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Subscribe RSS Email Ottawa, May 10, 2012 — The Government of Canada is expanding its internship program for newcomers to include private sector companies, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. CGI Group Inc., a leading provider of information technology and business process services, and CIBC, a leading Canadian-based financial institution, will partner […]

I am here at the end of a national tour on a theme that is so important to the future of our country—the fundamental reform of our immigration system. Here in Quebec, because of the Canada-Quebec Accord on Immigration, the power to select economic immigrants and certain resettled refugees falls under the jurisdiction of the

Subscribe RSS Email Ottawa, May 2, 2012 — The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement to mark the start of Asian Heritage Month: Once again, I am pleased to launch Asian Heritage Month. Each May we recognize the valuable contributions of Canadians of Asian descent in the development

Subscribe RSS Email Niagara Falls, April 30, 2012 — CIC Niagara Falls and the Backlog Reduction Office (BRO) Niagara Falls have moved to a new office at 4318 Portage Road, Niagara Falls, Ontario. The offices are moving to a new location because the current lease expires on April 30, 2012. The new office has been completely

Subscribe RSS Email Ottawa, April 26, 2012 – The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut, the anniversary of Israel’s Independence: Sixty-four years ago, the Jewish State of Israel was born, marking the realization of a people’s longstanding dream of a state of their own

Subscribe RSS Email Ottawa, April 25, 2012 — A federal program that provides health-care benefits to protected persons, refugee claimants and others is being reformed to ensure fairness for Canadian taxpayers while emphasizing the need to protect public health and safety, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. “Our Government’s objective is to

Subscribe RSS Email Ottawa, April 25, 2012 — Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney yesterday introduced a motion, that was passed unanimously by the House of Commons, expressing Canada’s recognition of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky’s courageous actions and compassion for his oppressed Jewish Ukrainian countrymen during World War II. Metropolitan Sheptytsky (1865-1944) of the Ukrainian

Thank you very much, Bonnie, for your warm welcome here to the famous London Health Sciences Centre, one of Canada’s leading hospitals. It’s a real pleasure to be here with my colleagues Ed Holder and Susan Truppe, hardworking Members of Parliament for the London area, for an important announcement about our efforts to fundamentally reform

Subscribe RSS Email Ottawa, April 22, 2012 – The Government of Canada has stayed the removal of the Mansaré family, pending a second Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA). The PRRA process will investigate whether the family would face risk if it is removed to Guinea. Generally speaking, after an initial PRRA has been rejected, there is

Subscribe RSS Email Montreal, April 20, 2012 — Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney spoke at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations and outlined how a transformed immigration system would benefit the Canadian economy. In his speech the Minister outlined a series of changes planned for the immigration system to make it faster, more