The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) that consists of lawyers, judges, notaries, law teachers and students throughout Canada wanted the Federal Government to speed up the processing of applications for immigration.
In late July, the chair of the immigration law section of the CBA, Mark Holthe wrote to Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino, asking to solve major disruptions in processing immigration applications.
In the letter, Holthe clarified that there were four areas that the Government have to speed up the processing times.
#CBA, #Processing_times
https://www.cba.org/Sections/Immigration-Law/News/2021/BlastIMMSept2021
September 29, 2021
In response to the growing number of COVID-19 cases, the Government of Canada restricted all direct flights from Morocco from August 29, 2021.
On September 24, 2021, the Government extended the travel ban for another month – until October 29, 2021. Passengers, travelling from Morocco to Canada via a third country, must demonstrate a pre-departure negative COVID-19 molecular test result from their point of departure before they travel to Canada.
Those who had tested positive for COVID-19 before will have to provide proof of a positive COVID-19 molecular test, instead of a negative COVID-19 molecular test.
#Covid_19, #Travel_restrictions, #Morocco, #Travel_ban
https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/morocco
September 28, 2021
On September 23, 2021, the Government of Quebec published eligibility requirements to obtain Quebec’s health coverage for children whose parents' immigration status is currently precarious.
Adopted at the National Assembly in June, the ‘Act respecting mainly the health insurance plan and prescription drug insurance plan eligibility of certain children whose parents' migratory status is precarious and amending the Act respecting end-of-life care’ came into effect to ensure that these children are eligible for the health insurance plan and the prescription drug insurance plan.
#Quebec, #health_insuranceplan, #children, #healthcoverage
http://www2.publicationsduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/dynamicSearch/telecharge.php?type=5&file=2021C23A.PDF
September 27, 2021
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) and Service Canada introduced an analysis on occupational job prospects and wages in Nova Scotia that examines employment trends arising from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to the study, the economic decline is anticipated to be less severe than in other provinces due in part to the low number of cases.
However, the impact of the next wave of COVID-19, as well as possible travel restrictions is also not excluded.
The report states that businesses that rely on tourism will depend on the state of travel restrictions in 2021 and financial supports provided by the Government.
#NovaScotia, #ESDC, #ServiceCanada, #COVID19, #employment
September 27, 2021
