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The government of Quebec has announced that the upcoming application intake period for the Quebec Skilled Worker Program (QSWP) has been postponed. This decision was taken in response to technical issues experienced by potential applicants through the new Mon projet Québec online application system, which was launched last week. The QSWP allows eligible applicants to immigrate to […]

Saint John, NB – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship  and Alaina Lockhart, Member of Parliament for Fundy Royal, will join the Hampton Refugees Action Committee in their “Welcoming Syrian Families to Hampton” event at the Hampton High School and will be available to media following the event. DATE: Sunday, January 17,

January 13, 2016–Ottawa, ON–A significant milestone was reached late yesterday evening. Canada has now welcomed more than 10,000 Syrian refugees to our country as part of the #WelcomeRefugees initiative, bringing us closer to our goal of welcoming 25,000 Syrian refugees by the end of February 2016. Working with partners in Canada – and around the

Markham, ON – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship will be available to media to comment following a disturbing event last night in Vancouver. Date: Saturday, January 9, 2016 Time: 3:45 p.m. (E.T.) Place Constituency Office 7750 Birchmount Road, Unit 21-22 Markham, Ontario L3R 0B4 Fore more information (media only): Media

Ottawa, January 9, 2016—The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, today issued the following statement: “I was appalled when I heard of last night’s incident outside the Muslim Association of Canada Centre in Vancouver, in which an unknown assailant pepper sprayed a group of Syrian refugees. Paramedics treated more than two dozen

Ottawa, January 7, 2016—The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, and the Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today issued the following statement: “The Government of Canada is pleased to announce that it has discontinued its appeal in the case of Y.Z and the Canadian Association of

Minister Philpott: Good morning.  Thank you all for coming to spend a few minutes with us today.  This is an important day of the year.  It’s the last day of 2015, a year that has by many measures been an extraordinary year and a year with a great deal of accomplishments to celebrate as Canadians.

Ottawa, Ontario December 23, 2015 As delivered Thank you. Good morning. Hello to everyone. This is probably my last of these regular briefings of the year. One never knows, but I think it is the last. And consistently, I have tried to take Canadians through the whole story, with the pluses and the minuses. And

Mississauga, ON – The Honourable John McCallum, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship and The Honourable Jane Philpott, Chair of the Cabinet Ad Hoc Committee on Refugees and Minister of Health will provide an update on Canada’s plan to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees. Date: Thursday, December 31, 2015 Time: 10:30 a.m.: Minister McCallum and Minister

“This morning, Minister of Public Safety Ralph Goodale and I had the great pleasure of speaking with members of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) “Big City Mayors Caucus”, as well as the FCM’s Chief Executive Officer. The mayors or mayoral representatives who attended did so on behalf of the cities of Calgary and Edmonton,