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Alberta immigration proposal could bring 40,000 newcomers to rural communities by 2024

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 15:42:20 +0000

Rural communities around Alberta could get a boost of around 40,000 newcomers over the next four years under policies being proposed by the province’s United Conservative Party.   Albertans will vote for a new provincial government this spring and a number of polls have shown the United Conservative Party (UCP) and its leader, Jason Kenney, leading […]

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Canada Immigration 

Le gouvernement du Québec « priorisera » les demandes des travailleurs qualifiés vivant déjà dans la province

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:00:38 +0000

Jeudi, le premier ministre de la province du Québec François Legault a abordé la mesure controversée d’annuler 18,000 demandes en inventaire du programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés. Il a annoncé que la province priorisera 3,700 demandes parmi les candidats travaillant déjà dans la province en vertu d’un visa de résidence temporaire. Plus tôt cette semaine, […]

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THE BIG PICTURE: Japan’s Nuclear Comeback

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Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2019 05:00:38 +0000

After the Great Tohoku Earthquake and tsunami, and ensuing crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in March 2011, Japan issued stringent safety regulations and reviews that affected its entire 50-reactor fleet. It meant that as each Japanese nuclear reactor entered its scheduled maintenance and refueling outage, it could not returned to operation until restart […]

The post THE BIG PICTURE: Japan’s Nuclear Comeback appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Canada Immigration 

Quebec government will ‘prioritize’ skilled worker applicants already living in province

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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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Canada Immigration 

Saskatchewan invites Express Entry candidates in latest EOI draw

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 21:56:14 +0000

Saskatchewan has invited 83 Express Entry candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence in a draw held February 27.   Those invited had an Expression of Interest, or EOI, registered under Saskatchewan’s International Skilled Worker Express Entry sub-category, which allows the province to nominate candidates in the federal Express Entry system for Canadian […]

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Canada Immigration 

A look at Canada’s new pathways to permanent residence for caregivers

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:19:44 +0000

Foreign caregivers who came to Canada after November 30, 2014, and did not qualify for Canadian permanent residence may now have another opportunity to do so through a new interim pathway that comes into effect March 4, 2019, and will remain open until June 4, 2019.    Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) announced the […]

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Canada Immigration 

Juge québécois ordonne la province de continuer à traiter les demandes en vertu du programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 22:30:06 +0000

Un juge de la Cour supérieure du Québec a ordonné au gouvernement provincial de continuer à traiter les 18,000 demandes en inventaire du programme régulier des travailleurs qualifiés que celui-ci voulait dissoudre. La décision par le juge Frédéric Bachand donne une injonction temporaire de 10 jours en réponse aux arguments d’un groupe d’avocats en droit […]

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Canada Immigration 

Quebec judge orders province to continue processing Skilled Worker Program applications

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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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Canada Immigration 

New report: Ontario nominated 6,850 applicants for Canadian permanent residence in 2018

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:03:17 +0000

Ontario issued 6,850 nominations for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 with nearly half going to candidates in the federal Express Entry system, a new report by the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program shows.   Known as the OINP, the program allows Ontario to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates each year for Canadian permanent residence. The […]

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Canada Immigration 

New report: Ontario nominated 6,850 applicants for Canadian permanent residence

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Credit to Author: Stephen Smith| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 22:03:17 +0000

Ontario issued 6,850 nominations for Canadian permanent residence in 2018 with nearly half going to candidates in the federal Express Entry system, a new report by the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program shows.   Known as the OINP, the program allows Ontario to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates each year for Canadian permanent residence. The […]

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