Supporting immigration is just so Canadian
If the Ontario election campaign reflected anything about the politics of immigration in this country, it was the generally positive role that it plays. Most notably, the opposition issue of supposedly unfair benefits to “foreign workers” was a spectacular flop because the public holds a fairly positive view of immigrants. This and the increased prominence […]
Study finds skilled immigrants highest earners for immigrants in Canada
A recent study on Canadian immigration policies has found that immigrants who move to Canada as independent skilled immigrants had the highest earnings of four categories of immigrants studied: independent primary skilled immigrants, accompanying economic immigrants, family class immigrants, and refugees. The study, entitled Immigrant Earnings Differences Across Admission Categories and Landing Cohors in Canada, […]
Canada announces two-year pause for parent and grandparent visas
In order to deal with a backlog of over 160,000 people, the Canadian government has announced it will not accept permanent residency applications for sponsored parents or grandparents for the next two years At present, there are more than 165,000 parents or grandparents of Canadian residents who are waiting to find out if their applications […]