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Express Entry’s Targeted Occupations: How Many Transport Workers Does Canada Really Need?

Transport occupations are one of five sectors that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has chosen to prioritize through Express Entry category-based draws in 2023.
To better use immigration to address labour market gaps in specific Canadian industries, the federal government in this country began conducting category-based draws – in addition to standard ones* – through the Express Entry application management system in June** this year.

La Cour suprême du Canada détermine qu'une personne ne peut être interdite de territoire au Canada que si elle constitue une menace à la sécurité nationale

Le 27 septembre, la Cour suprême du Canada a rendu une décision très importante en matière de droit de l'immigration qui limite le pouvoir des agents et des tribunaux de l'immigration d'expulser des ressortissants étrangers sans condamnation pénale pour des raisons de sécurité.

Supreme Court of Canada determines that a person can only be inadmissible to Canada if they are a threat to national security

On September 27, the Supreme Court of Canada released a very important immigration law decision that limits the power of immigration officials and tribunals to remove foreign nationals with no criminal convictions on security grounds.

Canada’s non-permanent resident population is 2.2 million people

Statistics Canada has just released a major report that changes how it counts Canada’s non-permanent residents (NPRs).
According to the latest population estimate, NPRs account for 2,198,679 people in Canada. A difference of over one million from Census 2021.
The report is significant because Statistics Canada acknowledges that it previously undercounted the country’s NPR population. The revised methodology has significant implications for Canadian public policy in a variety of areas, including immigration, economic and labour market planning and housing, among other important areas.

Les 10 principales questions sur le processus de permis de travail au Canada

Un permis de travail permet à un ressortissant étranger de travailler temporairement au Canada. Naviguer parmi les options et les processus de permis de travail au Canada peut être difficile. Voici les réponses à certaines des questions les plus souvent posées sur le processus de permis de travail au Canada.