Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Interest in the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program in Nova Scotia has more than doubled in the past six months. According to data provided by the Nova Scotia Department of Immigration, as of April 30 the province had designated 406 employers and endorsed 448 candidates through the pilot program since it launched in March 2017. So far in 2018, 247 new candidates have been endorsed. Nova Scotia’s Immigration Minister Lena Diab said word is spreading among employers and the province is on target to meet its 2018 allocation.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1567477-immigration-numbers-growing-under-pilot

Canada scored 8.14 out of a possible 9 in Gallup’s Migrant Acceptance Index, which put it fourth out of 140 countries in terms of how accepting each country’s population is of newcomers. Gallup says it created the index to assess people’s acceptance of immigrants based on what it calls “increasing degrees of proximity.” This is assessed through three questions that ask respondents whether immigrants living in their country, becoming their neighbours and marrying into their homes are “good things or bad things.”

https://www.cicnews.com/2018/05/canada-ranked-fourth-most-accepting-country-in-the-world-for-immigrants-0510606.html#gs.ZeMABlQ

Some international students enrolled in Assiniboine Community College’s hospitality program say they had to sacrifice class time this winter to serve at events, including fundraisers for the school. Changnam Lee paid more than $16,100, double what Canadian students pay in tuition and fees, for the first year of a two-year hotel and restaurant management diploma program at the college in Brandon, Man. Lee contacted CBC, saying he wanted to talk about what he calls “poor education service” so other international students know about his experience.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/international-students-assiniboine-community-college-1.4628747

Many of the 4,400 Syrians who settled in British Columbia as part of a wave of refugees that began in the fall of 2015 have excelled in self-employment and entrepreneurship, a new report from the Immigrant Services Society of BC concludes. The agency surveyed 241 households representing more than 1,000 Syrians who moved to the province as government-assisted refugees. The report says the number of refugees working has doubled over the past year with 27 per cent working full-time and 13 per cent part-time.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-report-highlights-increase-in-entrepreneurship-among-syrian-refugees/?cmpid=rss

Peace by Chocolate of Antigonish, N.S., revealed Wednesday its new milk chocolate and hazelnut bar is to be called Wantaqo’ti (pronounced Wan-tahk-oo-di), the Mi’kmaq word for peace. Founder Tareq Hadhad said it is his company’s mission to translate the family’s concept of peace to all Canadians, starting with the Mi’kmaq of his home province. He said he and his company felt the need to be part of the “noble process” of truth and reconciliation so they reached out to Mi’kmaq leaders to help translate and guide them during the process.

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/refugee-chocolatier-names-new-bar-after-the-mikmaq-word-for-peace

CTV News has learned several people in the Leamington area have been arrested for possible violations of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The Canada Border Services Agency confirms a number of people were arrested on Tuesday. CBSA spokesperson Tim Armaly tells CTV Windsor the investigation is ongoing and he can’t comment further. In an email to CTV News, the Consulate of Mexico in Leamington says it has been informed of two Mexican nationals who were working in this region without the proper permits.

https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/immigration-raid-in-the-leamington-area-1.3912531