The DHS proposal seeks to scrap the existing lottery system and implement "a weighted selection process that would generally favour the allocation of H-1B visas to higher-skilled and higher-paid aliens, while maintaining the opportunity for employers to secure H-1B workers at all wage levels".
Rustad acknowledged the decision to kick out Sturko would create "some risks," adding that she was an effective critic with friends in the caucus.
RCMP and CFIA officials arrived Monday and served a warrant on the farm in southeastern British Columbia, where the owners have been fighting the cull order prompted by an outbreak of avian influenza that went on to kill 69 ostriches.
The U.S. has long accused Canada's softwood lumber sector of violating rules on anti-dumping — flooding a market with cheaper, subsidized products to disrupt a domestic industry.
Canada joined the United Kingdom, Australia and Portugal on Sunday in recognizing an independent Palestinian state before world leaders arrived in New York City for this week's UN General Assembly.
Traders across the country on Monday welcomed the latest GST reforms, calling them a decisive step towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.