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Options to stay in Canada after your PGWP expires

If you want to stay in Canada beyond your Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP), there are a number of routes you can take depending on your goals and personal circumstances. The PGWP is a one-time deal, and there are no extensions. Generally, it lasts as long as your study program. So if you did a one-year […]

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Minister Ng highlights funding support for Canadian exporters

Yesterday, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, visited Vancouver-based Ionomr Innovations Inc., to highlight how Canadian businesses continue to grow abroad successfully with the support of the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service (TCS) and the TCS’s CanExport small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) program.

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Statement by Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of International Development on release of investigation report on atrocities in the Tigray region in Ethiopia

The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of International Development and Minister responsible for the Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada, today issued the following statement: “Canada is deeply concerned by the findings outlined in the joint report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on their investigation into human rights violations resulting from the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia."

Categories: Canada and World
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Quebec is moving forward with measures to welcome more temporary foreign workers

Following consultations with labour market partners, Quebec has added over 30 new occupations that will be eligible for facilitated processing under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program. The list of eligible occupations for facilitated processing under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) was made public on November 2 by the Minister of Labour and Acting Minister […]

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Québec met en place des mesures pour accueillir davantage de travailleurs étrangers

À la suite de consultations avec des partenaires du marché du travail, le gouvernement du Québec a ajouté plus de 30 nouvelles professions qui seront admissibles au traitement simplifié dans le cadre du Programme des travailleurs étrangers temporaires. Une nouvelle liste des professions admissibles au traitement simplifié dans le cadre du Programme des travailleurs étrangers […]

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Canada and the world move closer to powering past coal with more climate ambition at COP26

Building on Canadian initiatives announced earlier this week to accelerate the phase-out of coal-fired electricity, the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, today participated in the Powering the World Past Coal event at COP26 to announce 28 new members, bringing the global Alliance to a total of 165 members, with 50 sign-ups in 2021 alone.

Categories: National News
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Husky Oil Operations Limited charged with environmental offences under federal legislation

On November 3, 2021, Environment and Climate Change Canada laid three charges against Husky Oil Operations Limited. The charges relate to a major petroleum spill on November 16, 2018, at the White Rose Oil Field in the Newfoundland and Labrador offshore area, where an estimated 250,000 L of crude oil was released into the environment.

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