Saskatchewan is aiming to become the preferred destination for immigrants to Canada from across the world.
The province wants to prepare a new piece of legislation, allowing to increase the population to 1.4 million by 2030.
The population of the province is now about 1.18 million people. That implies Saskatchewan plans to add an additional 220,000 individuals to its population by 2030, or roughly 18.7 percent more
than it has today. The province has unveiled its Labour Mobility and Fair Registration Practices Act in recent weeks to assist it to meet its target of attracting 100,000 new immigrants by 2030.
#Saskatchewan, #population_growth
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-working-to-attract-more-immigrants-1.381998
May 9, 2022
On May 6, 2022, Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), concluded a successful visit to Europe. Minister visited Belgium, France, and Poland and met
with key European allies and European Union (EU) partners to discuss the ongoing crises in Ukraine and Afghanistan, reaffirming Canada’s commitment to helping the most vulnerable people in
the world. Minister Fraser is pleased that Canada and the EU will continue to work together on addressing ongoing humanitarian issues in Ukraine and Afghanistan, as well as refugee protection,
economic migration, and successful integration of immigrants.
#IRCC, #Fraser, #EU, #Ukraine, #Afghanistan
May 9, 2022
On May 3, 2022, the Government of Canada published a new program delivery update regarding the refusal to process caregivers’ work permit applications, where the LMIA application was
received on or after June 18, 2019. According to the new update, applicants who were exempted from exemption from refusal to process criteria are now eligible to obtain a work permit under the
Home Child Care Provider and Home Support Worker pilots under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) for caregiver occupations.
#TFWP, #caregivers, #exemption, #foreign_workers
May 5, 2022
While reviewing an application of a refugee from Ghana, the Federal Court of Canada stated that it is not consistent with Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) “to process applications from Western countries while applications in Ghana were left to languish.”
The Judge agreed that the epidemic disrupted a wide range of government operations, including spousal sponsorship applications' evaluation, especially in regions where there was no
infrastructure or resources available to keep services running online and through virtual conversations, as occurred in many developing countries.
However, cases, where virtual interviews were not available, require adaptability, and it would be appropriate to proceed with the interviews over the phone.
#Federal_Court, #Ghana, #Spousal_sponsorships
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/I-2.5/FullText.html
May 4, 2022
