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#Canada

Real estate

Where Are Condominiums Heading

Housing prices in Toronto condominiums are a separate topic. Here, the increase in the average price, according to experts, is driven by the constant rise in prices of homes built by developers. Each…

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Immigration

All Hope Is on the Elections

The immigration situation in Canada remains far from rosy. The immigration reform initiated several years ago by the Harper government created a host of problems that still have to be dealt with…

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Immigration

Conservative stagnation

As of today, Canadian conservatives have not been able to demonstrate any notable successes in the field of immigration. Rather, they have demonstrated their inability to solve practical problems…

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Immigration

Canadian Perspective on Dual Citizenship

Canada, like a number of other countries, recognizes dual citizenship. This means that you can simultaneously be a citizen of Canada and a citizen of another country. Moreover, when granting its…

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Country guide

A remarkably polite nation

Every year in August, our family would set off to perform the great American ritual: a road trip. And we always headed north. Perhaps Canada is not one of the most exotic destinations. But sometimes…

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Real estate

Condominium becomes fashionable

When about fifteen years ago, first in Toronto and then across Canada, a condominium construction boom began, the mass scale of this phenomenon became a global phenomenon. Now attention is again…

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Personal experience

Life on the Shores of Ontario

I've been living in Toronto for almost 18 years—already more than half my life, even if I subtract annual trips to Russia. I graduated from the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of…

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Immigration

Quebec to review its strategy

Minister of Immigration of the Canadian province of Quebec Kathleen Weil announced the start of a full review of the province's immigration strategy. As reported by "Russky Toronto", the development…

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Immigration

On Canada's New Immigration Strategy (Part 2)

Before 2002, Canada had a very flexible immigrant selection system under the Skilled Worker program, which could most effectively address both the selection of needed specialists and the queue…

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Immigration

Canada Cuts Investors

On December 16, 2014, Canada announced the opening of a new immigration program for investors – the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital Pilot Program. As Russky Toronto notes, this effectively…

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Immigration

Canada-2015: Betting on Specialists

By tradition, at the end of each year, the Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration Canada announces plans for the following year. This autumn was no exception: on October 31, 2014, Chris Alexander…

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Immigration

CANADA-2015: FOCUS ON SPECIALISTS (part 2)

Continuation of the publication on the prospects of Canada's immigration policy for 2015. In this part of the article, we will examine issues of family sponsorship and the prospects that Canadian…

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