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The national response to Quebec’s French-language preserving Bill 96

January 6, 2023 admin bill 96, French, french language, government, immigrant integration, immigration, language, Quebec

Credit to Author: Vimal Sivakumar| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 13:00:40 +0000

The turn of the calendar to 2023 (January 1) marked exactly seven months since Quebec’s divisive Bill 96 received royal assent and was officially passed into law on June 1, 2022. This law was designed, in the words of former Quebec language minister Simon Jolin-Barette, “to promote [and] protect the French language.” This is according […]

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Nova Scotia releases new francophone immigration action plan

November 18, 2022 admin Express Entry, french immigration, french language, immigration, Nova Scotia, nsnp, PNP

Credit to Author: Edana Robitaille| Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2022 13:00:21 +0000

Last week Nova Scotia launched its new francophone immigration action plan. The report, Growing Nova Scotia’s Francophone Population – An Action Plan for Success (2022-25), outlines the province’s strategy for growing the population of French speakers. It was created by the Nova Scotia ministries of Labour, Skills, and Immigration (LSI) and Acadian Affairs and Francophonie […]

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Canada Immigration

IRCC has approved new language test for Canadian immigration

August 2, 2022 admin ATIP, canadian language benchmark, clb, english language proficiency, english test, Express Entry, french immigration, french language, immigration, IRCC, language testing, language tests, PNP, Quebec

Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2022 21:30:48 +0000

IRCC has recently approved the designation-in-principle of a new language test for economic class immigration applicants. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) anticipates the test will be implemented by early to mid-2023. The name of the new language test was redacted in a May 10 briefing note obtained by CIC News through an access to […]

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