Canada's immigration backlog

The province of Ontario, together with Toronto legal representatives, are asking Canada's Immigration department to take action to reduce the present backlog of applications. The backlog of approximately 800,000 cases is causing some applications to take over 4 years to be processed.

"It is unfair to have 800,000 people waiting in line for so long," said Mike Colle, Ontario citizenship and immigration minister. "It is frustrating for these people and they're going elsewhere."

Omtario to promote hiring of new immigrants

Ontario's Minister of Immigration, Mike Colle, has announced plans to invest $1.75milliion in order to promote the hiring of skilled immigrants in that province. Such companies represent 97 per cent of Ontario businesses but may be reluctant to hire immigrants because they don't have the resources or expertise to evaluate their foreign education and job experience.

Immigration department eases foreign worker process

In the face of increasing shortages of certain skilled workers in regions, Canada's immigration department has announced a simplification of the process for certain foreign worker cases cases.

“Canada's new government has been listening to employers in Alberta and British Columbia, and they are truly having a hard time finding enough workers,” the Minister of Immigration said in a statement recently. “The improvements we are announcing today are making it easier, faster, and less costly for employers to hire temporary foreign workers.”