Permanent Residents

permanent residents: The changes, which are expected to become law later this year, do away with a provision that eased the path to citizenship for those who live in the country before becoming permanent residents a rule that benefited foreign students, according to Huffington Post. "We're continuing to compete internationally with countries like the U.K., U.S. and Australia increasingly for talent and it makes no sense for us to take away incentives that we knew would bear fruit." As more countries compete for the world's top talent, some worry that planned changes to the Citizenship Act could hamper Canada's efforts to woo international students, a group that contributes billions of dollars to the Canadian economy. "We're taking away one of our major selling points," said Debbie Douglas, executive director of the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.