic Party attacks on the government’s Bill C-24, Alexander said both opposition parties were “offside with Canadians who recognize

Questions are being raised about whether the Canadian government fulfilled its promise earlier this year to expedite immigration for Filipino victims of Typhoon Haiyan. In the wake of the deadly typhoon, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) pledged to simplify and expedite the immigration process to Canada for Filipinos who were “significantly and personally affected” by

Thousands of miles away from Canada’s parliament, concerns are being raised that a new Canadian immigration law could negatively affect the dual citizenship for some Israeli citizens. In the wake of the introduction of Bill C-24, arguably the largest overhaul of Canadian immigration law in decades, some experts in Israel and Canada are voicing concern

Calling the federal government’s existing Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program “inhumane and economically unsound”, Alberta’s labor minister also warns that his province’s economy relies heavily on the availability of foreign workers. In a recent speech at an immigration forum at the University of Alberta, the province’s labor minister Thomas Lukaszuk also harshly criticized the federal

Canada’s immigration policy is dramatically shifting its emphasis to benefit employers over the interests of new Canadian immigrants. That’s the finding of a new study of Canada’s immigration laws conducted by researchers at Toronto’s Ryerson University and the Migration Policy Group; the study was conducted as part of an update of the Migration Policy Effectiveness

The head of one of Canada’s largest banks is calling for greater immigration diversity, and more cooperation between the federal and provincial governments in building a successful Canadian immigration policy. Gordon Nixon, the Chief Executive Office of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), as well as chairman of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council, says

Canada’s government is hoping that its new “Can+” immigration program will make it easier to say ‘hola’ to a growing number of visitors from Mexico. Under the newly introduced Can+ program, Mexican nationals who’ve visited either Canada or the United States within the last 10 years will be eligible for expedited visa processing. In addition