The Honorable Sean Fraser, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, presented Canada’s Immigration Levels Plan 2023–2025, which outlines immigration as a strategy aimed at helping companies find workers, and to attract qualified people in key sectors.

Last year, Canada welcomed more than 405,000 newcomers – the most ever in a single year. The Government continues that ambition, by setting itself 465,000 permanent residents in 2023, 485,000 in 2024, and 500,000 in 2025. The plan places greater emphasis on the settlement of newcomers in different regions of the country, including small towns and rural communities.

“Last year, we welcomed the largest number of newcomers in a single year in our history,” said Fraser. “This year’s plan will help businesses find the workers they need, set Canada on a path that supports our long-term success, and enable us to deliver on our key commitments to vulnerable people fleeing violence, war and persecution.”

That plan builds on ongoing work to strengthen the immigration system, and bring the benefits of immigration to communities across the country. That includes supporting the vitality of Francophone communities outside of Quebec. (J.L-B\IJL)

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That brings Laval’s total to 76,402 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.

Unfortunately, 1,160 Laval citizens died from it, which represents an increase of four compared to the previous seven days.

As for vaccination, 89.7 per cent of Laval’s population received at least one dose of vaccine. Of them, 87 per cent have received their second dose, and 50.4 per cent got a first booster dose. That data increases to 17.5 per cent when it comes to the second booster dose. In total, it represents 1,028,476 doses given in the region since the start of vaccinations.

It’s the ninth highest provincial total behind Montreal (5,072,761), the Montérégie (3,384,175), the Capitale-Nationale (1,911,482), the Laurentides (1,478,368), the Mauricie and the Centre-du -Quebec (1,264,728), Lanaudière (1,227,346), the Estrie (1,210,102) and Chaudière-Appalaches (1,061,190).

The CISSS also specified that 79 employees of its network (increase of 17) were absent from work due to the virus.

To clarify, the data used for confirmed cases of COVID-19 are now coming from the laboratory database, rather than from the Public Health Trajectories (TSP) information system as before.

This new method no longer makes it possible to present data from Laval’s sectors, since the information on the place of residence is often incorrectly entered, or missing.

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This investment of more than $20 million has, in part, allowed to completely redesign its Convention Centre, gaining 30 per cent in surface area.

Due to the needs, half of those 45,000 square feet are modular by means of mechanical walls and removable glass walls. The eight multipurpose rooms are offering a possibility of 70 different configurations.

“With direct access to the outdoor terrace, the new La Lavalloise room benefits from exceptional brightness,” the press release specifies.

The capacity increases to 1,500 guests in banquet mode, while new the Convention Centre can accommodate groups of up to 1,800 people in cocktail mode, making it one of the largest of its category in Quebec. (S.ST-A/IJL)

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