Must Know Canada Immigration Changes amidst COVID-19
Darpan News Desk Darpan, 24 Jun, 2020 09:36 PM
With the COVID-19 pandemic there is speculation that some changes might be coming to immigration policies. Whether it be LMIAs, Temporary Foreign Workers, Student Visas or the Express Entry Program that have been a concern for you with the pandemic find out more as Immigration Consultant & Expert Rakesh Sharma of Alliance Immigration answers your questions.
Canada clawed back 289,600 jobs in May as provincial governments began easing public health restrictions and businesses reopened, Statistics Canada said Friday. Still, the unemployment rate in May rose to 13.7 per cent, the highest level in more than four decades of comparable data.
The head of Toronto's police service took a public knee on Friday in solidarity with marching anti-racism demonstrators protesting police killings of black people, with similar demonstrations planned in other Canadian cities.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is offering $14 billion to the provincial and territorial governments for measures to keep COVID-19 at bay.
Amendments to the city's building bylaw approved by Council last week will allow mass timber construction up to 12 storeys for residential and commercial uses, doubling the current height limit of 6 storeys. With changes taking effect on July 1, permitting taller mass timber construction within the Building By-law will make it easier to build with low carbon materials, support housing affordability, and remove barriers for the construction industry at a time of crisis and economic recovery.
New COVID-19 modelling information highlights the virus-fighting benefits of safe distancing protocols as British Columbia reopens the province while the pandemic progresses.
The top Mountie in Kelowna, B.C., has been transferred to another job days after videos emerged of an officer punching a suspect. Supt. Brent Mundle is taking a new position with the senior management team of the force's Southeast Division based in the Okanagan city.
