Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced Thursday the federal government has created two new pathways for Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn country to come to Canada — part of a plan to accept an "unlimited number" of people who want to leave.
Highlights
- Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced Thursday the federal government has created two new pathways for Ukrainians fleeing their war-torn country to come to Canada.
- Some critics, including NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, have called on the government to drop the visa requirement altogether to allow all Ukrainians to travel to Canada unencumbered.
- Fraser also announced the government is introducing an “expedited path” to permanent residency for Ukrainians with family in Canada.
- Canada is slapping a steep 35 per cent tariff on all of the country’s “barbaric” invasion of Ukraine.
- The change could effectively halt all.
- trade between Canada and these former.