Category: Focus

They call them parachute kids — children of immigrant families who are left in Canada, while their parents live overseas.

Fitzroy Nesbitt has found a creative way to avoid Canada’s mandatory construction apprenticeships – working for himself.

The skills of foreign-trained professionals recruited to come to this country are being squandered and it’s costing the Canadian economy an estimated $5.9 billion annually, a report by the United Way/Centraide Ottawa says.

The immigration department can be more of a hindrance than a help to newcomers settling in Canada, critics say, adding that it is responsible for poor quality service, over-stretched waiting times and mounting frustration among immigration claimants.