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Tories Choose Expediency Over Canada

Tories choose expediency over Canada James Travers Toronto Star November 03, 2007 This city has better prospects than this country. With its Parliament buildings, museums and World Heritage Rideau Canal, Ottawa is a future Canada theme park, a crowd-pleasing magnet … Continue reading

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Labor Wants Haneef Inquiry

Labor wants Haneef inquiry The Age (National) November 2, 2007 – 11:43AM A judicial inquiry is essential to find the truth about the Mohamed Haneef case, opposition immigration spokesman Tony Burke says. Mr Burke was responding to newspaper reports today … Continue reading

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New Zealand’s Wages Probably Accelerated On Shortage Of Workers

New Zealand's Wages Probably Accelerated on Shortage of Workers By Tracy Withers Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — New Zealand's annual wage inflation probably accelerated in the third quarter because a record-low jobless rate prompted companies to pay more for workers. Ordinary … Continue reading

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Anger At EU Immigrants Explodes After Woman’s Brutal Death

Anger at EU immigrants explodes after woman's brutal death Richard Owen in Rome and David Charter in Brussels From The Times November 2, 2007 The brutal murder of a woman allegedly by a homeless immigrant as she returned home from … Continue reading

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U.K. Wage Growth Slows To 13 Month Low, Pay Researcher Reports

U.K. Wage Growth Slows to 13-Month Low, Pay Researcher Reports By Jennifer Ryan Nov. 2 (Bloomberg) — U.K. wage negotiators agreed on the smallest salary increases since September 2006 in the quarter through October as employers gave minimum pay raises … Continue reading

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Mexican Envoy On Labour Mission

Mexican envoy on labour mission Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun Published: Friday, November 02, 2007 Mexico's ambassador to Canada was in British Columbia this week to drum up support for a pilot program to match skilled but unemployed Mexican workers with … Continue reading

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Canada Set To Boost ‘Family’ Immigrants

Canada set to boost `family' immigrants Overall, immigration to remain steady next year as backlog of applicants has swelled to 850,000 Bruce Campion-Smith Ottawa bureau chief Nov 02, 2007 04:30 AM OTTAWAThe federal government says it will allow more family … Continue reading

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Sri Lankan With History Of Violence Gets To Stay In Canada

Sri Lankan with history of violence gets to stay in Canada Jeyachandran Balasubramaniam violated nearly a dozen conditions imposed on him Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun Published: Friday, November 02, 2007 A 26-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant with a history of violence … Continue reading

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2007 Annual Report To Parliament On Immigration

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2007/2007-10-31.asp Backgrounder 2007 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration The 2007 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration announces the governments immigration plan for 2008 and provides complete information on immigration activities for the calendar year 2006. The report also summarizes … Continue reading

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David Cameron Praised For Immigration Views

David Cameron praised for immigration views By Toby Helm, Chief Political Correspondent The Telegraph Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 01/11/2007 David Cameron's approach to immigration has received praise from unexpected quarters after Trevor Phillips, the head of the new equality quango, … Continue reading

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London’s Black Cabs Could Take A Turn

London's black cabs could take a turn Some taxi drivers are upset at a plan to help minorities prep for the difficult licensing test. Officials say the service should reflect diversity. By Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November … Continue reading

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Funding Row Re-Opens Immigration Debate

Funding row reopens immigration debate By Tim Castle Reuters Thu Nov 1, 2007 2:41pm GMT LONDON (Reuters) – The government faced new attacks over immigration on Thursday after local councils demanded more money to pay for services for thousands of … Continue reading

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A Princess And A Refugee Stir National Identity Crisis In The Netherlands

A princess and a refugee stir national identity crisis in the Netherlands The Associated Press Published: October 31, 2007 THE HAGUE, Netherlands: One was a Somali refugee, the other an Argentine investment banker. Both are now high profile Dutch women … Continue reading

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More Than Half Of New Jobs Go To Migrants

More than half of new jobs go to migrants Richard Ford, Home Correspondent From The Times October 31, 2007 Ministers have been forced to concede that more than half of all jobs created since Labour came to power have gone … Continue reading

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Immigration, Home Office Statistics And A Catastrophic Cover-Up Of 300,000 Foreign Workers

Immigration, Home Office statistics and a catastrophic cover-up of 300,000 foreign workers By ANTHONY BROWNE – Daily Mail Last updated at 00:03am on 31st October 2007 How do you accidentally lose a city the size of Nottingham? Or three cities … Continue reading

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Canada Lifts Visa Requirement For Czech, Latvia Republics

Canada lifts visa requirement for Czech, Latvia republics Agence France Presse October 31, 2007 OTTAWA (AFP) Immigration Minister Diane Finley announced Wednesday that citizens of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Latvia no longer require a temporary resident visa … Continue reading

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The Changing Face Of A Nation’s Voters

The changing face of a nation's voters Sushi Das The Age October 30, 2007 PAUL Keating once said that if you change the government, you change the country. But could things work the other way round? If you changed the … Continue reading

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Montreal A Threat To Survival Of French: Lawyer

Montreal a threat to survival of French: lawyer Kevin Dougherty, CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 QUEBEC — Guy Bertrand, the flamboyant Quebec City lawyer and hockey fan, took a run at Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu Tuesday … Continue reading

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Quebec Frets About Its French Language, Culture

Quebec frets about its French language, culture Robert Melnbardis , Reuters Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 MONTREAL (Reuters) – Quebec is fretting about the future of its dominant French language and culture in a debate that some people worry has … Continue reading

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Canada’s Border Porous Despite Boost In Technology, Auditor Finds

Canada's border porous despite boost in technology, auditor finds Andrew Mayeda, CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, October 30 OTTAWA – The Canada Border Services Agency lacks an adequate “risk-management framework” for assessing threats at Canada's borders, despite investing hundreds of … Continue reading

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