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Immigration Reporter at the Toronto Star. Can be reached at
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“Canada is certainly trying to make it more challenging for asylum seekers to seek refuge. Canada in the recent past has done a lot to make itself less attractive. To what extent will that play a role in possible demand? It’s hard to say at the moment.”
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Donald Trump’s latest anti-immigration policies may drive migrants to Canada. But are they welcome here?
Review of U.S. asylum system following attack on National Guard in D.C. leads Afghans to wonder if they’d be safer in Canada — if they could get in.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/afghan-asylum-seekers/article_c2df4bd0-2254-4455-abfa-f14fe038981e.html
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Interim injunction in place to halt the province fm enforcing minimum 2-year high school requirement till court decides if it's constitutional. International medical grads still eligible to apply for Ontario residency under old criteria until 5 pm Dec. 8.
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Ontario judge grants international medical school grads a temporary lifeline
Ontario judge extends applications for grads who would have been excluded from first round of matching for residency under a controversial new rule.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/international-medical-graduates/article_6ad75e1e-b3e9-4935-964b-99a237ba8ad6.html
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“Maybe it’s just because of the bureaucracies or maybe it’s politics...I don’t know. But why are refugees being processed faster in other regions (than Africa)?”
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Canada takes longest to settle refugees from this region, report reveals, calling it ‘systemic racism’
Canadian Council for Refugees report, released Friday, is based on Immigration Department data and looks at wait times by region.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/african-refugees-in-canada/article_9882b3fb-e2d3-4ed6-83cc-0d669f46bcd2.html
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In 2026, Ontario will receive 104,780 applications with a target of 70,074 actual study permits issued + yet-unknown share of 49,000 master’s & PhD student spots. In 2025, it got 149,011 study permit applications, with extra 32,579 for graduate students.
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Here’s how much the cuts to Canada’s international students have hurt Ontario colleges and universities
New post-secondary figures obtained by the Star reveal massive revenue losses, expected to get worse with the latest federal cuts to foreign students.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/international-student-cut-effects/article_42ce6010-b1f0-4226-8136-d399860d4811.html
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Bill C-12 amended to prevent anyone subject to a removal order from accessing federal social services beyond emergency medical care & require requiring annual reporting on the types of benefits provided to asylum seekers and the cost of those benefits.
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Committee MPs amend border bill to restrict health, other benefits to deportees
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons national security committee have amended the government's border security bill, C-12, to restrict the benefits people subject to removal orders can access.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/committee-mps-amend-border-bill-to-restrict-health-other-benefits-to-deportees/article_423df9e1-73f5-5221-8ca0-e8fb50f93229.html
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In a rare move, American faith groups have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, urging him to rethink Canada’s proposed changes to asylum rules they say have “disturbing” parallels with restrictions south of the border.
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Here’s why U.S. faith groups say they’re disturbed by Canada’s border security bill
In a rare move, the groups have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, urging him to rethink proposed restrictions on asylum rules.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-border-security-bill/article_670f4b08-2b6d-4030-a127-2235822af1df.html
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It took multiple bus rides over two days for Barbara Ngwenya to get to the Canadian embassy in South Africa from her village in Botswana to submit her fingerprints for a visitor visa application. At 67, she said that was just the start.
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600 days and counting: Why this woman is stuck waiting to visit her grandkids in Canada
Long trip from Botswana to a Canadian embassy was just the start of a process that has yielded few answers — and was originally expected to take weeks.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-visitor-visa-delays/article_b08aad14-b3ca-4289-be41-f0b395fe2bc6.html
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As of August, permanent residence application processing for a protected person's overseas dependants took 50 months. Plus 37 months for the parent’s flight to Canada, wait for refugee hearing and decision = 87 months in reunification, class action claims
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This Canadian immigrant says he was traumatized by five years of separation from his family. He has launched a lawsuit against the government
Proposed class action claims that through discrimination, Canada is infringing on protected persons’ rights to prompt family reunification.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/protected-person-lawsuit/article_85c17702-014e-41bf-9976-4f6d34250a34.html
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“The Policy imposes a significant and direct barrier to residency access...creates a disparate discriminatory impact tied to national origin or immigration status, disproportionately affecting international medical graduates": injunction application
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Injunction sought over Ontario’s international medical graduate residency rule — called ‘unlawful, unreasonable, unintelligible’
The rule requires candidates to have at least two years of high school in Ontario to be in the first round of matching for medical placements.
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/medical-graduates-injunction/article_0529bc32-5623-4e8f-a90e-6d3947b8bea9.html
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IRCC is going to cap on PSR (private sponsorship of refugees: Canada Gazette. The number of new sponsorship applications that will be accepted for processing is set at zero for 2026.
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Canada Gazette, Part 1, Volume 159, Number 47: GOVERNMENT NOTICES
November 22, 2025, Part 1, Volume 159, Number 47, Canada Gazette
https://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2025/2025-11-22/html/notice-avis-eng.html#na1
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Proposed removing failed refugees' federal social benefits; banning claims fm G7/EU countries; requiring educational institutions to share cost of asylum claims by international students. A critic says these ideas are based on misleading or false rhetoric
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Conservatives to propose adding stricter rules for asylum claimants, faster deportations in new bill
The proposed changes include removing failed refugee claimants’ access to all federal social benefits beyond emergency health care.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/asylum-claimant-rules/article_e045f0e3-3a78-4839-9e9d-1a5f70b8277e.html
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Affected OINP applicants are asking the Ontario government to assess their applications and interview them in person to weed out fraudulent cases rather than punish everyone, including the genuine ones who follow the rules and law by the book.
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Ontario suspends skilled trades program over fraud concerns
The provincial government has suspended the skilled trades stream of Ontario's economic immigration program over concerns of "systemic misrepresentation and/or fraud."
https://www.thestar.com/politics/provincial/ontario-suspends-skilled-trades-program-over-fraud-concerns/article_4c455075-5ea9-4a58-ad38-72bea6dd36eb.html
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,esp Rotman Business School,must find jobs for alumni& have less brutal curricula for students—both rooted in dignity & health.
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& Mellody Hobson’s Princeton U get repaid 1000+% when they invest in students & alumni.
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The Senate’s passage of Bill C-3 on Wednesday marked another milestone in the years-long battle by "lost Canadians" to change citizenship-by-descent rules, and will proceed to royal assent to be law. Yet, fight will continue for another group.
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A new battle looms over ‘citizenship-by-descent’ after Senate clears bill
Senator urges further study and possible reforms to ensure all intercountry adoptees are treated “equivalently” to Canadian-born adopted children.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a-new-battle-looms-over-citizenship-by-descent-after-senate-clears-bill/article_9be41cd7-fb66-42ea-865a-89cf2255c242.html
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With Canada and top international student destinations curtailing intakes, emerging markets are filling the gaps, offering students more options. Non-Anglophone countries have stepped up & invested in their international education programs to draw talent
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Canada is losing international students to other countries. Here’s where they’re going instead — and why
New destinations are taking the place of traditional anglophone markets, says a new report by ApplyBoard on global trends.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-is-losing-international-students-to-other-countries-heres-where-theyre-going-instead-and-why/article_8c69800c-af4f-4c2b-b9cc-697a385e708c.html
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Bill C-3 passed third reading in Parliament by a vote of 177 to 163, with the support of Green Leader Elizabeth May and all seven New Democrat MPs.
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Carney’s Liberals, NDP ensure ‘citizenship-by-descent’ bill passes third reading, undoing opposition changes
Amendments made by the opposition Conservatives and Bloc Québécois would have restricted the passage of citizenship.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/carneys-liberals-ndp-ensure-citizenship-by-descent-bill-passes-third-reading-undoing-opposition-changes/article_72000a8a-dd79-4442-8c03-4b2c19c958ab.html
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From more cut to international students to humanitarian programs for Ukrainians & Hong Kongers, overall PR levels, fast-tracking PRs for protected persons and the need for a broader regularization plan, here's Marc Miller's take on new immigration plan
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This Trudeau minister kickstarted Canada’s immigration cuts. Here’s what he thinks about Carney’s new plan
The minister was tapped in 2023 by then prime minister Justin Trudeau to rein in rapid immigration growth amid a public outcry.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/this-trudeau-minister-kickstarted-canadas-immigration-cuts-heres-what-he-thinks-about-carneys-new-plan/article_6350d3e1-6bde-4ac0-8267-8478f45b3a9b.html
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A federal funding reduction of $107 million, as first reported by the Star, is the equivalent of losing approximately 1,800 shelter beds in a system that currently houses more than 3,500 refugees — about 40 per cent of the people in the shelter system.
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Ottawa’s funding cuts will force refugee claimants out of shelters and on to city streets, watchdog warns
A letter from the city’s ombudsman on Wednesday warns the federal government that a $107 million funding cut is the equivalent of losing approximately 1,800 shelter beds.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/ottawa-s-funding-cuts-will-force-refugee-claimants-out-of-shelters-and-on-to-city/article_d026231f-cedd-4321-bcde-51441e29c781.html
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With the size of the pie shrinking and processing resources at capacity, officials must scramble to add spaces to some programs at the expense of others. An appendix to the new immigration plan sheds light on the winners and losers in the numbers game.
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Carney government’s new immigration plan: Who wins, and who is losing out
On Wednesday, the Immigration Department released the breakdown of the 2026-28 targets for individual permanent and temporary residence programs.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/carney-governments-new-immigration-plan-who-wins-and-who-is-losing-out/article_04cb3407-3e7e-44be-8ee3-7c8671520476.html
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“It’s through immigration that you bring in skilled people who are going to build...This plan is a giant hole in what appears to be a nation-building budget. It’s going totally the opposite direction. I think it’s more about responding to opinion polls."
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Canada will reduce international student permits by more than half, budget reveals
“The new study permit caps further erode Canada’s reputation,” said one critic of Ottawa’s plan to next year limit new international student permits to 150,000 from a previous target of 305,900.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/canada-will-reduce-international-student-permits-by-more-than-half-budget-reveals/article_a02a2593-4eb8-42c1-861d-2b2a52fdf294.html
about 1 month ago
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What's supposed to be temporary stay has turned into indefinite displacement w/no end in sight to conflicts & little chances of acquiring PR. How to manage temporary guests who Canada has declared a moral obligation to help remains a challenge for Ottawa.
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Immigration cuts leave Ukrainians, Hong Kongers in Canada with little chance of permanent residence
Ottawa has given shelter to different groups as temporary residents through various humanitarian public policies. But cuts have left many in limbo.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/immigration-cuts-leave-ukrainians-hong-kongers-in-canada-with-little-chance-of-permanent-residence/article_388a273b-5581-4e70-b8e5-2ffb5b716e9c.html
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“It does show how much Trudeau affected people’s perceptions. Now that he’s gone & the government has continued to follow through on that more restrictive immigration policy, they’ve kind of returned to more of a normal place.”
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Majority of Canadians say immigration level still too high, but confidence growing in Carney fixing ‘broken’ system: Poll
Overall, 38% of Canadians favoured the Conservatives to stickhandle this issue, compared to 29% for the Liberals, an Abacus Data survey found.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/majority-of-canadians-say-immigration-level-still-too-high-but-confidence-growing-in-carney-fixing/article_524e3d13-f825-4fcb-85ae-91e25d40366e.html
about 1 month ago
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“If you keep talking about massage parlours & substandard education, diploma mills…all of that language undermines the perceived quality of a country whose education system continues 2B world-class in quality." Here's how DLIs want to change the narrative
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Canada’s education sector has a new idea to lure international students back. Here’s what it is
Canadian Bureau for International Education is leading an effort to try to save Canada’s reputation as a top destination in the face of drastic cuts.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadas-education-sector-has-a-new-idea-to-lure-international-students-back-heres-what-it/article_a96fc4cf-ae1f-4c6a-bf30-7822880842ab.html
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A Liberal government source with knowledge of the situation and not authorized to speak publicly about the matter, said they still don’t know whether the full immigration levels plan will be in the budget, or a partial version of it.
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Federal officials are not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
OTTAWA - Immigration department officials do not know if Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise to include Canada's new immigration plan in the federal budget next week will be the full
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/federal-officials-are-not-sure-when-immigration-levels-plan-is-coming/article_ed1688f0-1dea-5423-a7c9-c1c0fe176cf0.html
about 1 month ago
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An update to Canada's plan to allow new citizen self-attestation of citizenship oath by a mouse on keyboard - and the almost decade-old project to update an outdated citizenship study guide
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What happened to ‘click once for Canadian citizenship’? The government has (quietly) thought twice
The proposal two years ago would have allowed citizens to take their oath on their own with a click on the keyboard.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/what-happened-to-click-once-for-canadian-citizenship-the-government-has-quietly-thought-twice/article_370fcc54-8772-42ef-b0f1-c1224284e1ed.html
about 2 months ago
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A termination package included a $250 payment to assist with “transition to new employment,” contingent on, among other things, a “non-disparagement” clause, i.e. workers must “agree not to make, disseminate/publish any statement critical of the Company."
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These temporary foreign workers in Ontario are facing job loss, possible deportation after mushroom plant closes: ‘We’re in a state of shock’
Shuttering of Highline Mushrooms’ location in Prince Edward County will leave dozens of employees without access to EI or other benefits.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/these-temporary-foreign-workers-in-ontario-are-facing-job-loss-possible-deportation-after-mushroom-plant/article_354cb350-e9a8-4c34-b04f-c87dc5aad3d9.html
about 2 months ago
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Some immigration programs are seeing eye-popping surges in new application processing times, exceeding 10 yrs. Critics question timing of the updates amid debates of new laws to manage immigration intakes & release of 2026-2028 admission targets
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Canada’s immigration department reveals eye-popping application processing times — some of which exceed 10 years
Critics question the change, which is supposed to provide more transparency, amid worries that a mass cancellation of applications is coming soon.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadas-immigration-department-reveals-eye-popping-application-processing-times-some-of-which-exceed-10-years/article_e22a0db7-8850-403a-ac94-123cac70f38b.html
about 2 months ago
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While Poilievre has vowed since last spring to end “woke ideology” in the public service, this is the first time since that he’s mentioned diversity and inclusion specifically. It’s a move that comes as DEI programming comes under fire worldwide.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion are coming under scrutiny — and Pierre Poilievre is ready to push the conversation
Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives are in the crosshairs south of the border and now the mantle has been taken up by the federal Conservative party, which has released a
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-are-coming-under-scrutiny-and-pierre-poilievre-is-ready-to-push/article_88c9c6ad-6472-4bac-abc7-fab14c2de221.html
about 2 months ago
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“Today this division is the largest yet recorded, and immigration appears to be one of the defining issues of party affiliation.” Here's how CPC, Lib, NDP and BQ supporters differ in views on immigration levels and admissions of minority groups:
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Canadians’ views on immigration see growing split along political lines: Survey
Environics Institute finds overall views on immigration levels remain negative.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadians-views-on-immigration-see-growing-split-along-political-lines-survey/article_9c16d395-8ee1-4e93-aeac-c1fd77fc3c57.html
about 2 months ago
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About 60% of family medicine residency positions in Ontario medical schools were filled by international medical graduates. New requirement will lead to a significant drop in the
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A ‘significant step backwards’: How a surprise Ontario rule change could hurt efforts to attract family doctors, according to physician groups
Policy requires international medical graduates to have completed 2 years of high school here to join the first round of matching for residency spots.
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/a-significant-step-backwards-how-a-surprise-ontario-rule-change-could-hurt-efforts-to-attract/article_65198b09-f0e2-48b1-8309-bd3a38b1886b.html
about 2 months ago
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“We came as immigrants and didn’t go to high school here. I can’t travel back in time to meet that requirement. What’s the relevance between where you go to high school and your qualifications for residency? This is blatant discrimination.”
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‘Discriminatory and devastating’: New Ontario rule for medical residency that would exclude most immigrant physicians sparks outrage
The province’s health ministry now requires international medical graduates to have attended an Ontario high school for at least two years. This excludes the majority of immigrant physicians from the ...
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/discriminatory-and-devastating-new-ontario-rule-for-medical-residency-that-would-exclude-most-immigrant-physicians/article_efa7668a-1ad9-4eba-ae6f-9f1f6290ca6f.html
about 2 months ago
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‘Discriminatory and devastating’: New Ontario rule for medical residency that would exclude most immigrant physicians sparks outrage, by
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‘Discriminatory and devastating’: New Ontario rule for medical residency that would exclude most immigrant physicians sparks outrage
The province’s health ministry now requires international medical graduates to have attended an Ontario high school for at least two years. This excludes the majority of immigrant physicians from the ...
https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/discriminatory-and-devastating-new-ontario-rule-for-medical-residency-that-would-exclude-most-immigrant-physicians/article_efa7668a-1ad9-4eba-ae6f-9f1f6290ca6f.html
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At parliamentary committee, John Tibbits was grilled by MPs on everything from Conestoga College’s budget surpluses to his $600,000 salary, students in “slumlord housing” & living off food banks, and the time he called another college president “a whore.”
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President of college that had most international students in Canada grilled by MPs but insists ‘there was no money to be made’
John Tibbits of Conestoga bats down questions on budget surpluses, housing conditions of students and his crude comments about another president.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/president-of-college-that-had-most-international-students-in-canada-grilled-by-mps-but-insists/article_ce309d31-a7e1-452d-9dc7-8db096bf57e6.html
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Estefania, a migrant worker from Mexico, will not see a cent of the $1 million fine Ottawa issued against her former employer, Bolero Shellfish Processing Inc., for violating the temporary foreign worker program, according to the Immigration Department
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Canadian company that employed temporary foreign workers gets record fine for abuses — but workers won’t get any money
The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change is calling on Ottawa to compensate migrant workers from fines collected.
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/canadian-company-that-employed-temporary-foreign-workers-gets-record-fine-for-abuses-but-workers-wont/article_29804337-4470-407c-9546-069bccbdac19.html
2 months ago
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MPs on immigration committee have inserted into Bill C-3 language and knowledge requirements, as well as security checks for foreign-born descendants of Canadian parents who were also born abroad. 1,095-day residency has to be consecutive over 5 years
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Canadian residency, language provisions added to bill on citizenship by descent
To inherit citizenship by descent, those 18-55 would need “adequate” knowledge in English or French, and of the responsibilities of being a citizen.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadian-residency-language-provisions-added-to-bill-on-citizenship-by-descent/article_1e5de523-038c-45e6-8b11-24c084809e67.html
2 months ago
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Hundreds of civil society groups and the NDP have opposed most of Bill C-2’s new provisions and called for its withdrawal, while the Conservatives and Bloc appeared open to the immigration changes.
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Carney government expected to replace controversial border bill
An analysis by the Justice Department concluded the original version of the bill could have affected several rights protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/carney-government-expected-to-replace-controversial-border-bill/article_cc66b578-1fa6-45c2-ab59-61cacc07eca4.html
2 months ago
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Experts are seeing more security screening referrals even PR/TR applicants haven't served in military/law enforcement, worked for foreign govt or belonged to groups. Some think it's related to geopolitics & is an attempt to slow immigration processing
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This couple has been in Canada for years. They applied for permanent residence — but are baffled they are still waiting for security clearance
Time-consuming security screenings for temporary or permanent resident applications have been on the rise, often with no obvious reason.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/this-couple-has-been-in-canada-for-years-they-applied-for-permanent-residence-but-are/article_23fdf588-861b-4ba1-9100-0f53a65cf6e3.html
2 months ago
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Desperate US firms could take advantage of CUSMA to poach talent to their north to fill gaps. Weighted H1B lottery would also mean int'l grads & junior skilled workers would less likely be selected. The cohort could be direct competition to Canadian grads
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How Canada can take advantage of Donald Trump’s $100,000 charge for skilled worker visas — and how Canada can lose out
Changes to U.S. visas open up an opportunity, but talented workers may still be lured south of the border under free-trade rules.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/how-canada-can-take-advantage-of-donald-trumps-100-000-charge-for-skilled-worker-visas/article_d530c346-5ad5-46ac-aa4f-992b3cedb99a.html
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“We’ve heard concerns that Bill C-3 could mean hundreds of thousands of new citizens,. Based on that evidence, we anticipate volumes in the tens of thousands over time and we do not expect any surge.”
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Is 3 years of residency in Canada enough connection for citizenship by descent? MPs are at odds
Bill C-3 would allow Canadians born abroad to pass citizenship by descent to children also born abroad.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/is-3-years-of-residency-in-canada-enough-connection-for-citizenship-by-descent-mps-are/article_e60a1093-dd71-4b62-8050-1cbf9265dbd3.html
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Under new PGWP rules, 30% fewer postgrad work permits for international students. In first 6 months of 2025, PGWPs going to colleges up at expense of undergrads from universities. Postgrad PGWPs steady. Share of PGWPs to biz/management programs also up
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Which international students in Canada are getting postgraduate work permits? The list is shrinking
Decline in the approvals has been attributed to new rules to limit access to work authorizations for international graduates in Canada.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/which-international-students-in-canada-are-getting-postgraduate-work-permits-the-list-is-shrinking/article_7dfcea28-e55f-45e5-a091-a8d8ff2817be.html
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This unique StatCan study tracks the outcomes of those temporary residents already in Canada as they navigated Canada’s immigration labyrinth to extend permits, acquire permanent residence and in some cases, end up losing valid status. Here's what it found
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Ottawa set out to reduce Canada’s temporary residents. Here’s how it’s going
The federal government has reduced its immigration intakes for three years in response to public backlash against high immigration amid a housing and affordability crisis.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/ottawa-set-out-to-reduce-canada-s-temporary-residents-here-s-how-it-s-going/article_171ec919-3a5f-49a9-bd73-b2754b6fad01.html
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reposted by
Nicholas Keung
WorldPeaceForYou
3 months ago
Thanks for your reporting,
@nicholaskeung.bsky.social
. Canada must integrate its talent, including w/ fair living wages in dignified work. May leaders like ex Gov Gen’l Michaele Jean & PM
@markcarneyforpm.bsky.social
and orgs like
@utoronto.ca
be part of implementing this national self-interest.
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Project MUSE - <i>Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada</i> (review)
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/270815
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About one-quarter of immigrants who came to Canada intending to work as nurses were unemployed or in lower-skilled jobs in 2021 despite a chronic shortage of health-care workers.
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Foreign-trained nurses struggle to find work in Canada despite shortages, StatCan data suggests
Despite significant shortages across the country, qualified internationally educated nurses face steep barriers to working in their field.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/foreign-trained-nurses-struggle-to-find-work-in-canada-despite-shortages-statcan-data-suggests/article_43abd728-68fb-4dbd-b72c-18532a78c567.html
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Canada’s median age — the age that divides the population into equal halves — increased from 40.3 years on July 1, 2024, to 40.6 years on July 1, 2025, while the average age rose from 41.6 years to 41.8 years.
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Canadians’ average age rises as immigration declines, says StatCan
Newfoundland and Labrador saw the proportion of people aged 65 and older surpass 25 per cent of its overall population, said the agency's report.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canadians-average-age-rises-as-immigration-declines-says-statcan/article_bb3f4f63-0988-4a4e-876e-05cc1b0e0724.html
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Canada rose to 2nd place among six top countries for students who intended to study abroad as an “open, safe & welcoming” place, from 4th place. It jumped one spot, ranked the 2nd “most attractive” international education destination, just behind the U.K.
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Canada rebounds as a top choice for international students, new survey finds
According to ApplyBoard, Canada rose to second place among six countries for students intending to go abroad as an “open, safe and welcoming” place.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-rebounds-as-a-top-choice-for-international-students-new-survey-finds/article_0c9e94c0-81d2-4a6a-b847-187cb8756dd0.html
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That was the amount of time Officer AH11413 spent b4 approving an application to voluntarily surrender Li’s status — without noticing it had been fraudulently filed by someone else. "What happened to Sam could happen to almost any perm resident in Canada.”
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Someone tried to strip this man’s permanent status. He says it took Canadian immigration just four minutes to approve the ‘obvious’ fraud
“I should not have to pay to fix the Immigration Department's mistakes,” Hang (Sam) Li told the Star.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/someone-tried-to-strip-this-man-s-permanent-status-he-says-it-took-canadian-immigration/article_73c7478d-0f9c-4a87-8bd9-ef8adfaf1975.html
3 months ago
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With the last province ending its contract w/Ottawa this week, no more immigration detainees are held in provincial jails, fulfilling recommendations by inquest jury into migrant death in custody. Immigration detention is now a full federal responsibility
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Canada Border Services Agency says no more immigration detainees are in provincial jails
Immigration detention will now be a full federal responsibility as the controversial practice has ended in all 10 provinces.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-border-services-agency-says-no-more-immigration-detainees-are-in-provincial-jails/article_8afb82f5-93b1-435c-90ad-1a762b219c11.html
3 months ago
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He has cared for Canadian patients & struggled to get perm residence for 2 years despite Ottawa’s effort to attract health-care professionals to immigrate to the country. At 49, his age works against him. New rule removing points for job offer doesn't help
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This American family doctor in Toronto is trying to get permanent residence. Canada’s new immigration rule has thrown him a curveball
Age, lack of French and a rule change are obstacles for the physician, who has practised in Toronto for two years.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/this-american-family-doctor-in-toronto-is-trying-to-get-permanent-residence-canadas-new-immigration/article_1d2e94c6-1b18-4b94-9320-23ca5a9b41f7.html
3 months ago
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Toronto police arrested Fenilkumar Kantilal Patel on extradition warrant issued by the United States, alleging the Brampton man helped co-ordinate the Canadian arm of the smuggling operation that led to the 2022 deaths of an Indian family of 4 near Emerson
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Police arrest Brampton man accused of smuggling family of four who froze to death in Manitoba
Toronto police arrested Fenilkumar Kantilal Patel, 37, on the morning of Sept. 5 on an extradition warrant issued by the United States.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/police-arrest-brampton-man-accused-of-smuggling-family-of-four-who-froze-to-death-in/article_e91470c2-6bfb-4e14-bee1-ee72a6f73b2a.html
3 months ago
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Despite all her clients applying within a month of the Gaza special program opening, none were given the chance to complete their applications, because their codes never arrived. Now, each's been told the program had reached its cap and had closed.
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Canada blocked visa applications without explanation for Gazans fleeing war: lawyer
The Canadian government opened the temporary visa program in January of 2024.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-blocked-visa-applications-without-explanation-for-gazans-fleeing-war-lawyer/article_3a5c2bc0-b486-5f26-8792-efac890d94d2.html
3 months ago
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