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The amount of Indian international students increased in 2021

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) issued more study permits to international students from India in the first four months of this year than during the same period of 2019. From January to April 2021, IRCC issued almost 100,000 study permits for Indian international students. In the first four months of 2019, Canada issued about 96,000 study permits, which is 4.2% more comparing to 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic raged in Canada, and the number of study permits issued to Indian international students was only 34,000, the increase is more than a third - 35.4%. #IRCC, #international_students, #India, #Study_permit    

August 17, 2021

Unemployment falls as Canada fights COVID-19

According to the Statistics Canada Labour Market Survey, two months of growth in June and July 2021, totalled 325,000 jobs, which is a 1.3 percent increase comparing the pre-coronavirus February 2020 level. For young men, the numbers are already at pre-pandemic levels, and the number of vacancies for women is also reaching pre-pandemic figures. In general, part-time employment for young people grew by 62,000. In July 2021, Ontario, Alberta, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia added 95,800 jobs of which two-third were in Ontario only. Unemployment in all these four provinces fell drastically to 8 – 8.5%. #Unemployment, #employment, #Ontario, #Manitoba, #Alberta, #Nova_Scotia https://www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei/notice-covid-19.html

August 17, 2021

Canada is going to the polls

Well the honorable Justin Trudeau has called a federal election for Canada. September 20th Canadians will go to the polls and elect a new government. The liberals are hoping that their performance over the covid-19 pandemic will lead to a majority Liberal government. In Canada to get a majority government they need more then 50% of the seats in the house. What does this mean for Immigration is the big question. There is  no secret that the liberal government is very friendly to immigration and has proven that over the last 2 years by increasing the numbers of targets from just over 200,000 applicants per year to well over 400,000 applicants per year. The Progressive Conservatives know that Canada does need immigration  but are exactly as it is in their name. Conservative!! They will likely roll back the numbers if elected because they feel the numbers are to aggressive that the Liberals are using for growth for Canada. The one thing that the PC's did is they were the party to come up with the Express Entry system for skill and highly educated workers overseas. The likely hood of a NDP is very unlikely as the majority of Canadians do not agree with the platform they stand for. https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/federal-election-2021 https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Canada+Election+2021&qpvt=canada+election+2021&FORM=EWRE  

August 16, 2021

The Government of Canada invested $100 million to help newcomers integrate

On August 12, 2021, the Government of Canada announced an investment of $100 million over the next 3 years to support newcomers’ integration and improve settlement services. Funding will begin in the fall of 2021 and continue until March 31, 2024. Service delivery improvement (SDI) projects have centred on developing innovative approaches to support the settlement and integration of newcomers since 2017. An SDI expression of interest process is usually run every 3 years and projects are also funded for up to 3 years. During the last SDI funding process that ran from 2020 to 2021, 78 projects have been selected. #SDI, #newcomers, #settlement, #intergration https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2021/08/nr---000726--sbcci.html https://www.canada.ca/en/women-gender-equality/news/2021/06/government-of-canada-invests-28-million-to-help-prevent-human-trafficking-and-support-survivors-and-victims-in-british-columbia.html

August 13, 2021