On July 8, 2022, Statistics Canada published a new labour survey analyzing the Canadian labour market for June.
According to the new report, the unemployment rate in Canada hit a new all-time low of below 5% in June.
Despite a decrease of 43,000 jobs in Canada, unemployment fell by 0.2 percentage points to 4.9 percent, as fewer people were looking for employment.
In five out of 10 provinces, the unemployment rate was less than 5 percent. In fact, it was as low as 4% in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
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July 11, 2022
Client Survey of Temporary Resident applications in India has revealed that rural India is inundated with advertising with potential applicants unable to know which agent to choose.
There are hundreds of billboards directing the public to agents to get a visa.
The issue is only 8.5% of these agents were ICCRC authorized representatives, while the rest of the clients utilized the services of unauthorized immigration agents.
According to the survey result, 29% of the agents guaranteed that a visa would be issued, and 15% of the clients were charged an additional fee once the visa is issued.
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July 5, 2022
The Canadian Government announced in late 2019 that it would waive application fees for new Canadian citizenship applicants.
The pandemic delayed these plans, and then Canada held a federal election. Justin Trudeau, the leader of Canada's Liberal Party, asked his new immigration minister,
Fraser, to keep his campaign promise and waive citizenship fees after the party's third consecutive victory. This is outlined in Fraser's ministerial mandate letter, which describes his top
immigration priorities. However, the Canadian Government will need more time to fulfill its pledge to waive citizenship fees.
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July 4, 2022
According to the latest Statistics Canada report, sustainable immigration flows are critical to meet the need for both high- and low-skilled employees in many sectors as businesses recover from the COVID-19 epidemic.
In the long run, larger immigration volumes will be required to a certain extent to mitigate the consequences of Canada's aging population on the job market.
In the years preceding the pandemic, immigrants' employment prospects significantly improved. Temporary foreign workers and international students, both of whom are increasingly transitioning to permanent residency, have become a more important source of labour supply.
Although economic success among recent immigrants has increased, significant issues remain with regard to their skill use.
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July 2, 2022
