

CANADA TO LIFT MEXICAN VISA REQUIREMENTS
Prime Minister Trudeau announces the lifting of the visa requirement for Mexican visitors as of December 1, 2016: http://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2016/06/28/canada-lift-mexican-visa-requirements


Temporary foreign workers program faces federal review
The Liberal government plans to launch a full-scale review of the controversial temporary foreign workers program. MaryAnn Mihychuk, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, told The Globe and Mail she will ask a parliamentary committee for proposals to fix the program. Reforms passed by the former Conservative government limit foreign workers to 10 per cent of a company’s work force in low-paying jobs, and prohibit employers from hiring them in regions o


Ottawa looks to ease international students’ path to permanent residency
The Liberal government is moving to make it easier for international students to become permanent residents once they have graduated from Canadian postsecondary institutions. Immigration Minister John McCallum said he intends to launch federal-provincial talks to reform the current Express Entry program, a computerized system that serves as a matchmaking service between employers and foreign skilled workers. Thousands of international students have been rejected for permanent