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In this issue:
1. New Technological
Developments from Campbell Cohen
2. Foreign-Born Population in
Canada at a 75 Year High
3. Newfoundland and Labrador
Provincial Nominee Program
4. Federal Court Questions
Canada-US Refugee Agreement
5. New Legislation Restores
Citizenship to 'Lost Canadians'
At Campbell Cohen, we are continually
striving to simplify the process of immigration to Canada. The
information, tools and resources that we provide on our various
websites are geared to help our visitors at all stages of the
immigration process – whether only just thinking of coming to
Canada, in the process of immigration, or already here.
The most recent Statistics Canada report
focuses on "immigration, citizenship, language, mobility and
migration" in Canada, based on the 2006 census. It paints a picture
of an increasingly diverse Canadian society and highlights the
important contribution of immigrants to Canada's growth and
development.
Newfoundland and Labrador is focusing on
immigration as a means to foster provincial growth. The Newfoundland
and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program seeks to recruit immigrants
with specialized occupational or entrepreneurial skills to
contribute to provincial economic and social goals.
Citing several recent cases, the
Canadian federal court has deemed that the United States is not a
safe country for refugee claimants and that the Safe Third Country
Agreement between the two countries violates Canada's Charter of
Rights and Freedoms.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
recently tabled a new bill to modernize the country's citizenship
laws. New legislation will retroactively restore citizenship to the
tens of thousands who lost, or never had Canadian citizenship
because of several obscure clauses in existing legislation.
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