With the proposed federal ban on single-use plastics, many retailers have started transitioning to reusable food ware and encouraging customers to use reusable options such as bringing their own coffee mugs and containers, water bottles and cutlery. 

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is advising travellers from the Philippines not to bring pork or pork by-products.

 Most Filipinos in Canada are found in major urban centres, where many jobs and economic opportunities are found.

A new study shows that little if not zero progress has been made in reducing racism in labour market outcomes for visible ethnic minorities in Canada.

On June 10, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a proposed federal ban of “harmful” single-use plastics in an effort to reduce the 3 million tons of plastic waste tossed out by Canada every year. 

Becoming a citizen is a significant milestone in the lives of many immigrants in Canada.

However, a new study by Statistics Canada has found an overall decline in the rate of acquisition of citizenship in the past 20 years.

The department in charge of Canadian arts and culture has a new minister.

Steven Guilbeault has been named as Minister of the Department of Canadian Heritage.

The economy of the Philippines may not be in the same league as advanced countries, but its people can be counted among the best.

The party that campaigned on a pledge to reduce immigration and abolish Canada’s multicultural policy did not win a single seat in the October 21, 2019 federal election.

The Philippine National Bobsled Team will start their training in Whistler, BC, starting this November.  Welcoming them to Vancouver, the Philippine Consulate General is holding a reception in their honor on Wednesday,  November 13,  2019 at 5.30 pm at the Consulate reception area.

Statistics Canada on September 30, 2019 released a report showing that Canada recorded its highest population increase ever in 2018-2019.

October 1, 2019 - Some of us who are Filipino immigrants to Canada still remember a time when we went to a polling place, generally a school, to cast our votes – pressing our thumbs on purple ink pads while election officers, usually teachers, wrote our names and addresses on very large books. Some elections went on late into the night. In some places where there were power outages, voting was done by lamplight or candlelight. Voting in Canada is figuratively and literally a world away from those times.  

Manitoba went to the polls on September 10 and delivered a second term for the Progressive Conservatives of Premier Brian Pallister.

Voters in two constituencies also handed victories to two Canadian Filipino politicians.

September 16, 2019 - With residents numbering e 35,110, Yukon remains the least populous jurisdiction in Canada.

This is according to the Yukon Bureau of Statistics’ summary of figures from the 2016 national Census conducted by Statistics Canada.

As part of its North American expansion plans, Jollibee Foods Corporation (JFC) opened its sixth Canadian location in Toronto on September 6 with over 6,500 customers served that day. There are two stores in Winnipeg, Manitoba, one in Edmonton, Alberta and one each in Scarborough and Mississauga, Ontario.

The Philippines Social Security System (SSS) opened an extension office at the Philippine Consulate General offices in Vancouver’s Canada Place. This is the third Canadian location with others located at Philippine Consulate General offices in Calgary, and Toronto as the main branch.