While skyrocketing home prices are making it hard for newcomers to buy a home, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are some options to help first-time buyers in three major Canadian cities.
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New statistics show that the highest rate of COVID-19 is happening in the Greater Toronto area, putting multi-generational homes under the microscope as potential sources for outbreaks.
View More Why Overcrowded Housing Has to be Fixed to Prevent Future Pandemics
Many immigrants who come to Canada in the skilled workers class, find it difficult to get employment that matches their education and skill level. Seeking help from Canadian settlement agencies, many find that the agencies instead encourage them to settle for jobs they are overqualified for because of a lack of ‘Canadian experience.’
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Largely racialized, the taxi industry has taken a massive hit from the pandemic. Lobbying by the industry to get a fairer shake has only been partially successful, leaving many to wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that many cabbies are new immigrants.
View More Toronto Tries to Soften Blow on Cabbies
Families Minister Ahmed Hussen says the new national child-care plan will improve the situation of low-income families and newcomers in Canada, not only that of middle-class Canadians.
View More New Child-Care Plan to Help Newcomers, Low-Income Families, Too: Hussen
Niagara Falls, one of the seven wonders of the world, attracts millions of visitors every year and generates over $2 billion annually for the Canadian economy. New Canadian Media looks at the impact of the pandemic on the region
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COVID-19 health protocols have shut down many free tax clinics. Like in many other areas of life, community groups and volunteers have stepped up to offer help in new and novel ways.
View More Taxed by COVID, Community Centres Rally to Help Low-Income Clients
Les travailleurs et travailleuses agricoles saisonniers ont travaillé à bout de bras pour aider à pallier la pénurie de main-d’œuvre agricole au Québec, exacerbée en 2020 par la pandémie de COVID-19.
View More Des travailleurs agricoles s’expriment sur leur travail en contexte pandémique
Shady business practices use social connections in immigrant communities to bolster their bottom line.
View More Pyramid Schemes Profiting From Immigrant Connections
To survive in Toronto’s Little Jamaica, businesses need to outlast COVID-19 and LRT construction which has already dragged on for nearly a decade, Marcus Medford reports.
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