Canadian Immigration News

"The West has wanted in, the West is in now." PM Harper told supporters at a victory speech after his party's meager minority defeat. Harper's sentiment underlines the hope Alberta has that the Conservative Government will help the province approve a draft strategy regarding labour shortage.

Only about 150 of the 250,000 immigrants who come to Canada every year choose to settle permanently in Newfoundland and Labrador. The provincial government intends to triple that number.

In Brampton, Ontario, a fast-growing suburb of Toronto, a new centre has opened its doors to offer a broad range of services aimed to help immigrants navigate the Canadian job market. The Brampton Employment Resource Centre is an initiative funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to provide information and services to help newcomers build bridges into employment.

As a multicultural society, Canadian culture is shaped by the contributions of immigrants. A new competition being run by Radio Canada International is celebrating this contribution by inviting young people in Canada to use their artistic skills to tell stories about immigrating to Canada.

Immigration Minister Announces Tripling of the Number of Parents and Grandparents Immigrating to Canada every yearThe measures to speed up the processing of sponsorship applications for parents and grandparents coming to Canada as family class immigrants includetripling the number of parents and grandparents who can immigrate to Canada from 6,000 to 18,000 a year in 2005 and in 2006.

With a populous and impending generation of retiring workers, Fredericton focuses on regional immigration as a means to supplement their workforce and bolster their booming economy.

The latest national census confirmed that, though the population of New Brunswick has not decreased over the past five years, it has not seen much growth either. Greg Byrne, the minister responsible for the population growth secretariat has underlined the importance of encouraging people to settle in New Brunswick and to stay there.

After a half-century of immigration, Canada has the second largest community of Filipinos in the world outside of the Philippines itself. Overtime this community has grown to number 315,000, accounting for one per cent of the total Canadian population. A new book written by two Filipino-Canadians celebrates the Filipino community in Canada and its history.

A new immigration agreement has been signed today by the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Diane Finley, the Alberta Minister of Employment, Immigration, and Industry, Iris Evans, and the Premier of Alberta, Ed Stelmach. The Agreement for Canada-Alberta Cooperation on Immigration is a commitment from the federal government to work collaboratively on immigration matters with the Province of Alberta. It is designed to address Alberta’s labour force needs and the needs of newcomers to the province.

Several Canadian Members of Parliament (MP) have spoken up recently in defence of dual citizenship. Their comments came in response to recent calls for the newly elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Stephane Dion.