Media Coverage

Premakumarans and other professional skilled immigrants

Foreign professionals wasted in Canada

Business Edge Alberta's Business News - With An Edge

Wasted Assets

The London Free Press, Toronto Sun, Edmonton Sun, Winnipeg Sun

The BritClub Gazatte

Dreams Shattered, Common Sense Needed

Use 'em or lose 'em (Editorial)

Use 'em or lose 'em (Editorial). Employers need to make better use of skilled ... Last year Selladurai Premakumaran of Edmonton unsuccessfully sued the--- Canadian HR Reporter

Immigration Watch Canada

October 19, 2006: Immigrants Appeal To Supreme Court Could Produce Explosive Results For Citizenship and Immigration Canada

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Woe Canada is cry of new citizens

"We're taking the best from other countries and then wasting what they have to offer and they're getting marginalized."--- By MINDELLE JACOBS, The Edmonton Sun

Immigrant or 'slave'?

They can't afford a lawyer so they've launched the suit themselves, with a thick binder of supporting documentation. --- By MINDELLE JACOBS - The Edmonton Sun

Canadian dream dies

We emphasize the importance of education and work experience, but employers and professional licensing bodies throw up roadblocks. By Mindelle Jacobs -- The Edmonton Sun

Brits in Canada

Qualifications, Skills and Experience ,may get you into Canada, but will they get you a job in your field of expertise? "Where can newcommers find Canadian experience when they are new to Canada? You cannot just buy or borrow then. My husband, who holds two degrees and five different accounting qualifications from the UK, finally found a job as a cleaner!" --- Canada News January 2001

For Immigrants, Life's No Bed of Roses

Also, what needs to be addressed is whether immigration officials are under pressure to meet annual immigration quotas. In this case, are over-zealous officials knowingly making empty promises of jobs, jobs, jobs to highly qualified professionals who are then left to fend for themselves upon arrival into Canada? ......we may wish to thank the Premakumarans for initiating action to correct a blemish that seem to plague Canada's quest to attract the brightest and the best from around the world--- Canadian Desi May 2005

Broken Promises

Skilled immigrants are invited into Canada based on their impressive education, experience and language abilities only to find out that once they get here those credentials aren't recognized, their foreign experience doesn't count and their English isn't good enough.... CTV 2005

Immigrants who didn't find a better life sue Ottawa

The government has long known that skilled immigrants have difficulty find­ing rewarding employment ----KAREN KLEISS, Staff Writer, City Plus, EDMONTON JOURNAL