Last month the government welcomed a record number of permanent residents
The new stream will include anyone facing persecution for advocating or defending human rights
The 2021 figures, which only include up to Feb. 28, show the rate of applications refused climbed to 70%
Canada plans to increase persons admitted from 23,500 to 45,000 and expedite permanent residency applications
Some handcuffed, shackled and held with little to no contact with the outside world
Canada poised to amend the Citizenship Act to update the oath in line with TRC recommendations
‘They need to give more information without having to wait for people to ask for it’
The federal government pledged in the 2021 budget to spend $428.9 million over the next five years to deliver the platform
Global migration has been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic
New program aims to grant 90,000 workers and graduates who are currently in Canada permanent status
The program is open to Hong Kong residents who’ve graduated from a Canadian post-secondary institution
The program will offer affected people 18 more months to stay in the country to look for work
About 60 per cent will be economic immigrants
The political dynamic in the U.S. will always have a strong and vocal anti-immigrant component
Family reunification lottery was suspended and then reinstated
This is Gallup’s second administration of its Migrant Acceptance Index.
The government says it will accept only 10,000 applications for the program this year
