McCuaig Desrochers LLP is proud to announce that one of our partners, Nathan Po, was recently included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada for Immigration Law. Also, our partner, Pierre Desrochers, c.r., was selected by his peers to be included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in Canada in the fields of Commercial Leasing Law, Corporate Law, and Real Estate Law.
Dramatic changes to Canada’s International Student Program were announced on January 22, 2024. The changes represent significant reforms designed to stabilize Canada’s International Student Program and remove some of the incentives that have driven explosive international student growth in certain provinces. Effective immediately, Canada has introduced a two-year cap on the number of study permits that it would issue. For the next two years, Canada will cap the intake of study permit applications with the goal of only approving approximately
On January 30, 2024, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada announced that they would begin accepting the Pearson Test of English (PTE Core) language test for all lines of business (except the Student Direct Stream). Offered by Pearson Canada Inc., the PTE Core test now joins the CELPIP and the IELTS test as one of the English tests that applicants can use in support of their immigration applications. For French tests, the Test d’évaluation de français pour le Canada (TEF Canada)
The lawyers and staff at McCuaig Desrochers LLP are taking a well-deserved break during the holidays. Our office will be closed as of 4:30 pm on Friday, December 22nd, 2023 and will reopen 8:30 am on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024.
The Partners of McCuaig Desrochers LLP are excited to welcome our newest associates, Megan Franklin and Paul Smith. Megan has joined our team of litigators and has a passion for family law. Paul has joined our team of solicitors and is ready to help you to continue building your business plans. The Partners are also pleased to welcome our latest articling students, Hadeel Othman and Klarissa Rivero, and look forward to helping them continue a long career within the legal
McCuaig Desrochers LLP would like to congratulate our long-time friend and colleague, Doug Lynass KC, on his well-deserved retirement. Doug has been an active and highly-regarded member of the Edmonton legal community since 1976. During his distinguished legal career, Doug worked most recognizably at Lynass, Ferguson & Schoctor / Alberta Business Lawyers. We are honoured that Doug has placed his trust in McCuaig Desrochers LLP to assume the representation of many of his longstanding clients. His trusted assistant, Colleen Nichol,
The Government of Canada announced the introduction of the Recognized Employer Pilot (REP) on August 8, 2023. It was the first major policy announcement made by Edmonton Centre MP, Randy Boissonnault, in his new role as Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Official Languages. The Recognized Employer Pilot is designed to reduce the red-tape and administrative burden associated with hiring temporary foreign workers and will apply to a subset of those employers who have demonstrated a good track-record of compliance
We are proud to announce that Breanna Case has been Admitted to the Bar and welcome her as an Associate with the firm. Please see Breanna’s full bio here.
Today, Canada’s immigration minister announced a significant expansion of the Francophone Mobility Program which will make it easier for more French-speaking individuals to come and obtain work permits to work in Canada. The Francophone Mobility Program was originally launched in 2016 to promote Francophone immigration to Francophone minority communities outside of Quebec, it exempts Canadian employers (outside of Quebec) from having to go through the Labour Market Impact Assessment system, making it much easier for them to hire French-speaking workers
Since 2020, foreign workers in the Agri-Food industry were able to apply for permanent residence under a (then) new pilot program which was set to end May 2023. Today, the Government of Canada has extended this pilot program to run until May 14, 2025. The Government of Canada has also indicated that they will revise the program to: The majority of the current eligibility criteria and industries and occupations are able to benefit from this program does not appear to
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