Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander: On Nov. 8, the federal Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced big changes to Canadas fastest growing immigration program: the Canadian Experience Class, or CEC, according to The Chronicle Herald. The CEC is a permanent residence program introduced by the federal Conservatives in 2008. The CECs key requirements are that a temporary foreign worker or international graduate have a year of experience in a highly skilled occupation in Canada, and have strong language ability and The recent changes to the CEC most of which went into effect within 24 hours are bad news for potential immigrants and bad news for the Harper government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.