Canadian law requires that the government in power will have to call an election by October 16, 2023, but it could be much sooner. It seems Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is gearing up for a snap election. Media reports suggest Trudeau may call the election within the next one or two weeks and Canadians could […]
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Publishing date: Jun 29, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 3 minute read • A win for immigrants, a win for Canada. Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino is shown speaking in Windsor on Monday, June 28, 2021. The federal minister announced on Tuesday that Windsor will be part of a pilot project designed to fill gaps in local labour markets. Photo by Dax Melmer /Windsor Star
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The Windsor area has been selected to run an innovative pilot project designed to help municipalities fill gaps in the labour pool and drive economic growth.
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marco Mendicino on Tuesday confirmed the local start of the regional project under the Municipal Nominee Program and which is expected to set aside about 5,000 immigration slots nationally.
The Globe and Mail Natalya Brown, Aurélie Lacassagne and Jean McRae Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published April 20, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account
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Natalya Brown is an Associate Professor of Economics at Nipissing University and Vice Chair of the Standing Committee on Northern, Rural and Remote Communities at Pathways to Prosperity
Aurélie Lacassagne is an independent researcher and a member of the Standing Committee on Immigration to Francophone Minority Communities at Pathways to Prosperity
Illustration by Myriam Wares, Published 14:35, Apr. 14, 2021
In 2017, the head of Canada’s largest labour organization sat down with Ahmed Hussen, then minister of immigration, to discuss an idea that had bubbled up from a building trades union in Toronto. The Canadian Labour Congress suggested testing a program that would invite an underground workforce into the light. According to the CLC’s estimates, thousands of carpenters, concrete finishers, and other foreign tradespeople were working in the region without the legal right to do so. Some had expired work permits; others had originally entered Canada as students or tourists and never had a work permit. With the construction sector expecting a quarter of its workforce to retire in the coming years, the building boom had come to rest on the labour of under-the-table workers. Instead of tracking workers down and deporting them, argued the CLC, why not set them on the path to citizenship?
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