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Québec publie un guide pour préparer les immigrants au nouveau test de valeurs

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:23:29 +0000

Le gouvernement du Québec a fourni de nouveaux détails sur le test des valeurs que toute personne candidate à l’immigration devra réussir pour être admissible à la sélection permanente dans la province. À compter du 1er janvier 2020, les candidates et les candidats à l’immigration qui souhaitent s’établir au Québec devront obtenir ce que le gouvernement […]

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Canada Immigration 

Here’s how Canada’s Express Entry system performed in 2019

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:30:21 +0000

Canada’s Express Entry system kept both candidates and observers on their toes in 2019 with a number of unexpected twists and turns.   Though it fell just short of 2018’s record results, Canada’s principal immigration pathway for highly skilled foreign workers still finished the year with an impressive 85,300 invitations to apply for Canadian permanent residence […]

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2019 was a banner year for Canada’s Express Entry-linked PNP streams

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:20:22 +0000

Perhaps the best news to come out of Canada’s Express Entry system in 2019 was the amount of activity among Express Entry-linked provincial nomination streams. Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) allows participating provinces and territories to nominate a set number of skilled workers and other economic immigration candidates for permanent residence. Each of the nine […]

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Canada Immigration 

Canadian immigration in 2020: Expect a big year for provincial and regional immigration programs

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2019 15:39:35 +0000

Millions of new Canadians will arrive through Canada’s various immigration programs during the new decade and several expected policy updates will help to pave the way in 2020. Here’s a look at some of the notable developments that we can expect over the next 12 months both in Canada and beyond that could help shape […]

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Quebec releases guide to prepare immigrants for new ‘values test’

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 21:59:24 +0000

The Government of Quebec has provided new details of the so-called values test that immigration candidates will have to pass in order to qualify for selection by the province. Beginning January 1, 2020, immigration candidates looking to settle in Quebec will have to obtain what the government is calling an Attestation of learning about democratic […]

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Pumped Hydro Social License, Pt 1: Wind Energy Experience Says Don’t Expect You Have Full Approval

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Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 23:24:04 +0000

One of the key take aways from the wind industry experience is that assuming that you have social license because of the virtuousness and safety of an electrical generation technology is a big mistake

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Canada Immigration 

Record immigration drives Nova Scotia’s population to all-time high

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:39:36 +0000

Nova Scotia is seeing record-breaking population growth thanks to immigrants and interprovincial migrants. Statistics Canada estimates show the Atlantic Province’s population grew by 12,339 residents between October 1, 2018 and October 1, 2019. This includes 7,165 immigrants who came to Nova Scotia during this 12-month stretch. This growth of 1.28 per cent is the province’s […]

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Canada Immigration 

Record immigration drives Nova Scotia’s population to all-time high

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:39:36 +0000

Nova Scotia is seeing record-breaking population growth thanks to immigrants and interprovincial migrants. Statistics Canada estimates show the Atlantic Province’s population grew by 12,339 residents between October 1, 2018 and October 1, 2019. This includes 7,165 immigrants who came to Nova Scotia during this 12-month stretch. This growth of 1.28 per cent is the province’s […]

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Canada Immigration 

Saskatchewan issues 595 invitations in latest Expression of Interest draw

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2019 16:55:57 +0000

The Government of Saskatchewan invited 595 Express Entry and Occupations In-Demand candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence. The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) held the draws on December 20. While no job offer was required to qualify, candidates needed to file an Expression of Interest (EOI) with the SINP. Among […]

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