On March 11, 2022, Statistics Canada published Labour Force Survey results that indicate the recovery of the Canadian labour market.
According to the report, in February, employment climbed 337,000 (+1.8%), and the unemployment rate dropped 1.0 percentage points to 5.5%.
This indicator is lower than in February 2020 (5.7%) and close to the record low (5.4%) observed in May 2019.
The increase in the employment rates was widespread across provinces and demographic groups and was most notable in the accommodation and food services, information, culture, and recreation industries.
#Statistics_Canada, #vacancies, #employment, #unemployment, #recovery
March 24, 2022
On March 22, 2022, the Government of Canada introduced program delivery instructions (PDIs) to provide operational instructions related to temporary measures to support persons directly affected by the situation in Ukraine.
According to the special measures, Canada will urgently process travel documents for Canadians, permanent residents, and their immediate family members; prioritize the processing of
citizenship grants for adoptions, and permanent and temporary residence applications, as well as the renewal of work and study permits applications from Ukrainians currently in Canada.
#Ukraine, #PDI, #Ukrainian_refugees, #refugees, #CUAET
March 23, 2022
On March 21, 2022, Atlantic Premiers - Tim Houston, Premier of Nova Scotia, Blaine Higgs, Dennis King, and Andrew Furey met to discuss regional priorities to health care, economic recovery, cost of living, and immigration.
They have also met with Sean Fraser, federal Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship (IRCC), condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine and expressing their solidarity with Ukraine.
Premiers also discussed the successful Atlantic Immigration Program.
Heads of provinces also stated that they would further develop partnerships with the Federal Government in areas such as immigration, labour market, workforce development, etc.
#Atlantic_immigration, #IRCC, #Ukraine, #Atlantic_provinces
March 22, 2022
On March 18, 2022, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser travelled to Alberta to meet with Afghan refugees and Resettlement Assistance Program service provider organizations (RAP SPOs) in Alberta.
Recently, Alberta welcomed 330 Afghan refugees and human rights defenders, increasing the number of Afghan refugees in the province to 1,600.
Each week, Canada keeps accepting Afghan refugees under the special human rights defenders immigration stream launched in July 2021.
To date, Canada has admitted more than 9,400 Afghan nationals under this stream.
#Afghanistan, #Afghan_refugees, #refugees, #Alberta, #RAPSPO
https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/minister-fraser-meets-afghan-newcomers-195200311.html
March 21, 2022
