Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 22:07:25 +0000
Immigration levels to Quebec could reach 52,500 in 2022 under new proposals introduced by the province’s government on June 7. This would translate to an increase of 10,500 newcomers to Quebec from this year’s maximum of 42,000 and mark an approximate return to the immigration level that was in place before the election of the […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 21:08:06 +0000
The settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Quebec’s Immigration Ministry will be up for court approval in June. The class action sought compensation for Quebec Skilled Worker Program candidates who paid the application fee for a Quebec Selection Certificate (Certificat de sélection du Québec, or CSQ) but were later disqualified by changes to the province’s […]
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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 16:46:43 +0000
A new study is calling on Quebec’s government to restore its immigration level of 50,000 newcomers a year. The study by the independent Institut de recherche et d’informations socio-économiques (IRIS) contends that the new Coalition Avenir Quebec government’s justification for reducing its immigration target for 2019 to 40,000 — that too many new arrivals are […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:06:04 +0000
Quebec Premier François Legault addressed his government’s controversial move to dismiss a backlog of 18,000 pending skilled worker applications Thursday, saying the province will prioritize 3,700 applications from candidates already working in the province on temporary permits. Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government was hit with a 10-day injunction earlier this week by a Quebec Superior […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:37:51 +0000
A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the provincial government to continue processing a backlog of around 18,000 pending applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program that the government wants to cancel. The ruling by Justice Frédéric Bachand granted a 10-day temporary injunction in response to arguments by an immigration lawyers’ group that the move […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 14:41:26 +0000
An immigration lawyers’ group is seeking a court order that would force Quebec’s government to continue processing backlogged applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program. The province’s Coalition Avenir Québec government proposed terminating the backlog of around 18,000 pending applications in legislation tabled February 7. The legislation, known as Bill 9, said the termination order was […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:25:34 +0000
More than 91,000 immigration candidates have submitted expressions of interest through Quebec’s online Arrima portal since it opened last September — a six-month period dominated by the rise of the province’s new Coalition Avenir Québec government. The Arrima portal was introduced September 18, 2018, to manage profiles submitted to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program after it […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 15:05:22 +0000
The Government of Quebec is moving to eliminate outstanding applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program submitted prior to August 2, 2018. The plan calls for cancelling all applications submitted before that date that have yet to be approved, refused or rejected, effectively clearing the current backlog of around 18,000 applications and refunding the government processing fee. Eliminating […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2019 18:54:11 +0000
Job vacancies increased in every Canadian province in the third quarter of 2018, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. Quebec, Ontario and British Columbia reported the largest year-over-year increases during the three-month period spanning July 1 to September 30, 2018. Statistics Canada said there were 550,000 job vacancies in Canada during the quarter, […]
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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 10:08:52 +0000
A pilot program that connects skilled immigrants with employers in Quebec’s outlying regions is starting to pay off for companies in the mining city of Val d’Or. Known by its French name, Un emploi en sol québécois, the pilot organizes job fairs with local companies in need of workers and charters travel so job-seeking immigrants […]
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