Within two years, the Federal government will implement a facial recognition system for all 25 million Canadian passport holders.
This was reported by Blacklock's Reporter. The government would build a huge database with the faces of millions of Canadians.
In a notice titled Facial Recognition Solution, the IRCC said that “the department must have facial recognition system support capabilities in place no later than October 2023.”
The cost of the program was not detailed. Canadian citizens who apply for passports will automatically consent to have their personal photos stored in a federal database:
“Applicants consent to their photos being used to confirm identity through the passport program’s facial recognition system.”
The program is rationalized on the basis of preventing identity fraud, despite little proof that identity fraud is an issue.
#information_security, #privacy, #passports, #Citizenship, #facial_recognition
https://www.priv.gc.ca/en/opc-actions-and-decisions/research/explore-privacy-research/2013/fr_201303
October 1, 2021
The Royal Bank report shows that 700,000 skilled workers are expected to retire in Canada by 2028.
Inability to replace them may trigger a crisis of shortage of skilled workers.
For a long time, skilled workers have been regarded as "blue-collar" jobs, requiring a lot of manual labour and heavy work.
However, with appropriate health and safety standards, the median income of these types of jobs may reach between $80,000 and $100,000, or even more.
According to the report, the technical field failed to attract minorities and women to enter.
In addition, the author believes that Canada cannot bring 3,000 skilled workers through immigration every year, and only 2,365 new immigrants meet the requirements of the federal technology industry category.
#skilled_workers, #demography, #retirement, #labour_force
October 1, 2021
On September 29, 2021, the Government of Canada introduced a program delivery update for family class applications.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) launched a permanent residence (PR) online intake portal that enabled applicants who apply for certain PR programs to submit their applications online, including some family class applications.
The new instructions are applicable for online applications.
Now, FC1 or FCC cases processed within Canada or overseas under the spouse or common-law partner in Canada class, as well as FCH cases processed within Canada under the spousal public policy can be submitted online.
#PR, #IRCC, #family_class, #family_sponsorship
September 30, 2021
September 30, 2021
