The Canadian government will invest up to $3.7 million to improve the Youth Employment and Skills Program (YESP) and support approximately 300 jobs for youth in the agricultural sector Details were announced by Marie-Claude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food. The YESP aims to support employers in the agri-food sectorRead More →
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The interim leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Candice Bergen, takes part in a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, February 14, 2022.BLAIR GABLE/Reuters The official opposition is calling on the government to expel the Russian ambassador to Canada and recall the Canadian envoy to Moscow.Read More →
PDF flyer: CE – Citizenship Class 2022 HWDSB Continuing Education offers in-person and online courses for Canadian citizenship preparation. The citizenship preparation course emphasizes the knowledge and language skills necessary for the Canadian citizenship test. Different sessions are offered for the 2021-2022 academic year: Session 1: April 5 to JuneRead More →
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) announcement on February 9, 2022, that the government tabled in the Senate the Strengthening Environmental Protection for a Healthier Canada Act (Bill S-5), to modernize the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and make related amendments to the Food and Drugs Act (FDA). TheRead More →
Significant delays in the approval process to become Canadian citizens due to staffing shortages and widespread travel restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have forced some immigrants to wait almost two years to take the oath. Added wait times are now impacting hopeful Canadians like Amani Kaman. who immigrated toRead More →
Photo credit: Adobe Stock / patpitchaya The Canadian government has published draft regulations banning six types of “harmful” single-use plastic items in Canada: straws and sticks, six-pack rings, grocery bags, cutlery and food containers. take away difficult to recycle. But the draft rules – available at this link – alsoRead More →
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Qing Quentin Huang leaves a Toronto courthouse on April 27, 2015.Chris Young/The Globe and Mail Citing unreasonable delays in a national security case, a judge suspended an eight-year criminal case against a man accused by CSIS and the RCMP of trying to leak state secrets to China. Ontario Superior CourtRead More →
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland presented the Government of Canada’s Economic and Fiscal Update to Parliament on the evening of December 14. This update is the first revision of the government’s economic forecast since the release of the 2021 federal budget in April. These types of announcements show Canadians where theRead More →
On November 19, 2021, the Government of Canada announced the following changes to its travel requirements: Exemption for short-term travel of 72 hours or less As of November 30, 2021, individuals will no longer be required to present a pre-entry molecular test (PCR test) at the Canadian port of entryRead More →
The Canadian government said on Wednesday that federal employees who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will be placed on administrative leave without pay, according to a Reuters report. The policy does not apply to those who have an exemption. Civil servants are due to be vaccinated by October 29 orRead More →
IBM Canada launched a Cloud Modernization Center (CMC) in the Zibi neighborhood of Gatineau, Quebec, creating 50 new jobs for the delivery of technologies and services mainly in support of cloud modernization in the public sector, including the Government of Canada. “We are excited about what it means for theRead More →
Last updated on September 2, 2021 Canada Online citizenship The application website is now live and allows eligible permanent residents to apply to become citizens with a few mouse clicks. “The new online application is user-friendly,” boasts Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on its website. “For example, you canRead More →
Canadian Immigration News: Eligible permanent residents of Canada can apply to become citizens with just a few mouse clicks now that the online citizenship application website is live. “The new online application is user-friendly,” boasts Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) on its website. “For example, you can now saveRead More →
The Canadian government plans to require COVID-19 vaccines for all plane, train and cruise passengers traveling in the country. At a press conference on Friday, Canadian Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced that a vaccination mandate for travelers will be imposed in the coming months. Alghabra also announced that Canada willRead More →
The Canadian government travel and tourism The website provides conflicting information on whether Americans fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can cross the border for vacations starting Aug. 9. The website echoes an earlier announcement by the Government of Canada that the border will be open to vaccinated American tourists. It saysRead More →
The Canadian government says it will soon allow fully vaccinated travelers “who are eligible to enter Canada” exemptions to its travel restrictions. As details are being debated – and the United States and Canada are also considering lifting border restrictions – the Canadian government stresses that “current travel restrictions stillRead More →
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A soldier stands guard along a road as security forces search for protesters, who had participated in a protest against the military coup, in Yangon on May 7, 2021.STR / AFP / Getty Images Two Canadian companies have sold digital tools to Myanmar authorities that can be used to extractRead More →
Bob Nelsen’s Resilience, with a mission no less ambitious than rewriting the rules of drug manufacturing, has taken an early lead with only a year of life under its belt. The Canadian government likes what it sees and plans to cut a healthy check to bolster Resilience’s Mississauga facility. TheRead More →
A Canadian family stuck in India desperately tries to return home as COVID-19 cases in the country increase and flights from the subcontinent to Canada are banned. Anurag Sharma returned in early March to attend her mother’s last rites after her recent death. Accompanied by his wife, their adult childrenRead More →
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New Democrat MP Jenny Kwan asks a question during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on May 25, 2018.Justin Tang/The Canadian Press Opposition MPs are urging the Canadian government to stop outsourcing visa processing work, saying they fear one of China’s biggest public investmentRead More →
Canada: IRCC Resumes Canadian Citizenship Tests Online December 08, 2020 Global Envoy, Inc. To print this article, simply register or connect to Mondaq.com. Key points IRCC resumed online citizenship tests after eight-month suspension The initial pilot phase will include 5,000 high priority and pre-pandemic applications The test will be extendedRead More →
The Government of Canada has just introduced a brand new bill that could change the oath of Canadian citizenship and make you an official Canuck. The federal government announced the proposal in a statement Friday, through Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. The bill hopes to include anRead More →
At this crucial time in the fight against systemic anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism, the Canadian government must take responsibility for its continuing role in the spread of racism. This includes through its misleading self-representation in Discover Canada, the official study guide for the test taken by applicants for Canadian citizenship.Read More →
Breach notification, Governance and risk management, Incident and breach response A series of offenses occurred over a two-year period Akshaya Asokan (asokan_akshaya) • February 19, 2020 According to a report from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. See also: Case Study: The Road to Zero Trust The breaches, which had gone unreported,Read More →
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MONTREAL — Arcade Fire frontman Win Butler said he had to wear a denim “Canadian tuxedo” and assured fans the Mounties were real in a social media post announcing his Canadian citizenship. The Instagram post shows Butler standing behind a cake decorated as a Canadian flag alongside officials, an RCMPRead More →
Q: Barry C, Toronto I arrived in Toronto on an IEC visa in April 2013. I have permanent residence since January 2015, under the Canadian Experience Class program. I love living in Canada and I intend to spend many more years here, maybe forever. But my mother is sick andRead More →
Posted March 2, 2016 1:49 PM EST Updated March 3, 2016 3:39 PM EST In a measure that will likely be of great benefit to immigrants to Canada who ultimately wish to obtain Canadian citizenship, the Liberal government of Canada has proposed a series of sweeping changes to the citizenshipRead More →