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Analysis: Factors that may affect Express Entry CRS scores

August 10, 2022 admin analysis, cec, comprehensive ranking system, CRS, Express Entry, express entry draw, fswp, immigration, IRCC, ita, permanent residence, PNP, provincial nominee program

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 12:00:08 +0000

Canada has resumed all-program Express Entry draws as of July 6. Since then, the number of Invitations to Apply (ITAs) issued in each draw has grown by 250 each week, causing the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score requirements to go down. That being said, score cutoffs are still quite high. The most recent Express Entry […]

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Canada Immigration

Analysis: Canada’s provinces are seeking a new deal on immigration

August 4, 2022 admin analysis, canada quebec accord, Express Entry, fmri, fpt, immigration, immigration minister, IRCC, Manitoba, oinp, Ontario, PNP, Quebec, Saskatchewan, sean fraser, sinp

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:00:00 +0000

On July 28, 2022, the Government of Saskatchewan released a statement that it is seeking greater control over its immigration system. The statement came on the same day Saskatchewan’s immigration minister Jeremy Harrison attended a meeting in New Brunswick with the rest of Canada’s immigration ministers, including his federal counterpart, Sean Fraser. Discover if You […]

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Canada Immigration

How can Canada avoid major immigration backlogs in the future?

May 20, 2022 admin analysis, backlogs, cimm, Express Entry, family class, immigration levels plan, immigration levels plan 2022-2024, IRCC, refugees, spousal sponsorship

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 12:00:18 +0000

Earlier this month the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM) began a study on IRCC’s application processing times and backlogs. The purpose of CIMM is to provide oversight of the immigration system and release studies that contain recommendations for improvement. CIMM invited me to Ottawa to participate in this study, which I […]

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Canada Immigration

How Canada can improve the Temporary Foreign Worker Program

April 15, 2022 admin analysis, Business, canada labour market, covid, labour shortage, pandemic, temporary foreign worker, temporary foreign worker canada, tfwp

Credit to Author: Isaac Kinsella| Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2022 13:00:39 +0000

A recent study from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business titled “Labour shortages are back with a vengeance” found that 54% of businesses could not find all the staff they need, with only 42% reporting being able to fully staff their operations. Some small businesses have made changes to increase their competitiveness in the job […]

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Canada Immigration

Express Entry: IRCC aims to resume FSWP and CEC invitations this spring

March 23, 2022 admin analysis, cec, CRS, Express Entry, fstp, fswp, immigration, immigration levels plan, immigration levels plan 2022-2024, immigration minister, ita, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 13:00:05 +0000

Immigration Minister Sean Fraser said in a recent interview that the immigration department was looking to resume Express Entry draws for skilled workers in the spring. Minister Fraser was speaking to ApplyBoard in a virtual interview on issues relating to international students. One of the minister’s mandates is to create pathways to permanent residency for […]

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Magazines

The Economics of Reliability: U.S. Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution

February 24, 2022 admin analysis, Business, news, O&M, pinnacle, reliability

Credit to Author: Jeff Krimmel| Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:51:50 +0000

The U.S. power network received attention for tragic reasons in 2021. From February 10 through 20, Texas suffered a severe power crisis due to a confluence of catastrophic winter storms. Failures occurred across all types of electricity generation facilities—natural gas, coal, and nuclear plants shut down, and wind turbines froze. Problems cascaded, as the compressors […]

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Canada Immigration

Canada’s decision to land over 400,000 immigrants in 2021 has come at a cost

February 3, 2022 admin analysis, cec, Economy, Express Entry, fswp, immigration, immigration levels plan, IRCC, labour market, PNP, Quebec, sean fraser

Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2022 13:00:49 +0000

The Canadian government entered 2021 with an ambitious immigration goal. Despite all the challenges being caused by the pandemic, it wanted to land 401,000 new immigrants, the highest total since Canada became a country in 1867. In a recent press release outlining the steps it is taking to improve application processing, the government noted Canada […]

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Manila News Philippines

Septuagenarian Democrats spill their baggage on debate stage

February 22, 2020 admin analysis, debate, septuagenarian democrats

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2020 16:33:20 +0000

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Bernie Sanders is 78 years old. So is Michael Bloomberg. Joe Biden is 77. The trio of septuagenarians topping the national polls for the Democratic presidential nomination tout their advanced years as the experience that is needed to serve in the White House. But with age comes baggage and they are all toting […]

Manila News Philippines

Pope Francis sides with traditionalists on priest celibacy

February 15, 2020 admin analysis, Pope Francis

Credit to Author: Agence France-Presse| Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 17:30:01 +0000

VATICAN CITY: In quashing the idea of married priests in the Amazon, Pope Francis has appeased traditionalists while disappointing progressives who had hoped for a historic turning point in the Catholic church. In his “apostolic exhortation” on the Amazon basin published Wednesday, Francis slammed the door on a progressive proposal offered by the region’s bishops […]

Manila News Philippines

Do I need permission to breathe?

February 8, 2020 admin analysis

Credit to Author: Inter Press Service| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2020 17:35:40 +0000

A migrant woman’s story By Fairuz Ahmed NEW YORK: “I soiled my pants, I could feel the wetness seeping into my waistband, my eyes started to become blurry. Only the sound of the blaring television assured me that I was still alive. I tried to stop thinking and make my mind go completely blank. Over the […]