Canada Immigration News

Improvements to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program were announced on 24 September 2007 that will make it faster for employers in British Columbia and Alberta to hire foreign workers.

The Canadian federal government and the province of Nova Scotia have signed a new immigration agreement that will allow the province to attract more skilled workers from overseas.

According to Immigration Minister Yolande James, Quebec will have to increase immigration to meet its workforce needs. Her comments come in the wake of debates on the subject of immigration.

The European Commission wants Canada to lift visa restrictions for the new member states that joined in 2004 and 2007, according to a report presented to the European Council today.

A test project was announced today by Parliamentary Secretary Ed Komarnicki and Minister of Alberta Advanced Education and Technology Doug Horner, which will expand the Off-Campus work permit program to allow students from select private educational

According to a recent Labour Force Survey study from Statistics Canada, immigrants who have lived in Canada for less than five years had the most difficulty integrating into the labor market.