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Canada Immigration 

Le Québec devrait accueillir 80 000 immigrants par année, pas 50 000

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:00:59 +0000

Pour maintenir une économie forte, le Québec a besoin de doubler sa cible d’immigration actuelle.  Depuis plusieurs années, la deuxième principale province du Canada accueille environ 50 000 immigrants par année, et se classe ainsi en deuxième position derrière l’Ontario. Toutefois, en ce qui concerne le nombre de nouveaux arrivants qui sont accueillis par habitant, le Québec […]

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Canada Immigration 

Quebec says reforms to popular immigration program won’t affect students, workers already in province

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Credit to Author: Alexandra Miekus| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2019 17:35:34 +0000

Foreign students and temporary workers who were already in Quebec on November 1 will not have to meet new eligibility criteria for the Quebec Experience Program, the province’s immigration minister has announced. The reversal comes a day after opposition parties, student groups, foreign workers and foreign students converged on Quebec’s National Assembly and called on […]

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Canada Immigration 

Growing majority of Canadians reject idea that Canada accepts too many immigrants

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2019 19:36:48 +0000

A new survey of public opinion on immigration shows the number of Canadians holding positive views of immigration grew between April and October.  Since the Environics Institute’s previous Focus Canada survey in April, public disapproval with the statement “overall, there is too much immigration to Canada” rose from 59 per cent to 63 per cent […]

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Canada Immigration 

Quebec needs 80,000 immigrants per year, not 50,000

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:09:46 +0000

To sustain a strong economy, Quebec needs almost twice as many immigrants as it is currently targeting.  In recent years, Canada’s second-largest province has welcomed around 50,000 immigrants annually, ranking second behind Ontario. On a per capita basis, however, Quebec’s newcomer intake ranked sixth among Canada’s provinces and territories. The province’s decision last year to […]

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CleanTech Energy News Science 

National Community Solar Programs Tracker

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Credit to Author: John Farrell| Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2019 20:25:59 +0000

Originally published at ilsr.org. Updated Quarterly How are Community Solar Garden programs doing across the country? For decades, rooftop solar has allowed homeowners to generate their own renewable energy — reducing their dependence upon grid energy and lowering their energy bills. However, solar rooftops are not an option for many people. What about those who [&hellip

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Canada Immigration 

Saskatchewan invites 858 Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand candidates

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 23:09:52 +0000

Saskatchewan ended October with another big draw for immigration candidates in its Express Entry and Occupation In-Demand sub-categories.  The 858 invitations issued October 31 continued a six-week string of major draws through these popular Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) pathways, neither of which requires a job offer in Saskatchewan or Canadian work experience in order […]

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Canada Immigration 

Quebec updates Area of Training List

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 22:26:59 +0000

Quebec’s Immigration Ministry published its updated Area of Training List on Friday, November 1. The new list replaces the previous Area of Training List that was published August 2, 2018, and the ministry said the updated version applies to all applications submitted before or after November 1. The list is used by the Government of […]

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Canada Immigration 

Quebec Experience Program reopens for graduate applications

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 16:07:05 +0000

International graduates can once again submit applications for a permanent residence selection certificate through the Quebec Experience Program (Programme de l’expérience du Québec, PEQ). Quebec’s Immigration Ministry (MIFI) reopened the PEQ’s graduate stream November 1 after suspending it in July. Temporary foreign workers with eligible work experience in Quebec can continue applying to the PEQ […]

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Canada Immigration 

Processing time for applications to federal Self-Employed Persons Program now down to 22 months

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 15:44:57 +0000

The processing time for applications to Canada’s Federal Self-Employed Persons Program is now down to 22 months — a major improvement from the seven years it was taking just a few years ago.    The Self-Employed Persons Program allows eligible individuals with relevant experience in athletics or arts and culture to apply for Canadian permanent […]

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Canada Immigration 

‘I really wanted to be with my mom’: The challenges of grieving from a distance

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 13:13:45 +0000

Over her lunch break on one of the only Fridays she had to work, Maha Daoud watched the burial of her grandmother in Tunisia from her cell phone in her office at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Daoud had wanted to attend her grandmother’s funeral. She had been a matriarch and a role model for […]

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