As part of their official visit to Canada, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attended a Canadian immigration ceremony at the Canadian Museum of Civilization on Canada Day, 1^st July.

Several economists in Canada are saying that the country should increase its focus on immigration as a key means of maintaining growth and that Canada should work towards attracting an additonal 100,000 skilled migrants per year to this end.

A former director of Federal-Provincial Relations at Immigration Canada, Robert Vineberg, has asked the Canadian Government to ‘start talking about how to make the policy changes necessary to responsibly increase Canada’s annual immigration intake’.

The Canadian government has proposed a new rule which would require a person coming to stay in Canada with their partner to stay in the relationship for two years before being granted permanent residence.

A new project has been announced that will make it easier for internationally trained information and communications technology professionals to find work in their field in Canada.