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Iceland will join the International Experience Canada program in 2024
On August 4, 2023, the Canadian Government announced a new Youth Mobility Arrangement with Iceland, allowing Canadian and Icelandic youth aged 18 to 30 to work and travel in each other’s country for up to 12 months. The governments of Canada and Iceland will implement the new arrangement in 2024 after meeting all requirements. The new arrangement strengthens the ties between the two countries while providing Canadian youth with more international travel and work options. It also helps develop life skills, improves future job prospects, and invests in the potential of their youth, leading to a stronger, more interconnected global community.
#IEC, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada, #Island
Pierre Poilievre considers Canada’s immigration system to be broken
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has criticized Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s recent comments on housing, stating that Canada’s immigration system is broken. Poilievre pledges to expedite entry for skilled immigrants in the building trades and base the Conservative government’s immigration policy on the needs of private-sector employers, charities for refugee support, and family reunification. Additionally, he promises to simplify job vacancy fulfillment for employers while ensuring access to housing and healthcare for newcomers. Poilievre has also expressed concern about the number of international students relying on food banks and dying by suicide since the pandemic and has pledged to speed up the licensing process for doctors and nurses coming to Canada.
#Conservatives, #Pierre_Poilievre, #Trudeau, #immigration_to_Canada
Canada invited over 3,000 candidates through the IEC program
Over the last week, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) held new draws in the pools of International Experience Canada (IEC). From July 29 to August 4, Canada invited 3,273 young foreigners to apply for an IEC open work permit. As of August 4, 23,871 candidates registered in the pool, awaiting the invitation. In this round, there were 266 ITAs for Australia, 1 ITA for Belgium, 303 ITAs for Costa Rica, 3 ITAs for Croatia, 41 ITAs for the Czech Republic, 8 ITAs for Denmark, 3 ITAs for Estonia, 121 ITAs for France, 140 ITAs for Germany, 10 ITAs for Greece, 14 ITAs for Hong Kong, 139 ITAs for Ireland, 59 ITAs for Italy, 223 ITAs for Japan, 1,328 ITAs for Korea, 1 ITA for Latvia, 1 ITA for Lithuania, 3 ITAs for Luxembourg, 24 ITA for the Netherlands, 71 ITAs for New Zealand, 5 ITAs for Norway, 22 ITAs for Poland, 31 ITAs for Portugal, 6 ITAs for Slovakia, 2 ITAs for Slovenia, 51 ITAs for Spain, 7 ITAs for Sweden, 2 ITAs for Switzerland, 6 ITAs for Taiwan, and 382 ITAs for the United Kingdom. In 2023, Canada issued 105,065 ITAs under the IEC Program.
#IRCC, #IEC, #ITA, #Working_Holiday, #Young_Professionals, #International_CoOp, #work_permits, #work_in_Canada
Quebec’s economic growth is below Canada’s national average due to immigration policies
A new Desjardins report claims that Quebec’s economy is expected to grow slower than the national average for the second consecutive year. This is due to a moderate recession in the province during the second half of this year after eight successive interest-rate hikes by the Bank of Canada between March 2022 and January 2023. During the first four months of 2023, Quebec’s GDP only increased by 0.9%, compared to the national average of 2.3%. Forest fires have also affected output and exports in the paper and wood industries. The province’s population growth is slower than the rest of Canada, with a growth rate of only 2.1% in the year ending in April 2023, compared to a national average of 3.1%. This, along with insufficient immigration levels, has led to a labour shortage in the market.
#Quebec, #immigration_policies, #labour_shortage, #GDP