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British Columbia signs new immigration agreement

The province of British Columbia (BC) has signed a new immigration agreement with federal government of Canada to improve collaboration between provincial and federal governments in immigration matters.

Canada to introduce e-passports

Canadian citizens will be able to get e-passports as early as 2012, according to the federal government, joining about 60 other countries that have already adopted the high-tech document.

Saskatchewan launches new immigration website

The government of Saskatchewan has launched a new immigration website to welcome and help newcomers, and it includes an application feature that is the first of its kind in Canada.

Ontario unemployment continues to drop

Following the national trend in Canada, employment in Ontario continued its upward trend in March, with 18,000 new jobs created.

Nova Scotia adds 1500 jobs in March

Nova Scotia’s unemployment rate continues to drop, with news of 1500 new jobs added just in the month of March.

IT skills shortage in Canada will worsen, say experts

A number of experts are warning about a skills shortage affecting the IT industry in Canada. The shortage is likely to worsen in the coming years, and businesses need to prepare themselves for a potential lack of skilled IT professionals.

Too many jobs, not enough people – say Canadian experts

A severe shortage of skilled workers combined with a surplus of jobs in Canada is the portrait of Canada’s future, according to experts.

End of recession brings skills shortages to Canada

A number of reports are drawing Canada’s attention to a shortage of skilled workers that will hit the country as it recovers from the global financial crisis.

Study will identify occupations in demand

Algoma Workforce Investment Committee (AWIC) has launched a $200,000 labour force study that will identify the occupations in demand in the district.

Lack of nurses still a problem in Canada

Health experts in Canada are worried that the country might soon be facing a crisis like the one experienced in the 1990s, when healthcare cuts by the territories and provinces drove as many as 27,000 nurses to the US alone in search of new jobs.

Canadian employment report shows positive outlook

About 15% of Canadian employers plan to hire more staff in the next three months in professional occupations, according to the inaugural Professional Employment Report, produced by Robert Half International.

Canada analyses economic immigration priorities

Canada’s Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney has launched consultations to identify the country’s emerging labour market needs and how immigration can best respond to them.

“New Canada” created by immigration

Projects from Statistics Canada suggest that, by 2031, one in four people in Canada will have been born elsewhere, and just half of the working-age population will belong to families that have lived in Canada for over three generations.

Canada to adopt plastic money

Canada’s federal government has announced that the country’s paper-cotton banknotes will be replaced by plastic ones in 2011.