Ontario will require Temporary Help Agencies and recruiters to be licensed by January 2024.
This addresses the issue of temporary foreign workers being exploited, with some being paid less than minimum wage and not receiving fundamental employment rights.
Approximately 2,300 placement agencies and temporary help business locations in Ontario employed about 114,000 full-time employees last year.
However, the sector is known for exploitation, and ministry inspections found $4.2 million in unpaid wages for over 10,000 employees in 2020-2021.
#Ontario, #temporary_foreign_workers, #TFW, #foreign_workers, #Temporary_Help_Agencies
July 13, 2023
Increasing the number of international students transitioning to permanent residence through Express Entry would positively impact Canada's economic needs and priorities.
According to a survey, 69% of respondents agreed this would have a strong positive impact, while 20% said it would have a somewhat positive impact.
Only 7% said it would have no impact, 2% said it would have a slightly negative impact, and less than 1% said it would have a strongly negative impact.
The respondents who supported this idea mentioned that international student graduates are well-suited to work, integrate, and stay in Canada, thanks to their familiarity with Canada's official languages, Canadian educational credentials, and work experience.
#Express_Entry, #international_students, #survey, #PR
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2021006/article/00002-eng.htm
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2021006/article/00002-eng.htm
July 11, 2023
Between 2018 and April 30, 2023, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada rejected 59% of visa applications from English-speaking Africans and 74% from French-speaking Africans seeking to study in Canadian colleges and universities.
In 2022, refusal rates were 66% for applicants from French-speaking African countries and 62% for applicants from English-speaking African countries.
The stats reveal a significantly higher rejection rate for African students than students from Western countries, with refusal rates for Great Britain, Australia, and the United States being 13%, 13%, and 11%, respectively.
French applicants experienced a refusal rate of 6.7%, which is lower than the rejection rate for both English and French-speaking African students.
#International_students, #African_students, #statisitcs, #rejection_rates, #refusal, #Study_permit
https://thepienews.com/news/africas-visa-refusal-rate-an-urgent-challenge-canadian-higher-education/
July 11, 2023
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) started to hold targeted Express Entry draws. So far, IRCC held two Healthcare draws, one draw for STEM occupations and one for the Francophones.
In total, Canada invited 4,800 candidates in these four rounds in the last two weeks.
We may expect similar draws aimed at Trades, Transport and Agriculture occupations quite soon.
It is too early to judge how successful those rounds will be, but the Minister Sean Fraser is very optimistic about it.
#IRCC, #Express_Entry, #Fraser, #immigration_to_Canada, #PR
July 11, 2023
