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CBC News · Posted: Nov 09, 2022
Quebec could be accepting more immigrants — but only if they're francophones.
Premier François Legault's government, which was firmly opposed to increasing the number of immigrants, might create a new program or category that would target immigrants who are already in Quebec, Radio-Canada is reporting.
Yvette Brend · CBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2022
Finding enough workers to assemble pre-built walls and floors at the Etobicoke plant where Paul Askett manages manufacturing is a grind.
He's hoping that a record wave of new Canadians expected over the next three years will help. Demand for the factory's product — installed in Ontario housing — is surging, but Askett says the assembly floor crew is usually short by about 10 per cent.
Shawn Jeffords · CBC News · Posted: Nov 07, 2022
The City of Toronto is expanding its shelter system as winter approaches, stressing that the need for beds continues to grow while the resources to fund them remain strained.
By Marisela Amador The Canadian Press November 4, 2022
Canada has seen a spike in the number of Mexicans seeking asylum here this year, with the vast majority of them coming to Montreal. They say they are fleeing Mexico in search of jobs and safety, but statistics show most applicants from the country are rejected.
Steven Chase November 6th 2022 The Globe and Mail
Human-rights activists and former pro-democracy legislators from Hong Kong, in self-imposed exile around the world, are calling on Ottawa to extend and expand a program that helps residents fleeing the former British colony to immigrate to Canada.
Geoff Nixon · CBC News · Posted: Nov 06, 2022
A plan to welcome a record number of immigrants to Canada includes bringing in needed workers, but experts and employers say more could be done to help newcomers arrive and thrive in their new home.
The federal government wants to see 1.45 million new permanent residents in Canada over the next three years, including 500,000 people in 2025.
The push comes as Canada is dealing with a shortage of workers.
Dene Moore Special To The Globe And Mail November 4, 2022
The city of Peterborough, Ont., has a synagogue, a mosque and a Buddhist temple. City hall hired its first diversity, equity and inclusion officer last year. There is a Middle Eastern restaurant operated by Syrian refugees whose shawarma is apparently excellent.
Hina Alam · CBC News · Posted: Oct 26, 2022
Chijioke Amadi has called Prince Edward Island home for the past 15 years since arriving from Nigeria.
He landed in the province in 2007, when he was 21, to study engineering at the University of Prince Edward Island. His road hasn't always been easy.
In his third year, Amadi was late paying his tuition and was asked to leave an exam hall. "I got kicked out of school, my final exam," he said in a recent interview.
Rogene Reid · for CBC Opinion · Posted: Nov 03, 2022
Earlier this year, my 79-year-old mother was attacked on public transit. She was taken to the hospital, where I met up with her a few hours later.
Nicholas Keung The Star Tue., Nov. 1, 2022
The federal government will use new power to hand-pick immigrants to address Canada’s skill shortages, increase the sponsorship of parents and grandparents, and begin issuing temporary visas for spouses while their permanent-residence applications are being processed.