Category: Refugees and Citizenship Canada

Refugee Claims Followed Montreal AIDS Summit Marred by Visa Woes, Planning Issues

July 23, 2023
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Almost one-sixth of guests at a major AIDS conference in Montreal last year who received Canadian visas ended up claiming asylum, according to internal data obtained by The Canadian Press. The documents also show Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada struggled to work with the International AIDS Society as both tried to avoid a mass refusal…

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How a Strike by Federal Public Service Workers Could Impact Canadians

April 13, 2023
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A strike by the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC)—a union representing more than 120,000 federal public servants across the country—could impact federal services for veterans, indigenous people, immigrants, and those looking to get passports and tax returns. The government of Canada has released details on how a potential strike among the five bargaining groups of…

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