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The Provincial Nominee Program ( PNP) is a set of Canadian immigration programs operated by the Government of Canada in partnership with individual provinces, each of which having its own requirements and 'streams' (i.e., target groups). [ 1] In a program stream, provinces and territories may, for example, target: business people, students ...
The Canadian English Language Proficiency Index Program, or CELPIP ( / ˈsɛlpɪp / ), is an English language assessment tool which measures listening, reading, writing, and speaking skills. The test is administered by Paragon Testing Enterprises., [1] a subsidiary of the University of British Columbia (UBC). Paragon is the only Canadian ...
Canada receives its immigrant population from almost 200 countries. Statistics Canada projects that immigrants will represent between 29.1% and 34.0% of Canada's population in 2041, compared with 23.0% in 2021, while the Canadian population with at least one foreign born parent (first and second generation persons) could rise to between 49.8% and 54.3%, up from 44.0% in 2021.
Canadian law. This is a list of prisons and other secure correctional facilities in Canada, not including local jails. In Canada, all offenders who receive a sentence of 24 months or greater must serve their sentence in a federal correctional facility administered by the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC). Any offender who receives a sentence ...
In Canada, the entirety of the social provisions of government are called social programs ( French: programmes sociaux ), as opposed to social welfare in European/British parlance. Like in the United States, welfare in Canada colloquially refers to direct payments to low-income individuals only, and not to healthcare and education spending. [2]
In Ontario, the Judicial Appointments Advisory Committee (JAAC) is made up of 13 members: 7 lay members, 2 judges, 1 member appointed by the Ontario Judicial Council, and 3 from the legal community. [2] JAAC recommends a list of 3 or 4 candidates, far less than its federal counterpart. [3] Proponents of the system argue that this procedure has ...
The Department of Advanced Education and Training was mandated under numerous Provincial Acts to administer, set priorities, allocate funds, and provide policy direction to the province's post-secondary and skills-training institutions, including the Universities of Manitoba, Winnipeg, and Brandon, the Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface ...
A 2023 report from the nonpartisan Senior Citizens League found that Social Security beneficiaries had lost 36% of their buying power since the year 2000. It also found that seniors aged 85 and ...