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Minister Lightbound visits Chantier Davie as part of the shipyard’s 200th anniversary celebration

Through the National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS), the Government of Canada is committed to strengthening its sovereign shipbuilding capabilities in an increasingly complex global environment. Building vessels domestically creates strong supply chains that help safeguard Canadian naval capabilities and ensure that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), the Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) and Transport Canada (TC) are equipped to conduct operations at home and alongside allies.

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Peace Liard in British Columbia announces priority sectors and occupations for rural PR pathway

The Peace Liard region, located in the northeast corner of British Columbia, is the latest to announce its priority sectors and occupations for the Rural Community Immigration Pilot (RCIP). The Peace Liard RCIP region includes (but isn’t limited to) the following BC communities: Fort St. John; Dawson Creek; Chetwynd; Tumbler Ridge; Taylor; Pouce Coupe; Hudson’s […]

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Joint donor statement condemning attacks against civilians and humanitarian workers in Sudan by 30 donors

Joint donor statement condemning attacks against civilians and humanitarian workers in Sudan by the European Commissioner for Equality, Preparedness and Crisis Management, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.

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Backgrounder: Canada Summer Jobs 2025     

The Canada Summer Jobs (CSJ) program is part of the Youth Employment and Skills Strategy (YESS), a horizontal Government of Canada initiative delivered in partnership by 12 federal departments, agencies and Crown corporations. The YESS supports youth (aged 15 to 30), especially those facing barriers to employment, to receive the employment supports, skills training and work experience they need to successfully transition into the labour market.

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Canada reaffirms international collaboration with the European Space Agency

Today, Sherry Romanado, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence, on behalf of the Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), joined CSA President Lisa Campbell and the Director General of the European Space Agency (ESA), Dr. Josef Aschbacher, at the John H. Chapman Space Centre (the CSA's headquarters in Longueuil). The two heads of space agencies signed a joint statement reaffirming Canada and ESA's unique, proven and productive partnership. This signature marks a key milestone in the mid-term review of the Canada–ESA Cooperation Agreement.

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The easiest occupations to break into to qualify for category-based draws under Express Entry

For some foreign nationals, changing careers may be their best shot at receiving an invitation to apply (ITA) for Canadian permanent residence (PR) through Express Entry. If you don’t have a provincial nomination, don’t speak good French, and don’t have a high enough Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score to be invited under the Canadian Experience […]

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Minister Sidhu champions rules-based trade with Canada’s Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and World Trade Organization partners

The Honourable Maninder Sidhu, Minister of International Trade, this week concluded his participation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Ministerial Council Meeting (MCM) and World Trade Organization (WTO) mini-ministerial meeting, in Paris, France.

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New bill would restore citizenship to lost Canadians

We may see thousands of people gain Canadian citizenship, should a newly-introduced bill become law. Get a Free Legal Consultation on Applying for Proof of Canadian Citizenship Bill C-3, “An Act to amend the Citizenship Act (2025),” would grant citizenship to those affected by the first-generation limit (FGL) to citizenship by descent, and moving forward […]

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