Evening Update: Canada increasing immigration targets; Saudi petrochemical company eyes Alberta

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Canada will hold a bigger welcoming party than it previously planned, with the federal governmentCanada hopes to greet 401,000 permanent residents in 2021, compared to a previous target of 351,000; 411,000 in 2022, up from a previous target of 361,000; and 421,000 in 2023.

Because of closed borders, shuttered visa offices, quarantine restrictions and few available international flights, Canada is expected to take in only a fraction of the 341,000 permanent residents that this country was expected to welcome this year. Associate minister of natural gas Dale Nally told The Globe and Mail that petrochemical companies in the middle eastern country are “looking at other jurisdictions” in which to expand – “and one of those jurisdictions is Alberta.”Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has long been critical of Saudi Arabia, repeatedly calling it an unfriendly dictatorship with a state-owned energy company that has no right to dump its oil on North America.

 

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I am a Kurd from Syria. I love Canada from my childhood. Serious for 6 years. I am trying to reach Canada, but without success. Tell me how to get to Canada. My life’s dream is to live in Canada.

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