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CANADA'S Immigration department has noted a sharp increase of Fiji workers entering its labour market between 1999 and 2008 with a confirmed 740 Fijians given work permits between that period.
Former business development manager at the Fiji Embassy in Washington Ashwant Dwivedi told the Fiji Times that from 1999 until 2006, a total of 122 foreign workers from Fiji were given work permit for employment purposes in Canada
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SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - August 30, 2010) - Local youth who face barriers to employment will get job preparation training and work experience through the Government of Canada's support for an employment project. Mr. Maurice Vellacott, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon–Wanuskewin, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
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KITCHENER, ONT.—Accusations that free student passes for Canada’s national parks are part of a federalist plot aimed at separatists were dismissed as “bizarre” Thursday by Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Talking after a local transit-funding announcement, Harper derided the separatist party for its conspiracy theory related to passes for Canada’s eighth graders.
“It’s the habit of the Bloc Quebecois to see anything as a federalist plot,” Harper said
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The Council of Ministers of Education, Canada (CMEC), released extensive data today on Canada’s education systems as part of its ongoing commitment to quality education data and research.
The second report in a series begun in 2009, Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2010 , expands on the data collected for OECD’s flagship publication, Education at a Glance , which was released today in Paris
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SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN--(Marketwire - August 30, 2010) - Local youth who face barriers to employment will get job preparation training and work experience through the Government of Canada's support for an employment project. Mr. Maurice Vellacott, Member of Parliament for Saskatoon–Wanuskewin, made the announcement today on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development
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OTTAWA — Canada could slip into Third World status if its education system is not reformed to produce innovative and creative graduates who can compete globally, say experts responding to the latest report from the Canadian Council on Learning.
"The education system that Canada has is going to lead us to produce more and more people who are chronically unemployable," said futurist Richard Worzel, who studies societal trends and patterns to help clients plan for the future
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Ettractions Inc., a leader in providing valuable visitor information, announced its partnership with StudioNow Inc, the premier online platform for quality content creation and distribution. The partnership gives Ettractions, Inc. the opportunity to instantly offer professional video production services to thousands of customers on its web based platform Ettractions.com
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Friday that his government is trying every means to attract Chinese tourists to Canada, including the great northern areas.
Harper, who is on a five-day tour of the North, made these remarks in his answer to Xinhua correspondent's question about potential of tour by the Chinese in Canada's north, especially the high Arctic areas
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By Jeff Lee
When Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson heads to China next month for 10 days of meetings, he hopes to sign new business deals for green-related companies.
Those deals are part of a growing dividend the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics are paying in new business, new sports facilities and a new-found Canadian patriotism.
The long-term impacts of hosting the Olympics are not yet known
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Katherine Laidlaw
Karen Tam still remembers the smell of smoke mixed with chicken balls emanating from her parents’ chop-suey restaurant in east-end Montreal. She sat upstairs alone at six years old, practising piano so her parents could hear her from the baby monitor downstairs in the kitchen, where they worked 14-hour days to support their life in Canada
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