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CIC launches new start-up business class

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2013

The minister of citizenship, immigration and multiculturalism has announced that Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will launch its Start-Up Visa Programme to recruit innovative immigrant entrepreneurs to create new jobs and spur economic growth

Human rights and temporary foreign workers: Tribunal reviewing death of foreigner

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 5 2013

The Ontario Human Rights Tribunal is in the midst of hearing a case involving a Jamaican citizen who died while working in Canada as a temporary

Sweeping changes to Canada’s temporary foreign worker program

  • Seyfarth Shaw LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 3 2013

On the heels of intense media scrutiny of Canada's foreign worker program, the Harper Government announced sweeping changes to the Temporary

Government announces significant reforms to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 2 2013

As part of its Economic Action Plan 2013, the Federal Government signalled that it would be taking action in the coming months to reform the

Employing foreign workers just got harder

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 1 2013

Reacting to the recent public backlash over alleged abuses to the temporary foreign worker program (TFWP), on April 29, 2013 the federal government

Major changes to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program announced

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 1 2013

On April 29, the Canadian government announced major changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). Some reforms were expected based on an

Major changes to Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program announced

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The federal government announced yesterday that it is overhauling the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). This follows recent criticism of the

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program: not so temporary after all

  • Heenan Blaikie LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 30 2013

Canada's Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) has come under serious criticism during the past several weeks. The program is being charged with

Immigration within the manufacturing industry

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 22 2013

It is no secret that skilled workers fuel business and boost competitiveness. A shortage of skilled workers is a critical challenge in the

Citizenship and Immigration Canada publishes Ministerial Instructions establishing the Start-Up Business Class

  • Blaney McMurtry LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • April 22 2013

As previously reported, on January 24, 2013, the Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism (the "Minister") announced that