Category: Business And Economy

Business And Economy

How Canada plans to break records with its new refugee

Every November, Canada’s immigration minister presents an annual report to Parliament that includes immigration targets for the next three years. This year, these immigration targets have grabbed headlines for their goal of admitting 500,000 permanent immigrants a year by 2025.

While most news reports focused on the significant rise in economic immigrants, the refugee targets are record-breaking.

A young boy smiles as he exits an airplane.
A Vietnamese refugee
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Business And Economy

Workers’ anger about economic inequalities and labour

Labour strife in Canada grabbed international attention after the Ontario government passed a law that made an education workers’ strike illegal and set fines for striking workers, invoking a clause in Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms that allowed it to bypass constitutional challenges.

After the 55,000 workers went on strike anyway, with multiple labour unions and some of the

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Business And Economy

Canada identifies international students as ‘ideal

The number of international students in Canada has steadily increased over the last decade, contributing approximately $22 billion to the Canadian economy, and an estimated $5.1 billion in annual revenues to Canadian universities.

Pegged by the federal government as a key source of talent for the growth and sustenance of the Canadian economy, international students are sought to relieve our

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