Ottawa rolls out new immigration measures for wildfire victims, francophones and skilled refugees

By Cristin Schmitz (June 16, 2023, 9:31 AM EDT) -- In three separate moves this week, the federal immigration department says it is extending by two years its “francophone mobility” program;  opening up two new immigration streams for skilled refugees and other skilled displaced people to work here; and will issue free replacements for documents that are lost, damaged, destroyed or rendered inaccessible because of wildfires....