The Temporary Foreign Worker program is critically important to restaurant operators in select regions of Canada, where they have no other staffing options for their businesses. Unfortunately, several myths and generalizations about the program are circulating due to...
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Government of Canada helps new Canadians get jobs faster
Helping internationally trained immigrants get jobs related to their fields April 25, 2014 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Employment and Social Development Canada The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Employment and Social Development, along with the Honourable...
Good news for Filipinos wishing to work or permanently settle in Canada
MANILA, Philippines—Here’s good news for Filipinos wishing to work or permanently settle in Canada. The Canadian government is forging ahead with a new immigration system that will offer “express entry” to qualified immigrants, according to Labor Secretary Rosalinda...
Canada, Nova Scotia offer employment, permanent settlement under new programs
Canada and its maritime province Nova Scotia are set to roll out new immigration programs that will provide job opportunities and permanent settlement for qualified applicants. In a statement Friday, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said Canada will implement in...
Breaking News: Re-Opening of Federal Skilled Worker Program
On Wednesday, April 23, 2014, the Government of Canada announced new occupations and caps for the popular Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program. Additional important information has been announced for the Federal Skilled Trades (FST) and Canadian Experience Class (CEC)...
Filipino Canadian paper celebrates 25th anniversary
Hermie and Mila Garcia, political prisoners under a dictatorship, did odd jobs to fund their own paper, which celebrates its 25th anniversary. For the past 25 years, Hermie and Mila Garcia have followed the same routine every other week: up till the wee hours...
Skilled immigrants to be offered ‘express entry’ to Canada in 2015
Immigration Minister Chris Alexander was in Richmond Hill on Tuesday where he spoke about Canada's new immigration system which will offer 'express entry' to qualified economic immigrants starting on Jan. 1, 2015. The Canadian government is forging ahead with a...
Welcoming a record number of visitors from the Philippines in 2013
April 22, 2014 — Ottawa, ON — Today, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced that Canada issued more than 47,000 visitor visas to Filipino visitors in 2013. This figure represents a record high for the Philippines and a 57 percent...
Canada’s temporary foreign worker program fills a need, protects other jobs, business leader says
Some sectors of Canada’s economy are ‘begging for workers,’ Canadian Federation of Independent Business president and CEO Dan Kelly says Dan Kelly, president and CEO of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, responded Monday to complaints against the federal...
Welcoming record numbers from China in 2013
April 22, 2014 — Richmond Hill, ON — Today, Chris Alexander, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister and Costas Menegakis, Parliamentary Secretary to Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, highlighted the record number of Chinese students and permanent...