Many Canadian employers in the food and hospitality industry are experiencing serious problems finding and keeping good workers. The low wages, physical labour as well as the long evening and weekend hours makes many hospitality jobs unattractive to most Canadians. Furthermore, over-time hours, training costs and efficiency resulting from high turnover rates and understaffing can [...] [...more]
1. First, to apply to be a citizen of Canada you need to be 18 years or older. Someone under 18 needs to have a Canadian parent who is already a citizen or who is simultaneously applying for citizenship. A parent can apply on behalf of a child. 2. The second requirement is that you have [...] [...more]
Canada will stay the course on immigration in 2009, welcoming between 240,000 and 265,000 new permanent residents, Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, has announced. “While countries such as the United Kingdom and Australia are talking about taking fewer immigrants, our planned numbers for 2009 are on par with last year and are among [...] [...more]
In recent years, Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has been opened up to make it easier for Canadian employers to hire foreign workers to fill labour shortages in their growing businesses. As a result, the annual number of foreign workers coming to Canada has skyrocketed over the past few years, and a growing proportion [...] [...more]
A record level of newcomers were admitted to Canada in 2008, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced yesterday to a conference geared toward helping more immigrants land jobs in their professions. “We welcomed an unprecedented 519,722 newcomers to Canada in 2008, the largest number in Canada’s history,” Kenney said. “This number includes over 247,000 permanent [...] [...more]
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