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From: Public Services and Procurement Canada The Government of Canada continues to take unprecedented action to protect the health and safety of Canadians by introducing measures to prevent further introduction and transmission of COVID-19 and new variants of the virus into Canada. The Government of Canada continues to take unprecedented action to protect the health and safety of Canadians by introducing measures to prevent further introduction and transmission of COVID-19 and new variants of t...

Share this article Share this article GATINEAU, QC, April 26, 2021 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada continues to take unprecedented action to protect the health and safety of Canadians by introducing measures to prevent further introduction and transmission of COVID-19 and new variants of the virus into Canada. This includes making sure that all air and land travellers entering Canada from abroad have the support they need to meet testing requirements during the mandatory 14-day quarantine per...

The Globe and Mail Letters April 19: ‘The AstraZeneca vaccine should be opened up to all adults.’ Readers take stock of the rollout, plus other letters to the editor Contributed to The Globe and Mail Published April 19, 2021 Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press Keep your Opinions sharp and informed. Get the Opinion newsletter. Sign up today. Stranger than fiction Re The Secret Bondfield Files (April 16): I thought this must be fiction or the latest movie. It seemed too absurd to be rea...

The expedited work permit for immigrant entrepreneurs is no more, here are some other options. The Owner/Operator category has been removed from the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) as of April 1, 2021. This category allowed applicants to apply for a work permit without having to do the advertising requirement of the Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). There have been more changes affecting immigrant entrepreneurs this year. As of January 1, Canada is not processing U.K. applican...

Meanwhile, migrant workers providing in-home care for children, seniors and people with disabilities documented similar experiences, including overwork, loss of immigration status and a third of workers being denied the ability to leave their employer’s house at all since the start of the pandemic. Low-wage migrant workers are restricted to working for a single employer, which creates the enormous power imbalance that facilitates workplace exploitation. Their ability to remain in Canada is de...

University webinar focused on migrant activism Poll Yes The University of Lethbridge hosted their WSSS Webinar last week focusing on migrant activism and community-based research in a global pandemic and featuring scholars whose research bridges academia advocacy and community based work in migrant justice. Ethel Tugohan, Canadian Research Chair in Canadian Migration Police, Impacts and Activism, and assistant professor in the Department of Politics at York University, started the webinar by sh...

University webinar focused on migrant activism Poll Yes By Greg Bobinec on February 23, 2021. The University of Lethbridge hosted their WSSS Webinar last week focusing on migrant activism and community-based research in a global pandemic and featuring scholars whose research bridges academia advocacy and community based work in migrant justice. Ethel Tugohan, Canadian Research Chair in Canadian Migration Police, Impacts and Activism, and assistant professor in the Department of Politics at Yor...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Canada immigration authorities are moving to abolish the special Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) processing reserved for candidates in the owner/operator category. As of April 1, 2021, owner/operator candidates will be assessment on the same basis as other TFWP applicants. Currently, candidates in the category are exempt from the advertising and recruitment requirements for obtaining ...

Documentary review: Migrant Dreams Examining the world of migrant workers Set mainly in Leamington, Ont., Migrant Dreams follows the journey of Nanik as one of the many Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) migrants from Indonesia. Like many immigrants, she has temporarily left her home country to work for a company in Ontario. In the documentary, she is halfway through her two-year contract in working with one of the corporately owned greenhouses. According to the federal government website...

Two Southwestern Ontario politicians with different party affiliations found some common ground on the issues around Canada’s guest worker programs while…