As of December, the unemployment rate for newcomers — people who became permanent residents in the past five years or less — rose to 9.6 per cent, nearly double the 5.4 per cent rate for Canadian-born individuals. Nearly five years after moving to Canada, Mani Bhandari still hasn’t secured a … Continue reading Toronto Star — She immigrated to Canada nearly five years ago with a master’s degree. Why can’t she find full-time work?