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Ottawa to ease vaccine requirements and make ArriveCan optional
The Canadian Government is planning to stop requiring mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations at its borders as of September 30, 2022. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau still needs to approve the change, but the government would likely drop the requirement and end the random COVID-19 testing at airports. Cabinet ministers have confirmed that they are evaluating alternatives and that discussions are taking place within the government about whether or not to keep the travel restrictions in place. On June 29, 2022, the government last expanded public health measures at borders and claimed that 95 percent of land and air passengers were using the app at the time.
#ArriveCan, #travel_restrictions, #COVID_19, #vaccine_requirements
Job vacancies in Canada have hit a new peak
According to the Job Vacancy and Wage Survey conducted by Statistics Canada, during the second quarter of 2022, there were more job vacancies than in the previous two quarters. Vacancies increased 4.7% from the first quarter of 2022 and 42.3% over the second quarter of 2021. There are slightly over one million job openings in Canada, with a rate of 5.7 percent, which is the highest ever recorded. Vacancies are measured as the total number of vacant posts that match aggregate labour demand. Beginning in the first quarter of 2020, there has been an increase in labour demand exceeding an increase in payroll employment, resulting in the current record-high number of job openings.
#Statistics_Canada, #Jobs, #Vacancies, #statistics, #labour_shortage
Thunder Bay issued 15 recommendations under the RNIP
On June 15, 2022, Thunder Bay, ON, issued new community recommendations in the Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot (RNIP). The city approved the applications of 15 candidates whose evaluations scored as low as 49%. In 2021, the community recommended a total of 96 candidates. This year, Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (CEDC) has recommended 95 candidates. The Thunder Bay CEDC will prioritize applicants for the recommendation who are most likely to settle and contribute to the local economy. Candidates who received a community recommendation can submit their applications for permanent residence in Canada to Immigration Canada (IRCC).
#Thunder_Bay, #RNIP, #Ontario, #community_recommendation, #rural_immigration
Canada continues to tackle the forced displacement issue in the Americas
On September 21, 2022, the Government of Canada announced that throughout the chairmanship of the Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework Support Platform (MIRPS), Canada has been a champion for forcibly displaced women and girls’ empowerment, participation, and protection and collaborated with countries in Central America and Mexico on human rights, transparency, non-discrimination, and responsibility sharing initiatives. Also, three new projects have been launched to support displaced persons in the Latin America and Caribbean region.
#Forced_displacement, #displacement, #MIRPS, #Americas, #Latin_America