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 <item> <title><![CDATA[ Minister Kenney announces appointments and reappointments to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-03-19a.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 19, 2010 — Ottawa, March 19, 2010 — Today, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced three appointments, five reappointments and one designation to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada.  ]]></description>
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 <item> <title><![CDATA[ Minister Kenney announces two new appointments to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-03-19.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 19, 2010 — Ottawa, March 19, 2010 — Today, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced two new appointments to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s (CRRF) Board of Directors.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Update: priority processing measures in Haiti (March 19, 2010) ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/notices/notice-haiti40.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 19, 2010 — The January 12 earthquake in Haiti caused significant damage to the Embassy of Canada in Port-au-Prince, which limited visa and immigration services for the past month.  ]]></description>
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 <item> <title><![CDATA[ Minister Kenney pleased with B.C. immigration fraud conviction ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-03-16a.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 16, 2010 — Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney extended his thanks today to Vancouver police and British Columbia prosecutors for their work recently in convicting an immigration consultant of fraud.  ]]></description>
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 <item> <title><![CDATA[ Citizenship and Immigration Canada provides open and regular public access to key departmental information ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-03-16b.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 16, 2010 —Starting today, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will now post its most requested statistics on a quarterly basis on its web site, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced.  ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Government of Canada consults Canadians on economic immigration priorities ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-03-16.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 16, 2010 — As the economic recovery gains momentum, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney today launched consultations to identify Canada’s new and emerging labour market needs and how immigration can best respond to them. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Improvements to proof of language rules will increase fairness, reduce delays, says Immigration Minister ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-03-10.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 10, 2010 — The Government of Canada is streamlining the process for assessing the language skills of applicants to the Federal Skilled Worker and Canadian Experience classes, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Minister Kenney issues statement recognizing Commonwealth Day ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/statements/2010/2010-03-08.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 8, 2010 — The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, issued the following statement recognizing Commonwealth Day. ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Minister Kenney announces expanded on-line resource for newcomers ]]></title>
<link>http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2010/2010-03-01.asp</link>
<description><![CDATA[ Ottawa, March 1, 2010 — From finding information on how to start a new business to opening a bank account, there are many steps newcomers take to successfully make their way in Canada.   ]]></description>
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