The Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (the “FPFAA“) establishes the Canada Social Transfer, a federal block transfer to provinces and territories to support post-secondary education, social assistance, social services, early childhood development, and early learning. In 2014-15 the total Canada Social Transfer transferred to all provinces and territories will be almost $12.6 billion. The FPFAA stipulates that … Read More
Environmental Overview – Colombo
The following is a summary of the Environmental Overview of the immigration functions at the Canadian High Commission in Colombo, Sri Lanka (the “Environmental Overview”). The Environmental Overview was prepared as part of the Citizenship and Immigration Canada 2014-2015 planning exercise, and is current as of January 2014. Areas in blockquote are direct passages from the … Read More
Low-Wage Caps
Employers offering wages to prospective foreign workers that are below the provincial/territorial median hourly wage will subject to a maximum 10% cap on the proportion of low-wage foreign workers. The cap is being phased in over 2 years.Employers that have a low-wage foreign worker workforce will be: limited to 30% or frozen at their current level, whichever is lower; reduced to 20% beginning July … Read More
Communicating by email with IRCC
The following article appeared in the November 2014 edition of The Canadian Immigrant. —— People wishing to immigrate to Canada have traditionally had to submit paper-based applications, and communicate with Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) by regular mail. CIC, however, is modernizing its processes. An increasing number of applications can now be uploaded to CIC’s … Read More