NEWS

  • Liberals plan to reduce permanent resident backlog for caregivers
    Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen said Sunday his department will process 80 per cent of backlogged permanent resident applications by the end of next year. But critics say Ottawa still isn’t doing enough to protect caregivers and prevent their families from being separated. Saying the government is committed “first and foremost” to ...
  • New CBC TV App Will Let Viewers Pay To Watch Shows Without Ads
    CBC said Monday it plans to launch a paid version of a new CBC TV app that will let viewers watch programs without ads. The broadcaster said in a memo that the new app, which will also be available for free in an ad-supported version, will allow users to live stream ...
  • Kenyans to Register with the Kenyan High Commission in Canada
     
  • Closing the immigrant wage gap: is speaking English important?
    Statistics Canada has released new data from the 2016 census that shows more than any other G8 country, Canada is a nation of immigrants. One in five Canadians (21.9 per cent to be exact) were born in another country. Immigration is a significant component of Canada’s population growth and evolving demographic ...
  • Raise immigration levels to boost Canada’s GDP
    In a recent report titled 450,000 Immigrants Annually?, the Conference Board of Canada says that the best bet to meet the imminent economic challenges of Canada’s aging population is to increase rates of immigration. The not-for-profit think tank, which analyzes economic trends and public policy, says that due to an imbalance ...