Friday, 30 November 2012

EMIGRATION can prolong LIFE

FROM UK DAILY MAIL

Where in the world will you live the longest? Colour-coded map highlights stark differences in life expectancy across globe

How long will you live? The world map of life expectancy
This revealing colour-coded map reveals the patchwork of different life expectancies in 188 of the world's countries. No surprises, people are likely to live the longest in developed countries with state-funded healthcare systems like Japan, Canada and the UK, which each have average life expectancies of over 80. However despite the prohibitive cost U.S. healthcare, it's interesting to note that life expectancy in the world's superpower still regularly reaches higher than 77.5 - as good as some European social democracies.

Thursday, 29 November 2012

UK: FALL in IMMIGRATION

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2240378/Biggest-fall-immigration-20-years-Success-thanks-blitz-bogus-colleges-cut-student-visas.html

Wednesday, 28 November 2012

FEDERAL SKILLED WORKER PROVINCIAL NOMINEES


Operational Bulletin 470 - November 5, 2012

Open Work Permit Requests from Provincial Nominees Identified Through the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Backlog Reduction Pilot

Summary

The purpose of this Operational Bulletin (OB) is to provide information regarding work permit (WP) requests from provincial nominees identified under the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) Backlog Reduction Pilot. This OB is effective immediately and will remain in effect for the duration of the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot.

Background

In February 2012, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) launched the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot in collaboration with provincial and territorial governments to help provinces and territories (PTs) better meet their labour market needs while contributing to CIC’s FSW backlog reduction efforts. Through this pilot, participating PTs (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Northwest Territories) were given the opportunity to identify FSW backlog applicants for possible nomination under the Provincial Nominee Program based on applicants’ province of intended destination and work experience. More details on the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot can be found in OB 408. The Pilot continued to go forward despite the subsequent elimination of the FSW backlog through the enactment of the Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (Budget 2012 implementation).
Some participating PTs have requested that provincial nominees identified through the Pilot based on their work experience but as yet without job offers from Canadian employers, be considered for province-specific open WPs to facilitate faster labour market entry while Permanent Resident processing is underway. This request is consistent with the objectives of the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot — to test innovative, joint Federal / Provincial / Territories approaches to responding to labour market needs while easing immigration pressures, and is in the spirit of authorities under R204(c), which allow for the issuance of WPs to foreign nationals who intend to perform work pursuant to a bilateral agreement between CIC and a province or territory.

Parameters

Effective immediately, qualifying foreign nationals (described below), destined to the nominating province can apply for one of the maximum 1500 province-specific open WPs to be issued in relation to the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot. Uptake will be monitored by CIC through existing monthly Pilot reporting procedures. The issuance of the province-specific open WP is not contingent on the nominated applicant having submitted an application for permanent residence.

Procedures

Eligibility – Applicants must meet the following criteria to be eligible:
  1. The applicant must be a participant in the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot.
  2. The WP application must be accompanied by a letter of support from the nominating province that:
    • confirms the applicant is being nominated under the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot; and
    • indicates the WP will only be valid for work in the nominating province.

WP issuance and extensions

  1. A province-specific, non job-specific open or open/restricted (depending on medical examination restrictions, if applicable) WP may be issued to the eligible applicants as described above upon receipt of a WP application and letter of support from the nominating PT (as described above) without requiring a Labour Market Opinion (LMO) from Service Canada.
  2. An applicant may apply for the WP at a mission, Port of Entry or in-land.
  3. The applicant must also meet all other admissibility requirements to be issued a WP under the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot.
  4. WPs issued under the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot may be valid for a maximum of two years.
  5. Because WPs issued under the FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot are intended to facilitate faster labour market entry while Permanent Resident processing is underway, extensions beyond the initial two year validity period will not be granted.

System Instructions

LMO Exemption Code is T13 in conjunction with R204(c) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: “…an agreement entered into by the Minister with a province or group of provinces under subsection 8(1) of the Act.” This code must be used on the WP issued to the applicant.
The open WP should indicate in the “Province” fields and the printed “Conditions” that it is only valid for work performed in the nominating province.
To assist with statistical research, evaluation, and policy development, officers are asked to include reference to the “FSW Backlog Reduction Pilot” in the system notes.

Wednesday, 14 November 2012

POLISH EMIGRATION: UK to CANADA

WORKPERMIT.COM

Canadian immigration minister tells UK Poles to move to Canada

06 November 2012

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Jason Kenney, the Canadian minister for Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, visited the UK and Ireland at the end of October 2012. He was trying to persuade skilled workers to consider a new life in Canada. While he was in the UK and in Ireland, he took the time to address audiences of Poles who are resident in the two countries.
He told UK-based Poles 'Many of you would find a better job in Canada.' He also told them that the cost of living is lower in Canada.
A spokesman for Mr Kenney's department, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) said that there are skills shortages in Canada in four sectors of the economy; construction, manufacturing, transportation and service industries. He added that 40-50% of job vacancies are to be found in the construction sector.
In the UK, Mr Kenney held meetings in the Canadian High Commission in London with leaders of UK Polish groups and associations. Mr Kenney believes that Poles resident in the UK and Ireland will have an advantage over their fellow countrymen who still live in Poland because many of them will have learnt enough English to integrate more quickly into the Canadian workforce.
While he was in Ireland too, Mr Kenney met with Polish groups. He gave a speech in which he told his audience 'The government of Canada is committed to building an immigration system that actively recruits talent rather than passively processing all applications that we receive.' Mr Kenney said that there were 200,000 Poles living in Ireland, many of them with exactly the skills that Canada wants.
Mr Kenney told UK Poles that the Canadian economy was thriving. This is partly because Canadian banks had not suffered due to the credit crunch of 2008 when the banking systems of many western countries, particularly the US, the UK and much of western Europe were nearly destroyed. Banks in many of these countries invested in bonds which were dependent on the value of the American housing market. When house prices fell in the US, many banks became virtually bankrupt. Many had to be rescued by governments around the world. This caused a recession in many countries which continues to this day.
However, Canadian banks did not invest in investments because regulation in Canada did not allow them to do so. This protected the Canadian economy which is now growing faster than any other in the G8 group of the 8 richest countries in the world. Therefore, there were plenty of job opportunities for skilled workers who spoke English in Canada.
Mr Kenney also told Poles that, because there are already more than one million Canadians of Polish descent, they would feel at home in Canada.
Mr Kenney, a dynamic minister who is often in the news, has also announced that his department, CIC will hold a publicity event in Manchester in 2013 which will again target Poles, this time those settled in Manchester and the north of England.
In April 2012, Mr Kenney announced that he would establish the new Federal Skilled Trades Program which would enable skilled tradespeople to prove that they had skills useful to the Canadian economy and would not assess them on formal, academic educational criteria.
In July 2012, Mr Kenney suspended the Federal Skilled Worker Program, the main immigration programme for skilled immigrants into Canada apart from. The good news is that those with a qualifying job offer from a Canadian employer or those who can come under the PhD stream can still apply.
In August, Mr Kenney announced that the skilled worker programme, with a number of major changes, will probably reopen in January 2013. He said that youth and the ability to speak either English or French would be more important factors in future when deciding whether workers qualified for a permanent resident permit under the Canadian points-based immigration system.

Sunday, 11 November 2012

Introduction to the STUDY of LAW: Prof. S.M.WADDAMS

"THE STUDY of LAW" by U.Tor.Prof.S.M.WADDAMS

INTRODUCTION to the STUDY of LAW. by U.Toronto Prof S.M.WADDAMS.PhD LLM SJD FRSC 7th Ed.Carswell, Tor.122 pp.$53

Essential reading for all doctors to learn that Canuck Courts judge EVIDENCE & not look for JUSTICE.
Canadian Courts are ADVERSARIAL not INQUISITORIAL as in many European Countries.
The OMA four staff lawyers do not provide MEDICAL CASE LAW. The OMA Legal dept.does not report and codify CPSO Tribunal decisions.

BTW CPSO " trials" are TRIBUNALS & NOT COURT TRIALS. The TRIBUNAL members have name
cards in front of then unlike COURT JUDGES, One does NOT have to STAND when Tribunal members enter the room. One does not have to SWEAR an OATH or AFFIRM in a TRIBUNAL HEARING.

Unlike the Courts, the CPSO Tribunal charges the OMA member the costs of the proceedings at about $3500 a day.  The CMPA insurance does not cover an APPEAL to Ont. Superior Court. The usual retainer is $30,000. Knowledge of the Law is important.

NO NHS BENEFITS for WORKLESS EU IMMIGRANTS to UK.

y Jason Groves, Political Correspondent DAILY MAIL

Determined: Home Secretary Theresa May wants to reduce the 'pull factors' blamed for attracting jobless migrants
Determined: Home Secretary Theresa May wants to reduce the 'pull factors' blamed for attracting jobless migrants
Thousands of potential migrants from Romania and Bulgaria could be barred from using NHS hospitals and claiming benefits if they travel to Britain without a job, Theresa May suggested today.

The Home Secretary said she was powerless to extend temporary restrictions on travel from the two eastern European countries when they expire at the end of next year.

But she said she was determined to reduce the so-called 'pull factors' blamed for attracting thousands of jobless migrants to this country.

Home Office sources said officials were looking at the scope for restricting access to key public services for migrants who arrive in this country without a job.

Areas being looked at include healthcare, education, housing and benefits. Detailed proposals will be published next year.

The proposal has echoes of California's controversial 'Proposition 187' law, which barred undocumented immigrants from using public services.
The law was adopted in 1994 but abandoned five years later after being ruled unconstitutional.

Mrs May told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: 'I will be looking at the transitional controls on Romania and Bulgaria at the end of 2013.
'I will be looking at what we call the pull factors, what is it that attracts people sometimes to come over here to the United Kingdom, so looking at issues about benefits, and access to the health service, and things like that.'

Ministers fear that a mass influx of immigrants from the two former communist regimes could derail the already difficult target of reducing net immigration to under 100,000 by 2015.
Influx: Ministers fear they will miss target for reducing immigration
Influx: Ministers fear they will miss target for reducing immigration
Romania and Bulgaria joined the EU at the start of 2007 and remain the two poorest countries in the EU.
Transitional restrictions were imposed to prevent the kind of influx of migrants seen when Poland and other eastern European countries joined the EU.
As a result migrants from these two countries still require a work permit, and there are strict quotas on the number who can come to do low-skilled jobs.
 
Mrs May said: 'There are no further transitional controls that we can put on - the transitional controls end in December 2013, but that's where the importance of looking at some of the issues about what it is that is attracting people to come here, in terms of things like our benefits system and access to the health service, is so important.'
Mrs May also confirmed she was reviewing the wider question of free movement within the EU. Some Tory ministers feel the original principle of free movement of labour has gradually been transformed into a much broader right to free movement of citizens and their relatives.
Restrictions on free movement are likely to be a key Tory demand in any renegotiation of Britain's relationship with the EU.
Controls: Mrs May told Andrew Marr she is reviewing free movement in the EU
Controls: Mrs May told Andrew Marr she is reviewing free movement in the EU
The Home Office is also in talks with other EU countries about ending 'abuse' of the existing system by illegal immigrants who enter into sham marriages with people in other EU countries in order to be able to work and travel freely across the continent.

Mrs May insisted that the Government was still committed to its target of cutting net immigration from well over 200,000 a year to under 100,000.

Tory critics believe the target is unachievable without restrictions on immigration from the EU. But senior Liberal Democrats, including Business Secretary Vince Cable argue that tight restrictions on immigration could damage the economy, particularly the thriving university sector.

Mrs May said: 'That is still our aim, that we will get net migration down to the tens of thousands. In the last figures, which were to the end of last December, we saw the first significant fall - 30,000 fewer net migrants - the first significant fall for many years.
'And if we look at the visas situation to June of this year, June 2012, we see a significant cut in the number of visas, particularly in students - 90,000 down just by actually getting out abuse of the system.

'Immigration has been good, but it needs to be controlled, and that's what we're doing.'

Saturday, 10 November 2012

CRIMINALLY INSANE AFGHAN REFUGEE


Ahmad Otak jailed for 34 years for murdering two teenagers

Ahmad Otak Otak was told he acted out of "childish jealousy"
A man who forced his ex-girlfriend to watch him murder her sister and her friend after she refused to take him back has been jailed for life.
Ahmad Otak, an asylum seeker from Afghanistan, stabbed 17-year-old Kimberley Frank and Samantha Sykes, 18, in March in West Yorkshire.
He then abducted his ex partner, 19-year-old Elisa Frank, and drove to Dover in a bid to flee the country.
Otak was jailed for a minimum of 34 years at Leeds Crown Court.
Otak, who repeatedly lied about his age but is thought to be at least 22, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder at a hearing in October.
Judge Justice Coulson told the double killer he "behaved like an animal" and was "incapable of behaving like a human being".

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You forced Elisa Frank to take part and then abducted her, and your treatment of her sister's body demonstrates at least a degree of sadism”
Mr Justice Coulson
He said he was a "practised liar" who repaid the generosity the UK had shown to him by murdering two teenage girls with a "significant degree of premeditation".
Otak, of Linton Road, Wakefield, arrived in the UK in 2007 and was granted humanitarian protection to stay in Britain.
The court heard he lied about his age to get preferred treatment by social services.
'Frenzied attack' The court heard he had a turbulent relationship with Ms Frank, who he met in care, and became increasingly possessive, threatening to kill her if she left him.
In February, Ms Frank broke off their relationship.
A month later, Otak went to Kimberley Frank's flat with a kitchen knife that he bought that day and stabbed her 15 times as her sister was made to watch.
Prosecution barrister Richard Mansell QC told the court: "At one point he stood over Kimberley Frank's body, laughed, licked blood from the knife and spat at her body."
Samantha Sykes, left, and Kimberley Frank Samantha Sykes and Kimberley Frank were found dead at Kimberley's flat in Wakefield
Otak then tied Ms Frank up and made her ask her friend Miss Sykes to come to the flat. When Miss Sykes arrived, he stabbed her repeatedly.
Miss Sykes sustained 32 stab and slash wounds.
Otak then abducted Ms Frank and fled to Dover.
They met an illegal immigrant, Bahram Bahrami, at the port and hid with him in the back of a wagon.
But as Otak's back was turned, Ms Frank told Mr Bahrami she was being held at knifepoint.
He wrestled the knife from Otak, fled to nearby houses with Ms Frank and the police were called.
Mr Justice Coulson said: "You killed two people in the brutal way that you had planned.
"You forced Elisa Frank to take part and then abducted her, and your treatment of her sister's body demonstrates at least a degree of sadism.
"You will not even be considered for release until the year 2046."

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Toronto HERZING COLLEGE IMMIGRATION COURSE

HERZING COLLEGE runs 3.5 month courses at $6900. Mon-Thurs. Two sessions a day. Morning instructor Mrs.Kerry MOLITOR; (Humber College Immigration Certificate ) from 8am-1pm. In practice 9am - 12:30pm. (with 30 min.break). Afternoon instructor Mr.Daniel.WOODS BA (York University, Toronto)officially from 6 to 11pm. In practice 6:30-9pm (with 30 min.break).Mr.Woods was employed by Canadian Immigration for many years. $6900 fee includes Immigration text book $140; resume preparation; use of personal class computer. unlimited copy paper; library; locker; student canteen with 75 cent coffee machine and microwave.

Average cost of daily session $110. Student loan possible.

Exams are Open Book including use of computer. Students are given the`exam questions to prepare before taking tests.

Herzing web site states 325 hours of class tuition. In reality MORNING CLASS provides approx.192 hours. EVENING CLASS approx.128 hours. Fine for those who have been practicing for years and now need a ICCRC licence. Less useful for beginners who need the full advertised class time.

The "one-on-one" advertised only applies to resume preparation.



ONTARIO WANTS SKILLED WORKERS

 Attracting a skilled workforce and growing a stronger economy
  • As immigration increases, raise the proportion of economic immigrants to 70 per cent from the current level of 52 per cent.
  • Increase Ontario's role in selecting the immigrants who meet our unique labour market needs.
  • Request a doubling of our Provincial Nominee Program from the federal government to 2,000 in 2013, increasing to 5,000 in 2014.

Monday, 5 November 2012

Past Pres.CPSO Psych Dr.R.KOKA on Ont.Immigration committee


Expanding our Routes to Success: The Final Report by Ontario's Expert Roundtable on Immigration


To help build a stronger economy, Ontario will develop its first-ever immigration strategy.
A new expert roundtable, led by Julia Deans, will help develop the strategy and examine ways that immigration can best support Ontario’s economic development and help new Ontarians find jobs.
The roundtable consists of business people, employers, academics and other experts on immigration and labour market needs.
Members of the Expert Roundtable on Immigration are:
    • Julia Deans (Chair) – past CEO of Greater Toronto CivicAction Alliance
    • Craig Alexander - Senior Vice President & Chief Economist, TD Bank Group
    • Steve Arnold - Warden, Lambton County
    • Charles Beach - Professor, Queens University
    • Catherine Chandler-Crichlow - Executive Director, Centre of Excellence in Financial Services Education, Toronto Financial Services Alliance
    • Debbie Douglas - Executive Director, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants
    • Karna Gupta - President and CEO, Information Technology Association of Canada
    • Phillip Kelly - Associate Professor, York University
    • PSYCHIATRIST Rayudu Koka MD(1974 Karnatak U.) FRCPC - Medical Director, Mental Health and Addictions Program, Hôpital régional de Sudbury Regional Hospital.
    • Gus Kotsiomitis - Vice President, Commercial Financial Services, RBC
    • Allan O’Dette - President and CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce
    • Ratna Omidvar – President, Maytree Foundation
    • Léonie Tchatat - Executive Director, La Passerelle - Intégration et Développement Économiques (The Gateway - Integration and Economic Development).

QUEBEC IMMIGRATION

INVESTOR CLASS $1.6-million net worth: $800,000 investment for 5 years.(no-interest)

Applications after March 2013



Where to settle?EmploymentEducationHousingFrench language

List of financial intermediaries

If you are submitting an immigration application as an investor, you must sign an investment agreement with one of the financial intermediaries—a broker or trust company—authorized1 to participate in the Investor Program. For more information on the financial intermediary, please visit the Internet site of your broker or trust company.


List of authorized brokers and trust companies

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
1500, rue Université, bureau 700
Montréal (Québec)  H3A 3S8

Sophie Brault

Telephone: 514 982-7455
Fax: 514 982-7677
sophie.brault@computershare.com
CTI CAPITAL VALEURS MOBILIÈRES INC.
1, Place Ville Marie, bureau 1635
Montréal (Québec)  H3B 2B6

Bernard Casimir

Telephone: 514 861-8881
Fax: 514 861-3230
bcasimir@cticap.com
DESJARDINS TRUST INC.
2, Complexe Desjardins
C. P. 992, Station Desjardins, Tour Est, 27e étage
Montréal (Québec)  H5B 1C1
www.immigrantinvestor.com

Marc Audet

Telephone: 514 499-8440
Fax: 514 982-9579
desjardins@immigrantinvestor.com
ETERNA TRUST INC.
1134, Grande-Allée Ouest, bureau 400
Québec (Québec)  G1S 1E5
www.eterna.ca

Robert Archer

Telephone: 418 266-6000
Fax: 418 948-9263
pii@eterna.ca
FIN-XO SECURITIES INC.
800, boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest, bureau 340
Montréal (Québec)  H3B 1X9
www.fin-xo.com

Denis Régimbald

Telephone: 514 875-5822
Fax: 514 221-3122
iip@fin-xo.com
HSBC TRUST COMPANY (Canada)
2001, avenue McGill College, bureau 300
Montréal (Québec) H3A 1G1
www.hsbc.ca/qiip

Daniel Perron

Telephone: 514 286-5332
Fax: 514 286-5380
daniel_perron@hsbc.ca
INDUSTRIAL ALLIANCE SECURITIES INC.
2200, avenue McGill College, bureau 320
Montréal (Québec)  H3A 3P8
www.quebeciip.com

Alain Nadon

Telephone: 514 499-1170
Telephone: 1 800 361-7465         
Fax: 514 499-1063
anadon@iagto.ca
LAURENTIAN BANK SECURITIES INC.
Tour Banque Laurentienne
1981, avenue McGill College, bureau 100
Montréal (Québec)  H3A 3K3
www.vmbl.ca

Xinyu Yang

Telephone: 514 350-2955
Fax: 514 284-9793
YangX@vmbl.ca
MACDOUGALL, MACDOUGALL & MACTIER INC.
1010, rue de La Gauchetière Ouest, bureau 2000
Montréal (Québec)  H3B 4J1
www.3macs.com

William L. Cowen

Telephone: 514 394-3000
Fax: 514 393-1390
bcowen@3macs.com
NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL
1155, rue Metcalfe, bureau 1438
Montréal (Québec)  H3B 4S9
www.nbf-gocanada.com

Louis Leblanc

Telephone: 514 879-5576
Fax: 514 879-1015
gocanada@videotron.net
PWM CAPITAL
1, Westmount Square, bureau 1810
Montréal (Québec)  H3Z 2P9
www.pwmcapital.com

Armand Arton

Telephone: 514 935-9333
Fax: 514 935-5622
aarton@pwmartoncapital.com
RENAISSANCE CAPITAL INC.
1800, avenue McGill College, bureau 2110
Montréal (Québec)  H3A 3J6
www.rcican.com

Sylvain Payette

Telephone: 514 842-3666
Fax: 514 842-5666
spayette@rcican.com
SCOTIA CAPITAL INC.
1002, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, bureau 1210
Montréal (Québec)  H3A 3L6
www.scotiabank.com/immigrantinvestor

Guy Pilote

Telephone: 514 350-7764
Fax: 514 350-7794
guy_pilote@scotiacapital.com

(1) The financial intermediary corresponds to the definition under section 1, subsection b.1) or m) of the Regulation respecting the selection of foreign nationals, has signed a tripartite agreement with the Ministère de l'Immigration et des Communautés culturelles and IQ Immigrants investisseurs inc. (article 34.1 of this regulation) and has presented an investment agreement that respects the provisions of article 34.1. Return to the text