"Mit Canada's Citizenship and Integration Minister Chris Alexander über die Einwanderungsländer DEU und CAN in Toronto "

Source:https://twitter.com/ThomasOppermann/status/565717301354565632?s=17

"Visit by German politician underlines German interest in Canada's immigration system

Feb 11, 2015

Thomas Oppermann, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of the SPD, the Social Democratic Party of Germany (currently governing at the federal level in a so-called grand coalition), is on visit to Canada from February 11 to 13. His visit represents a fact-finding mission on Canada's skilled worker program, mainly Citizenship and Immigration Canada's new Express Entry system. Other topics of interest include the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the EU. 

During his visit to Toronto and Ottawa, he is meeting with high-ranking officials from the Canadian government, think tanks, and NGOs such as MP Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada; Steve Verheul, Chief Trade Negotiator CETA, Department for Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (DFATD); MP Paul Dewar, Foreign Affairs Critic of the Official Opposition; Ambassador of Germany to Canada Werner Wnendt; Nathan Cato, Director of Policy, Citizenship and Immigration Canada; and Diana MacKay, Conference Board of Canada. 

Mr. Oppermann is also scheduled to meet with award-winning British-Canadian journalist, author, and columnist for The Globe and Mail Doug Saunders. He is the author of the book Arrival City (2011), in which he visited 20 locations on five continents to study the effects of the final wave of rural-urban migration on the cities of the world, and which was awarded the title "Best book on public affairs in Canada" by the Donner Prize."

Source:http://www.kanada.diplo.de/Vertretung/kanada/en/__pr/2015/oppermann-presse.html

Source: Newspaper Corriere Canadese, 2015 Feb 17