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Can you request an exemption from language testing for Canada’s Express Entry program?
By Stephen Fogarty • February 28, 2018

Canada’s immigration selection system allows immigration officers some discretion “to substitute … their evaluation of the likelihood of a foreign national’s ability to become economically established in Canada.” This general rule was cited in a legal challenge to compulsory language testing of principal (main) applicants seeking permanent residency under Canada’s … Read More

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Major changes coming to Canada’s Citizenship legislation
By Stephen Fogarty • April 22, 2012

On Friday, 20 April 2012, I attended a luncheon hosted by the Council on Foreign Relations in Montreal at which Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister, the Honourable Jason Kenney, announced two major changes coming to Canada’s Citizenship legislation.  The luncheon's start was delayed by close to half an hour by so-called "immigrant rights" protesters who tried to prevent it from taking place. Some of them attempted to storm the entrance way and intimidate attendees, but they were held back by security.  Others managed to find their way into the dining hall and were said to have overturnrd some tables but they were removed. Read More

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