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How American residents can work in Canada

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Credit to Author: Daniel Levy| Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2022 17:00:03 +0000

Most U.S. residents need a work permit in order to work in Canada. Work permits in Canada fall under two categories. The first category involves a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). Canada’s federal government uses the LMIA to determine how the hiring of foreign workers may impact the wages and employment of workers in Canada. Some […]

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Why employers are able to hire more tech talent in Canada

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2022 13:00:16 +0000

Canadian tech employers continue to face labour shortages, as the tech sector continues to grow despite the pandemic. One way to support gaps in the labour market is to hire talent from abroad. The shortage of qualified workers in Canada was the crux of the Council of Canadian Innovators‘ recent call for the federal government […]

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Canada relaxes temporary foreign worker program rules to address labour shortages

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:15:58 +0000

Canada has introduced measures to make it easier for Canadian employers to access temporary foreign workers. These measures, announced April 4, come in response to a nationwide labour shortage. Canada is experiencing a low unemployment rate and high job vacancies at the same time. One solution to address labour shortages is to bring in temporary […]

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Canada to welcome over one million new immigrants between 2020-2022

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Credit to Author: Kareem El-Assal| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 18:39:02 +0000

Marco Mendicino laid out his vision for Canada’s immigration system today in Toronto. It was his first major policy speech since his November 2019 appointment as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. Mendicino was appointed after the Liberal Party of Canada was re-elected to a second mandate in October and he is currently pursuing an […]

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Could Toronto become the largest tech talent hub in North America?

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 17:56:55 +0000

Look at the careers webpage of almost any U.S. tech giant and you will find openings in Toronto. The Amazon careers page has posted approximately 20 job openings for their Toronto location in the last 14 days alone. Microsoft is opening up a new headquarters in September 2020, expecting to add an additional 500 full-time jobs […]

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Toronto has added more than 80,000 tech jobs in past five years, new report finds

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Credit to Author: Shelby Thevenot| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 20:07:47 +0000

A new tech talent ranking has Toronto among the top three cities in both the United States and Canada for tech workers.  The city locally known as “The Six” came in number three on CBRE’s Scoring Tech Talent Report, which ranks 50 U.S. and Canadian tech markets on 13 unique metrics including talent supply, completed […]

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Canada updates list of eligible Global Talent Stream occupations

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 20:39:32 +0000

The Government of Canada has updated the list of occupations that are eligible under its popular Global Talent Stream.  The update saw two professions removed from the Global Talent Occupations List and the addition of computer network technicians (NOC 2281). The occupations removed were: engineering managers  (NOC 0211) architecture and science managers (NOC 0212) Employment […]

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Canada’s Global Talent Stream: Nearly 24,000 visas granted in 2 years

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:12:45 +0000

The Government of Canada this week marked the two-year anniversary of its Global Skills Strategy, which has welcomed nearly 24,000 highly skilled foreign workers through its flagship Global Talent Stream.  The Global Talent Stream provides Canadian employers with easier access to temporary foreign workers with experience in 13 occupational categories in fields such as Information […]

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Canada’s immigration policies providing tech sector advantage, Trudeau says

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 21 May 2019 20:07:03 +0000

Government efforts to ensure Canada’s tech sector has access to the best international and domestic talent are providing a unique advantage in the global economy, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. An interview with Trudeau kicked off the 2019 Collision Conference in Toronto on May 20, marking the first time the five-year-old gathering of global tech […]

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Canadian tech group welcomes move to make Global Talent Stream permanent

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Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 16:10:51 +0000

Canada’s Global Talent Stream pilot has been a “game-changer” for high-growth Canadian startups and the federal government’s proposal to make it permanent would be a welcome move, the Council of Canadian Innovators says.  Introduced in 2017 under Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the Global Talent Stream works to fast track work visa applications for eligible […]

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