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Federal skilled worker category re-opens with a bang and 25,000 new visas The last six months has been a very busy season for proatric nurses • University professors and lecturers vincial nominee programs (PNP). These programs are run by • Specialist physicians • Psychologists the individual provinces in Canada (ie. Saskatchewan, Quebec, • General practitioners and family physi- • Early childhood educators and assistants Nova Scotia) in the hope that qualified applicants will settle in cians • Translators, terminologists and interprettheir particular province. The impetus to apply under a PNP pro• Dietitians and nutritionists ers gram was primarily due to the strict rules imposed by the Fed• Audiologists and speech-language paAttorney Henry Moyal is a certified and thologists licensed immigration lawyer in Toronto, eral Skilled Program (FSW). • Physiotherapists Ontario. The FSW allows applicants to • Occupational therapists The above article is general advice settle in any place in Canada • Respiratory therapists, clinical perfusion- only and is not intended to act as a legal and applicants do not need to document. indicate where they wish to settle and can • Information systems analysts and con- ists and cardiopulmonary technologists • Medical radiation technologists Send questions to Attorney Moyal by freely reside and work anywhere in Canada sultants email canada@moyal.com or visit www. as immigrants. As immigrants, health care • Database analysts and data administrators • Medical sonographers • Licensed practical nurses moyal.com or call toll free 1-888-847-2 and education for children are free. • Software engineers and designers 078. In the past few years, the FSW imposed • Computer programmers and interactive • Paramedical occupations strict caps on applicants and its occupa- media developers tions. For example in 2013 only 5000 • Mechanical engineering technologists applications were accepted and only 300 and technicians per occupation were accepted. Now, it ap- • Construction estimators pears, the Canadian government is open- • Electrical and electronics engineering ing its doors – quite widely ! As of May technologists and technicians 1, 2014 the Canadian Government will • Industrial instrument technicians and process 25,000 applications and impose a mechanics cap of 1000 per occupation. This is quite • Inspectors in public and environmental generous compared to previous years. Ap- health and occupational health and safety plicants who are qualified under the new • Computer network technicians regulations will obtain immigrant visas • Nursing co-ordinators and supervisors and will be able to include spouses and • Registered nurses and registered psychidependant children. These are not job PA I D P O L I T I C A L A D V E R T I S E M E N T offers or mere work permits. It is for permanent residence. The following is a list of the 50 eligible occupations: • Senior managers – financial, communications and other business services • Senior managers - trade, broadcasting and other services • Financial managers • Human resources managers • Purchasing managers • I nsurance, real estate and financial brokerage managers • Managers in health care • Construction managers • Home building and renovation managers • Managers in natural resources production and fishing • Manufacturing managers • Financial auditors and accountants • Financial and investment analysts • Securities agents, investment dealers and brokers • Other financial officers • Professional occupations in advertising, marketing and public relations • Supervisors, finance and insurance Unless we take action (www.MoreJobsNotTaxes.com), California families and businesses will office workers pay much higher costs for fuel, driving up the cost of food, transportation and other goods • Property administrators and services we use every day. • Geoscientists and oceanographers • Civil engineers • Mechanical engineers This “hidden tax’â€? A new regulation by the California Air Resources Board • Electrical and electronics engineers would raise billions of would result in at least a 12-cent per gallon “hiddenâ€? gas • Petroleum engineers
Think Gas is Too Cheap? Some Sacramento Politicians Think So.
PHL arrests extremist in Malaysia resort kidnapping ZAMBOANGA, April 23, 2014 (AFP) – Philippine forces on Wednesday arrested a Muslim extremist believed to have taken part in the kidnapping of 21 people from a Malaysian resort in 2000, a senior commander said. Such cross-border kidnappings have become more common recently with militants from the lawless southern Philippines travelling to nearby Malaysia, where there are many dive resorts popular with foreign tourists. Nabil Talahi Idjiran, a member of the Abu Sayyaf group who took part in one such raid on Malaysia’s Sipadan island, was arrested in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, said Colonel Andrelino Colina, head of a special anti-terror task force. “He was one of the members of the group that kidnapped them (the 21 hostages),� Colina told AFP.
tax increase next year and will very likely increase from there – perhaps even 40 cents per gallon down the road. Californians already pay the highest gas taxes and pergallon costs at the pump. Now is not the time to raise prices even further, by imposing a hidden regulatory tax which would be on top of the 71.9 cents per gallon we already pay in state and federal gas taxes.
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dollars from California consumers and taxpayers, but not one cent would be guaranteed to go to improving our roads or highways. Instead, the money goes to the politicians in Sacramento to spend.
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