In Canada, a country built on the determination of foreign workers, we are all immigrants-or so the adage goes. As the number of highly skilled foreign workers skyrockets – 250,000 immigrants enter the country annually – connecting the dots between ready and able employees and burgeoning small businesses is increasingly important. Statistics Canada predicts that [...]
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Gord Nixon to lead Ontario Jobs and Prosperity Council
Gord Nixon, CEO of RBC and co-chair of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council has been appointed to chair the Ontario Government’s Jobs and Prosperity Council. Bringing together leaders from business, labour, academics and non-government organizations, the council is tasked with generating new ideas and approaches to improve Ontario’s long-term productivity and competitiveness. With a focus [...]
The Globe and Mail: Canada ready to open its doors to more immigrants, Kenney says
Canada is ready to open its doors to expanded immigration, but only if the immigrants already here do better. The government is under huge pressure to increase immigration levels, according to Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney. It’s facing demands for more newcomers from business leaders and nearly every provincial premier. But before Mr. Kenney [...]
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The Globe and Mail: Harnessing immigrant mobility means prosperity for all Canadians
More than a century ago, the debate about migration in the West was largely settled. Migration was seen to be a boon to the economic fortunes of countries, and many states eliminated unnecessary obstacles to movement such as passports and visas. Britain, after calling for the use of passports in its 1836 Aliens Restrictions Act, [...]
Toronto Star: RBC’s Gord Nixon will head Dalton McGuinty’s ‘jobs and prosperity council’
A multi-millionaire banker, RBC chief executive Gord Nixon, will head Premier Dalton McGuinty’s new “jobs and prosperity council,” Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid said Friday. The council is tasked with finding $250 million in savings on business and skills training programs and devising ways to boost Ontario’s economy with unemployment stubbornly stuck above 7 per [...]
The Globe and Mail: How immigrants affect the economy – Weighing the benefits and costs
A few months after arriving in Canada in 2005, Edwin Sonsona was working 20 hours a day at six different jobs. He began each morning at 3 a.m., delivering the local newspaper. By the time the sun was up he would don a uniform to flip hamburgers at McDonald’s for $7.25 an hour. He rushed [...]
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Private Partners Join Federal Internship for Newcomers Program
The Government of Canada is expanding its internship program for newcomers to include private sector companies, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. CGI Group Inc., a leading provider of information technology and business process services, and CIBC, a leading Canadian-based financial institution, will partner with CIC to hire newcomers through the Federal [...]
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Leadership message – Farewell from Elizabeth McIsaac
As I approach my last day as Executive Director of TRIEC, I find myself reflecting back on where it all began. It was September 11 2003, and the excitement in the meeting room at Manulife Financial that day was palpable. Three federal ministers, corporate executives, college presidents, and leaders from all sectors had come together [...]
TRIEC receives funding from the Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Ontario Trillium Foundation (OTF) is helping TRIEC take its Professional Immigrant Networks Initiative (PINs) to the next level. OTF recently awarded TRIEC a two-year, $85,000 grant to expand the outreach efforts of PINs in order to reach more networks, more employers and more skilled immigrants, including developing a vibrant online community on the PINs [...]
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The Globe and Mail: Changes to immigration policy will affect nearly all aspects of Canadian life
By Ratna Omidvar The Canadian immigration landscape is shifting beneath our feet. When the dust settles, where will Canada be? Some of the proposed changes, such as dealing with the backlog, are long overdue. Other changes may also be necessary. They will nevertheless have a series of unintended consequences for the makeup of Canada’s immigrant [...]
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