User:Colin Singer/sandbox

Colin Singer is Managing Partner of www.immigration.ca and one of Canada's foremost senior corporate immigration attorneys. He is internationally recognized as an experienced and recommended authority on Canadian immigration matters. Colin's personae on social media and online has the highest global ranking in the industry by Klout.com.

Colin is Managing Partner of Global Recruiters of Montreal www.grnmontreal.com a Deloitte & Touche award-winning professional permanent executive search Firm. He is a licensed Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) with the Quebéc Order of Certified Human Resources and Industrial Relations Counsellors. He possesses a thorough understanding of the personnel and human resource industry across Canada.

Colin is founding director of the CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP & IMMIGRATION RESOURCE CENTER (CCIRC) INC. He served as an Associate Editor of "Immigration Law Reporter" the preeminent immigration law publication in Canada. He also served as an executive member of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec and National Immigration Law Sections and is a member of the Canadian Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Colin has twice appeared before Canada’s House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration. He is a frequent presenter at National conferences sponsored by government and non-government organizations on matters affecting Canada’s immigration and human resources industries. In 2009 Colin was appointed Governor of Fondation du Barreau du Québec, committed to the advancement of the legal profession.

The Canada based Law Firm is staffed with more than 20 licensed lawyers, licensed immigration consultants and technical personnel, and represents international celebrities in the fashion industry and performing arts as well as some of Canada's largest corporations in their immigration and staffing projects. Colin is frequently engaged by Canadian companies to provide immigration consulting services as well as search consulting and professional recruitment of technical and executive personnel.

Specialties:In 1994, Colin became Canada's first attorney to establish an internet presence. His opinions on government policy are frequently published. His law practice focuses on economic class and business immigration. In 2007, in response to a shift in government policy promoting employer-driven admissions of foreign workers to Canada, the firm acquired Global Recruiters of Montreal a Global Recruiters Network franchise to help provide search consulting expertise that applicants and employers require.