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Analysis
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Canada is advertising the jobs its points systems refuse to score
A third of the jobs on the national Job Bank are TEER 4 and 5. Ontario gives those zero points, and a nomination won earned in one cannot be taken through Express Entry at all.
Talent demand
02
Canada has not held a STEM draw in 29 months
The country recruited a generation of tech workers through a door it then stopped opening. 148 rounds and 306,582 invitations later, the STEM category has not been used once.
Talent demand
03
A job in Toronto costs you 15 points
Ontario scores where the job is on a six-band ladder from 15 down to zero. The city most newcomers move to is the zero — and the boundary is not where almost anyone thinks it is.
Nomination
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What a chequing account costs you in your first year here
The Big Five all charge $16.95 a month for the same account, and all five waive it if you keep $4,000 sitting in it. Both of those are a price. Nobody tells newcomers there is a third option.
Financial
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The new study rule cancels the experience you earn using it
Work permit holders can now study without a study permit. One clause on IRCC's own page says that if you study full-time, the work you do at the same time stops counting toward the largest route to permanent residence.
Immigration news
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