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The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP) is an economic immigration program that nominates people for permanent residence (PR) in Alberta. [ 2 ] To be eligible, nominees must either have skills that satisfy job shortages in Alberta or be preparing to buy or begin a business in the province.
A Labour Market Impact Assessment (French: étude d’impact sur le marché du travail, LMIA) is a document that an employer in Canada may need to receive prior to hiring a foreign worker. [ 1 ] The LMIA program has been noted to be used by fraudulent actors to sell jobs to temporary foreign workers , with them being sold a work permit in ...
[13] [14] On 23 May 2022, Canada announced the Canada-Ukraine Transitional Assistance Initiative (CUTAI) to further support Ukrainians arriving in Canada under CUAET. All individuals in Canada under CUAET are eligible to receive one-time financial support under CUTAI, amounting to CA$3,000 per adult (18 years and older) and CA$1,500 per child ...
For the first time in 2007, overall temporary migration overtook permanent migration, with the highest increase being in the number of TFWs that entered the country, and within that the largest increase accounted for those in lower-skilled occupations in farming, caregiving, service & retail, clerical work, manufacturing and construction.
Responsible for releasing permanent resident cards for first-time holders, as well as renewals. Its intake office handles all applications for all types of work visas and applications for provincial nominee programs across Canada. The Nova Scotia office is also responsible for processing all types of citizenship applications.
Before 1910, immigrants to Canada were referred to as landed immigrant (French: immigrant reçu) for a person who has been admitted to Canada as a non-Canadian citizen.The Immigration Act 1910 introduced the term of "permanent residence," and in 2002 the terminology was officially changed in with the passage of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.
Hard times hit Alberta in 1983 and the government began to cut jobs. AUPE's membership had touched 52,500, but by 1984 had dipped to 47,500. The Union responded with aggressive organizing in municipal government and the health care sector. Patricia (Pat) Wocknitz was elected president at the beginning of this difficult period. One of her first ...
A narrow majority of 51.25 per cent of voters rejected daylight saving time, which were primarily located in rural areas, while strong support for daylight saving time was seen in Calgary, Edmonton, Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. Across Canada, by 1967, each province besides Alberta and Saskatchewan had adopted daylight saving time.