Canada has ambitious targets of immigration aimed at raising its population from 25 to 40 million by 2020. Behind every immigrant’s statistics, however, is a personal tale. Martin Smith tells his…

It was autumn 2004 and, after three years in North East, the marketing job, Number Two to the managing director, just wasn’t working out.  And, it wasn’t the first time.

It was clear, I had to change jobs — the long hours with little or no reward were just getting me down.

I seriously started to think about my options.  What did the region offer in terms of job prospects? Very little. More >