Whilst Alberta’s employment growth is used to getting the limelight, according to an article in The Globe and Mail it is Saskatchewan’s employment performance that in recent months that is astounding.

The article says that the Prairie province currently ties with Alberta for the lowest jobless rate in the country, at 5%. Payroll more »

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The Canadian federal government will refund up to CN$130 million to federal skilled workers who applied to come to Canada before 2008. This startling policy decision aims to get rid of a backlog of about 300,000 applications through Canadian legislation.

The plan, outlined in part in the budget, will ultimately allow the government to ensure more »

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Canada is proposing a major change to how foreign skilled workers’ education credentials are assessed, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister, Jason Kenney, has announced.

The proposed new requirement would mean that applicants wanting to immigrate as Federal Skilled Workers would have their foreign education credentials assessed and verified by designated organisations before they arrive in more »

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The latest figures issued by the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand show that the country’s leading agency, Bayleys, has outperformed the market by some margin.

Data released by the institute this month reveals there were 147 more farm sales – up 72% – for the three months ending in February 2012 when compared with more »

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In a recent statement issued by Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, he said the following about recent moves by the Province of Alberta to protect the rights of foreign workers:

“I applaud Alberta’s decision to bring in tougher rules to regulate employment agencies. This is an important and positive step towards protecting more »

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