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Canada to attract more immigrants until 2025

Plan is launched to help address labour market shortages By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Canada hopes to attract more immigrants to address its labour market shortages which it sees to be “causing uncertainty for Canadian businesses and workers.” “Last year, we welcomed the most newcomers in a single year in our history. This year’s immigration levels […]

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Vancouver Asian Film Festival 2022: Stefanos Tai’s “We Don’t Dance For Nothing”

Vancouver, B.C. Brings power of dance and of Filipinas Mildred German Vancouver, BC – “We Don’t Dance for Nothing” has been described as “a love letter to Filipina Domestic Workers of Hong Kong”. The film was Honorable Mention, Best Documentary at the recent DOXA Documentary Film Festival 2022 (May 5-15, 2022), and is back again

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Filipinos top new immigrant groups in Alberta

Alberta, Canada  Statistics Canada: 47,600 Filipinos moved to Alberta from 2016-2021   By Charmaine Y. Rodriguez Filipino immigrants are the biggest group of newcomers who moved to Alberta, Canada, making up about one quarter of recent immigrants to the province. Statistics Canada data shows about 47,600 people moved to Alberta from the Philippines since 2016. 

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