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Crafting policies is the art of business

Policies are crucial to a successful business. Without them, it's impossible to consistently control and keep track of all the things that happen day to day. It's great to see others as excited about the topic as we are at First Reference. Last week, Scott Lowe outlined on TechRepublic, "10 things to consider when creating policies." And it's not just IT policy he's interested in.

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CIC issues operational bulletin on temporary foreign worker program amendments

On August 4, 2010, the governor-general-in-council published amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, which were expected to adversely affect many temporary foreign workers; these regulatory amendments became effective on April 1, 2011. On April 1, 2011, Citizenship and Immigration Canada ("CIC") issued Operational Bulletin 275-C, which provides operational instructions to both CIC and the Canada Border Services Agency in relation to these recent regulatory amendments.

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