Being A Smart Canadian
We all love when we win free goodies at the stores. But do you know that in Ontario, they also come tax-free? With the new Harmonized Sales Tax (HST), replacing the federal General Services Tax (GST) and the Provincial Services Tax (PST) which were levied separately, there is some confusion about what are taxed. Yes, [...]
The Canadian government will distribute almost 600 million dollars during 2012-2013 to all provinces outside the French-speaking province of Quebec to fund immigrant settlement programs. But there is a general trend, with more money heading towards western and eastern Canada while central Canada, with the province of Ontario at its core, receiving less than [...]
Canada is planning to increase considerably the number of immigrants allowed under the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) next year. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada – CIC which is the federal department in charge of immigration issues – most of the country’s provinces and territories will be allowed sponsor between 42,000 and 45,000 immigrants [...]
Four provinces in Canada’s east coast, commonly known as the Atlantic Provinces, have launched major initiatives to boost immigration. As part of the strategy, the Premiers (who are the elected leaders of the provinces in Canada) of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland & Labrador and Prince Edward Island (PEI) want to talk to Canada’s federal [...]
There are ever more foreign-trained doctors being granted licence to practise in the province of Ontario in Canada. According to provincial health officials, 41-percent of the 3,700-plus doctors who were granted a licence last year were from abroad. Ten years ago, this was 28-percent. At present, the province grants about 200 residencies for those doctors [...]
Ontario’s provincial government has rejected calls to waive its three-month waiting period for new immigrants to receive free health care. The Ontario Health Insurance Plan – or commonly known as the OHIP, is Ontario’s version of the Canadian free health care system, and it covers most essential health care bills of Canadians and permanent [...]
The Metro supermarket chain has a special offer for shoppers in Ontario, Canada (excluding Thunder Bay) with AIR Miles Collector Cards. It is offering more than 200 Bonus Air Miles on selected products. The offer is valid from November 12, 2010, to Thursday, November 18, 2010. No coupons are necessary. You can buy the following [...]
One of the largest regions of Ontario province, in Canada, has started a new initiative to attract immigrants. The 32 cities, townships and villages that make up north-western Ontario have come together and set up a new portal, immigrationnorthwesternontario.ca, to send out invitations. With an area of more than half a million square kilometres, north-western [...]
The Ontario provincial government and the province’s medical profession’s regulatory body are being taken to task to resolve the long-simmering issue of insufficient residency spots for foreign-trained doctors. Mitra Arjang and Parampal Ghoshal, who are Iran- and India-trained doctors, respectively, are using the Internet for their campaign. They have started an online petition, asking the [...]
The provincial government in Ontario has introduced new legislation it says will help it protect foreign students from falling for bogus universities or colleges. What the Ontario government wants is more powers to tackle businesses that might establish colleges or universities without permission to grant degrees or diplomas. The new rules will help the government [...]
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