In September, Canada managed to evacuate 75% of the 1,250 Canadian citizens and permanent residents and 15% of the vulnerable Afghans.
After the withdrawal of US troops, Canada's foreign affairs department announced that around 950 people have been able to leave Afghanistan, including 440 Canadian citizens, 150 permanent residents, and 350 family members.
Canadian authorities did not specify how these people were able to leave Afghanistan, which is now under Taliban rule. Several tweets from Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau indicate that many people left on special charter flights to Qatar.
#Afghanistan, #refugees, #Taliban, #Afghan_refugees
October 7, 2021
Nova Scotia announced a $2.5-million marketing campaign to attract more immigrants to fix serious labour shortages in the province.
According to provincial Immigration Minister Jill Balser, the province needs more people to ‘fill labour gaps, rebuild the economy and set a bold new course for business and financial growth.’
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions and delays in federal processing, immigration numbers have decreased in the province.
Between January 2, 2020, and April 1, 2021, Nova Scotia’s population increased only by 6,428 that is expected to increase as the restrictions ease and federal processing returns to pre-pandemic levels.
#Nova_Scotia, #marketing_campaign, #population, #labor_shortage
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/immigration-emigration-population-housing-1.6196304
October 7, 2021
On October 6, 2021, the Government of Canada introduced new vaccination requirements for air, rail, and marine travellers to limit the risk of spreading COVID-19.
Starting from October 30, 2021, all travellers will be required to be fully vaccinated in order to travel.
The Government established a short transition period that allows individuals to travel with a valid COVID-19 molecular test taken within 72 hours of travel.
Mandatory vaccination requirements will be in place from December 1, 2021, since the transition period will end on November 30.
#COVID_19, #vaccination, #travelers, #marine, #rail, #Vaccination_requirements
https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/travel-tourism-sector-welcomes-vaccination-120000238.html
October 7, 2021
According to the RBC Economics and Thought Leadership report, Ottawa needs to develop new ways to recruit immigrants to resolve the severe labour shortage.
The report states that ‘the Federal Government and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) should close the gap between the target and actual intake of immigrants in the skilled trades by more aggressively promoting Canadian trades in source countries.’
Despite immigrants consist more than 21 percent of the Canadian population, in recent years, the share of immigrant involvement in trades programs was about 8.7 percent.
#Labour_shortage, #FSTP, #business, #trades
October 6, 2021
