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        <title><![CDATA[ Articles & Resources Canada by Salman ]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[ Canada opens full-service center for immigrants in Ottawa ]]></title>
<link>https://canadanama.tripod.com/2007/en102007_10.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ October 25, 2007 -- With funding of $2.2 million over two and a half years from the Government of Canada through the Canada-Ontario Immigration Agreement, the Newcomer Information Center represents an innovative model for service delivery to newcomers in Ontario, providing access to a full range of services under one roof. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ CIC increasing the availability of Foreign Credential Referral Services ]]></title>
<link>https://canadanama.tripod.com/2007/en102007_11.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ October 30, 2007 -- The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Diane Finley, recently announced that 75 Service Canada centers in Ontario now offer in-person foreign credential information and referral services to newcomers.  As part of the Foreign Credential Referral Office (FCRO), launched in May 2007, the services provided will facilitate the assessment and recognition of skills obtained outside of Canada. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Canadian Citizenship Week ]]></title>
<link>https://canadanama.tripod.com/2007/en102007_01.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ October 21, 2007 -- This year, the Canadian Citizenship Week runs from October 15-21 and the theme was My Citizenship. Sunday October 21 will close out Citizenship and Immigration Canada's annual Citizenship Week, "a time we dedicate each year to celebrate our shared values of respect, freedom and justice, and reflect on what it means to be Canadian."  Hundreds of people have become Canadian citizens this week and hundreds more have reaffirmed their allegiance to Canada at the many citizenship ceremonies across the country.
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<title><![CDATA[ Canadian immigration scores well on successful integration ]]></title>
<link>https://canadanama.tripod.com/2007/en102007_04.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ October 15, 2007 -- Canada is better than many European countries at helping new Canadian visa holders to settle into their new homes, according to a European study of how nations integrate immigrants. Canada was ranked fifth (tied with Finland) out of 28 countries for its immigration policies, with only Sweden, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands better at promoting peaceful integration. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Canada is at its lowest unemployment rate in thirty-three years ]]></title>
<link>https://canadanama.tripod.com/2007/en102007_08.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ October 8, 2007 -- According to a Statistics Canada report, Canadian employers created 51,100 jobs in September, three times more than economists had predicted.  This swell of employment brought the national unemployment rate down to 5.9 per cent, its lowest level since November 1974. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ More News and Articles... ]]></title>
<link>https://canadanama.tripod.com/en102007_00.htm</link>
<description><![CDATA[ October 31, 2007 -- To see more news and analysis along with proceedings of different events, polls results, statistics, reports and opinions, check the October 2007 issue of "Articles and Resources Canada". ]]></description>
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