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http://www.freep.com/news/nw/canada19e_20050419.htm Canada takes steps to lure more foreign students into country April 19, 2005 BY BETH DUFF-BROWN ASSOCIATED PRESS TORONTO -- Canada opened its arms wider to foreigners Monday, enticing international students to join its workforce once they graduate and making it easier for immigrant parents to join children already in Canada. The United States has tried to limit the number of refugees and immigrants since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and also restrict the illegal immigrants who cross the U.S. border from Mexico. Canada, by contrast, is seeking more immigrants to complement its population of 33 million, which needs more skilled workers as well as students on college campuses. Immigration Minister Joe Volpe said Monday he hopes to triple the approvals of parents and grandparents seeking citizenship in Canada to about 18,000 a year. He also said the government would spend an additional $58 million over the next two years to address a backlog of 110,000 cases. Volpe said that starting this week, parents and grandparents waiting for their immigration visas to be processed would be granted 5-year, multiple-entry visas so they could visit their children in the meantime. "We manifest our identity as Canadians by fulfilling our obligations and responsibilities as Canadians," Volpe said. Volpe said Canada would also relax work rules on most foreign students, who are currently restricted to on-campus jobs while they study. They'll be able to work off campus, and, once they graduate, they'll be able to work for two years, instead of one, in jobs outside the major metropolises of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. He said the new rules would encourage foreign graduates to seek jobs outside big cities and help universities attract more students, who, on average, contribute about $20,000 a year to the schools they attend. "International students who choose to stay in Canada after they graduate greatly contribute to our labor market," Volpe said. "Whether they choose to stay in Canada or return to their home country, they will have acquired Canadian experience and values that will enrich their lives." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> DonorsChoose. A simple way to provide underprivileged children resources often lacking in public schools. Fund a student project in NYC/NC today! http://us.click.yahoo.com/EHLuJD/.WnJAA/cUmLAA/TySplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
