Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 20:26:30 +0000
The Premier of New Brunswick wants to increase the province’s population to one million in 2040. Premier Blaine Higgs brought up the province’s aging population and labour market shortage during an annual “state of the province” speech, the Canadian Press reports. The premiere referred to the province’s population growth strategy released this past summer, which […]
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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2020 15:14:06 +0000
New immigrants and temporary foreign workers in Canada may have the opportunity to apply for Canadian permanent residence in Vernon, B.C.— a small city in Canada’s wine country. Vernon became the fourth community to accept applications through the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP) on February 1. The program will be open until February 2022. […]
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Credit to Author: Alexandra Miekus| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:56:51 +0000
The Government of Canada issued 3,500 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence to Express Entry candidates in a draw held February 5. The minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score in this latest invitation round was 472, an increase of one point over the previous draw held January 22. The Express Entry system manages the pool of candidates […]
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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:42:35 +0000
Canada’s federal immigration ministry has been able to track the movements of travellers entering and leaving the country by land since February 2019. The number of days a foreign national stays in the country is relevant to applications for work permits, study permits, visitor visas, permanent residence status, and Canadian citizenship. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 05 Feb 2020 15:06:02 +0000
AutoFlightX is yet another electric vertical takeoff and landing startup you haven’t heard of (unless you read this electric aircraft roundup from November 2019 or somehow ended up in another obscure corner of the internet). It is also an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup that recently pulled in some venture capital investment and is eager to boast about it
Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:16:22 +0000
The 82nd Manitoba Expression of Interest draw took place on January 30, issuing invitations to immigration candidates vying for a provincial nomination for permanent residence. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) sent out a total of 181 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to candidates from the following three streams: Skilled Workers in Manitoba: 124 […]
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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:16:22 +0000
The 82nd Manitoba Expression of Interest draw took place on January 30, issuing invitations to immigration candidates vying for a provincial nomination for permanent residence. The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) sent out a total of 181 Letters of Advice to Apply (LAAs) to candidates from the following three streams: Skilled Workers in Manitoba: 124 […]
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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 22:07:44 +0000
Most of Canada’s recent population growth has been thanks to immigrants, and as a result, the country is becoming increasingly diverse. There is also evidence that the employment gap between immigrant workers and Canadian-born workers is narrowing. Statistics Canada says 82 per cent of Canada’s population growth between 2018 and 2019 was the result of […]
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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 17:21:20 +0000
Over the past twenty years, Canada has sought to encourage more immigrants to move to its smaller cities. The main tool it has used to pursue this goal has been the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). The PNP enables provinces and territories across the country to develop their own eligibility criteria for economic class immigrants and […]
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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:44:35 +0000
British Columbia invited 284 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence and made two important changes pertaining to immigrant entrepreneurs this week. The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) issued invitations to candidates in the Express Entry BC and Skills Immigration Categories. The Skills Immigration Category is for skilled and […]
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