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The city of Saint John wants to welcome 12,000 newcomers to the Saint John region in the next decade, according to David Dobbelsteyn, the city's acting director of growth and community planning.

Dobbelsteyn shared the goal during a presentation of the city's new 10-year immigration strategy at the Saint John Trade & Convention Centre on Tuesday. 

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The Government of Canada is committed to the full and equal participation of all women and girls, which is essential to Canada’s economic growth and prosperity. That’s why Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) is making it easier for racialized newcomer women to find a job by providing the support and services they need to succeed.

As part of Canada’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, Lena Metlege Diab, Member of Parliament for Halifax West, announced...

To government, newcomers are part of the solution to the country's labour shortage, but settlement support organizations says another shortage, that of housing, stands in the way of that goal.

The Miramichi Regional Multicultural Association issued an advisory this week to newcomers about the housing shortage in the province.

"Available housing is at critically low levels," said the advisory on the organization's website and social media.

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The new Immigration Appeal Division Rules, 2022,​ come into force on January 14, 2023.

The new Rules, which replace the old Rules introduced in 2002, will modernize the appeal process and help to ensure the IAD resolves appeals effectively, fairly and in accordance with the law.

Below is a summary of some of the key changes the new Rules make to the appeal process.  You can learn more about the new IAD Rules once they are published in the Canada Gazette in the coming weeks.

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