Ottawa: With a rising number of applications, the Canada Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has decided to introduce a new language test for the immigrants applying under the economic class.

The Canadian government is going to launch the new test from the mid-2023.

Presently, there are only four tests including TEF and TCF for French, IELTS and CELPIP approved by the Canadian immigration for English.

Most of the immigration programmes require candidates to undergo an English or French language test in order to be eligible for the Canadian student visa, work permit or seeking permanent residency.

Meanwhile, immigrants between 18 to 54 years of age need to prove their proficiency in either English or French before seeking Canadian citizenship, officials said, adding that considering the heavy flow of applications the government has decided to launch another language test for applicants.

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Ottawa: In a bid to contain the gun violence, the Government of Canada has temporarily restricted the import of handguns from August 19.

The Justin Trudeau government is planning to introduce a gun control legislation proposed in May.

According to the information, the bill addresses the alarming role of guns in gender based violence, gets tough on organized crime and most significantly introduces a national freeze on the sale, transfer and ownership of handguns, anywhere in Canada.

Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the Marco Mendicino, Minister of Public Safety, today announced a temporary import ban on the importation of restricted handguns.

These restrictions will take effect on August 19th, 2022, and will last until the national freeze comes into force.

No single program or initiative can tackle the challenge of gun violence on its own.

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Ontario: In an unprecedented move, the British Columbia, Canada police agencies has issued a warning about 11 men involved to extreme levels of gang violence in the country.

The police have advised people to avoid being near them, of the 11 men notorious criminals, nine are of Punjab origin.

“A public safety warning has been issuing in partnership with@VancouverPD @BCRCMP identifying 11 individuals who pose a significant threat to public safety due to their ongoing involvement in gang conflicts and connection to extreme levels of violence,” Canada police wrote while sharing a photos of 11 notorious criminals on the social media.

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Quebec City: Canada’s government clarified that an apology sought by Pope Francis over the atrocities on indigenous peoples in Aboriginal schools run by churches in the country was unacceptable. The government said there is still a lot to be done in the reconciliation efforts being made during the current times for the bad behaviour that has taken place in the past.

The government’s reaction comes as Pope Francis arrived in Quebec City during the second leg of his weekly visit to Canada, where he met Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Governor General Mary Simon’s residence.

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Vancouver: Pope Francis has apologized for the Catholic Church’s cooperation with Canada’s “devastating” policy of Indigenous residential schools and the atrocities inflicted on children over the past century in Canada.

He said on the sidelines of a programme held near Arminskin Indian Residential School that he apologises for the atrocities committed by the Christians against the tribal people.

For a long time people had been waiting for the Pope to apologise to them. This is expected to heal the wounds of the victims and also makes it possible for the church to reconcile with the Aboriginal people.

He interacted with the leaders of the tribals. He was earlier received by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Governor General Mary Simon after arriving at Edmonton Airport.

Pope Francis will be in Canada for about a week. It may be recalled that the ancestors of tribals were allegedly subjected to torture before they were forcibly admitted to Indian residential schools run by Catholic churches during the last century in their childhood.

Those who died due to torture were buried without any trace of them.

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Ottawa: India is concerned about rising growth of pro-Khalistan movement in Canada, mainly enhanced linkage with organised and notorious criminal that operate in India and Canada.

Indian officials reportedly shared these inputs with Canada authorities and said that there are at least eight such prominent gangs in the country presently and they are directly indulged in anti-India activities.

Officials, however, did not specify names of gangs or gangsters during ongoing conversation between India’s National Investigation Agency and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Indian authorities expressed concern over emerging reality of gangsters in Canada securing ties with Khalistani groups, a senior official said adding that they have a strong connection in India and Canada.

Meanwhile, the officials also mentioned the killing of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moosewala in May 29 and linked it to gang mushrooming in Canada as how a leader of the Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Goldy Brar apparently in Canada at present, took responsibility of his killing on the social media.

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Ottawa: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was defaced at a Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill, Canada yesterday. Following this, Indian government expressed anguished over the incident and termed it a hate crime while demanded from Canadian government for investigation.

“We are deeply anguished by this hate crime that seeks to terrorize the Indian community. It has led to increased concern and insecurity in the Indian community here. We have approached the Canadian government to investigate and ensure perpetrators are brought to justice swiftly,” Indian government said in a statement.

Reacting over the incident, Canadian government said that we are distressed at the desecration of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Vishnu temple in Richmond Hill. This criminal, hateful act of vandalism has deeply hurt the sentiments of the Indian community in Canada. We are in contact with Canadian authorities to investigate this hate crime.

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Ottawa: Following country-wide outrage against its services, Rogers, one of Canada’s largest mobile and Internet providers apologised to the nation today.

The company’s CEO Tony Staffieri said that failure caused due to maintenence update in the core network.

He said that they have narrowed the glitch led to system failure that caused some routers to malfunction from Friday. The problem lasted for over 15 hours, but most services have now been restored, officials said.

Meanwhile, banking, transport and emergency services got hit following Friday’s blackout and many services including 911 hotlines and ATMs left unavailable.

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Ottawa: Government of Canada led by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today issued an apology to descendants and families of No. 2 Construction Battalion, which had served with distinction in the 1st World War but faced anti-Black racism.

“I’m offering an official apology to descendants of No. 2 Construction Battalion for the appalling way these patriots were treated, and for the anti-Black hate and systemic racism that denied them dignity in life and in death,” Trudeau said.

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Ottawa: After a hiatus of over 18 months, Canada government is going to resume the Express Entry draws for all program from Wednesday (July 6).

Canada’s Immigration Minister Sean Fraser has confirmed the development on Twitter and said, “Starting July 6th, 2022, qualified candidates will be invited to apply for permanent residency from the following programs:

1.Federal Skilled Worker program

2.Federal Skilled Trades program

3.Canadian Experience Class, ” Minister wrote on his Twitter handle.

Meanwhile, under the express entry draws, Canada immigration rank candidates in the pool using a points-based system called the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). They select candidates with the highest-ranking from the pool and invite them to apply for permanent residence.

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