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  • Quebec looks to fast-track permanent residency for francophone immigrants

    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…

    Published November 9, 2022

  • Toronto adds 1,000 spaces to shelter system as winter approaches

    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.

    The city will add 1,000 spaces to its system during the…

    Published November 9, 2022

  • Why are migrant farm workers calling for permanent residence status for all? A Niagara lawyer explains

    Zahraa Hmood St. Catherine’s Standard Tue., Nov. 8, 2022

    Mandip Grewal is a staff lawyer with the Niagara Community Legal Clinic, focused on handling the legal concerns of seasonal farm workers in the Niagara region, particularly Niagara-on-the-Lake. "I've seen workers speak…

    Published November 9, 2022

  • With record Canadian immigration targets, housing fears soar, but anxieties are unfounded, experts say

    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…

    Published November 9, 2022

  • Smaller centres poised to benefit from the coming population boom

    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…

    Published November 7, 2022

  • Canada sees rise in Mexican asylum seekers, with majority landing in Montreal

    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…

    Published November 7, 2022

  • Dissidents ask Canada to extend immigration lifeline for those fleeing Hong Kong

    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…

    Published November 7, 2022

  • Canada's plan for more immigrants aims to boost workforce, but experts say they'll need support

    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…

    Published November 7, 2022

  • Some Quebec colleges say Ottawa denies 80 to 90 per cent of study permits from Africa

    Morgan Lowrie · CBC News · Posted: Nov 04, 2022

    Some Quebec junior colleges say 80 to 90 per cent of the international students they've accepted from Africa are being refused study permits by the federal government, jeopardizing their ability to offer programs and raising…

    Published November 4, 2022

  • When you are Black, elderly and a woman, health care discrimination is a triple whammy

    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. 

    Once there, I found myself paying close attention to the ways in which the…

    Published November 4, 2022

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