News Articles Prior to 2011

Conservatives Announce Plans For New Immigration Regulator

Conservatives announce plans for new immigration regulator Minister unveils legislation aimed at cleaning up immigration consulting while professional body seeks to step into new role Joe Friesen Demographics Reporter Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Jun. 08, 2010 9:37PM … Continue reading

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Canadians With Dual Citizenship Warned Of Risk When Travelling Abroad

Canadians with dual citizenship warned of risks when travelling abroad The Canadian Press June 07, 2010 12:55 p.m. OTTAWA – The federal government is warning Canadians with dual citizenship of the risks they could face when travelling abroad, and is … Continue reading

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Details Of Controversial PEI Immigrant Program Will Remain Private

Details of controversial P.E.I. immigrant program will remain private Provincial Nominee Program offered Canadian visas to immigrants who invested $200,000 on the Island with some of the money going to companies who hired the immigrants The Canadian Press, June 4, … Continue reading

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Failed Iraq asylum seekers screened for forced deportation

Failed Iraq asylum seekers screened for forced deportation Iraqi officials undertaking procedure in UK despite UN opposing forced returns to Baghdad By Owen Bowcott The Guardian (U.K.), June 3, 2010 http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/jun/03/iraq-asylum-seekers-forced-deportation Iraqi officials are screening failed Iraqi asylum seekers in … Continue reading

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Liberal Backlash To Refugee Reforms Prompts Ignatieff’s Rethink

Liberal backlash to refugee reforms prompts Ignatieff rethink By Joan Bryden The Canadian Press, June 2, 2010 http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/breakingnews/liberal-backlash-to-refugee-reforms-prompts-ignatie ff-rethink–95457254.html OTTAWA – An angry backlash from Liberal MPs has forced Michael Ignatieff to back off his party's apparent support for proposed … Continue reading

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Man Who Caused Grounding Of Transatlantic Flight Faces Loss Of U.S Residency

Man who caused grounding of transatlantic flight faces loss of U.S. residency Abdirahman Ali Gaal will be sent back to his native Somalia on immigration technicalities By Colin Freeze The Globe and Mail, June 2, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/man-who-caused-grounding-of-transatlantic-flight-faces-loss-of-us-residency/article1589796/ The man whose … Continue reading

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Tories, Liberals Seek Consensus On Revamped Refugee System

Tories, Liberals seek consensus on revamped refugee system If consensus holds, changes to determination process could become law within a month By John Ibbitson The Globe and Mail (Toronto), June 1, 2010 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-liberals-seek-consensus-on-revamped-refugee-system/article1588787/ Ottawa A major overhaul of Canadas sclerotic … Continue reading

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Indian Visa Uproar Prompts Canada To Launch Immigration-Policy Review

Indian visa uproar prompts Canada to launch immigration-policy review Kenney apologizes, saying Canadian officials should never have disparaged Indias institutions Graeme Smith and Campbell Clark Patiala, India and Ottawa From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, May. 28, 2010 … Continue reading

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Mexican President Says Visa Requirement Costing Canada

Mexican president says visa requirement costing Canada Juliet ONeill, Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, May 27, 2010 OTTAWA — Canada is losing hundreds of thousands of visitors from Mexico because of visa requirements imposed by the Harper government to curb … Continue reading

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Canadian Immigration Fast-Track 25 Afghan Translators Who Faced Extraordinary Personal Risk

Canadian immigration fast-track 25 Afghan translators who faced extraordinary personal risk A special programme to fast-track immigration applications for Afghan translators who faced extraordinary person risk in order to aid Canadas mission to Kandahar has finally seen the first approvals. … Continue reading

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Refugee Door Pried Open For Haitian Women Fearing Rape

Refugee door pried open for Haitian women fearing rape Haitis worsening rape problem targets women, judge finds Tracey Tyler Legal Affairs Reporter Published On Thu May 27 2010 Thestar.com A groundbreaking Federal Court ruling has opened doors to Haitian women … Continue reading

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Calderon Lobbies Canada To Drop Visa Requirement

Calderon lobbies Canada to drop visa requirement By CHARMAINE NORONHA (AP) May 27, 2010 TORONTO—Mexican President Felipe Calderon urged the Canadian government on Thursday to reconsider its controversial visa requirement for Mexicans traveling to Canada, a rule that has caused … Continue reading

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Canada Now Denies Army, IB Men Visas

Canada now denies Army, IB men visas HT Correspondents , Hindustan Times New Delhi, May 26, 2010 First Published: 18:52 IST(26/5/2010) Last Updated: 00:55 IST(27/5/2010) Canada has denied visas to several retired and serving army officers as well as a … Continue reading

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‘Ghost Agents’ Slip Through Immigration Loophole

'Ghost agents' slip through immigration loophole Federal government promises crackdown on unlicensed immigration consultants, who often collect fees from clients based on promises they cannot keep Patrick Brethour Surrey, B.C. From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, May. 24, … Continue reading

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Feds PonderTougher Controls Over Immigration Consultants

Feds ponder tougher controls over immigration consultants By Norma Greenaway Canwest News Service May 22, 2010 OTTAWA—The body currently regulating immigration consultants in Canada could be replaced by a more accountable organization with stronger investigative powers under new measures the … Continue reading

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Families Of Murdered Bosnians Fight For Canadian Justice

Families of murdered Bosnians fight for Canadian justice By Sherri Zickefoose Calgary Herald May 22, 2010 CALGARY—Death spared Jela Oreskovic from knowing the truth about her sons murder. She never knew the horrifying fate that would befall her only son, … Continue reading

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Canada May Bar Reformed Mobster

Canada may bar reformed mobstster By KATIE SCHNEIDER QMI Agency May 22, 2010 CALGARY – Former Mafia boss Michael Franzese, set to speak to Calgary youth about steering clear of gang lifestyles, may be denied entry into Canada, say organizers. … Continue reading

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Multiculturalism "Idiocy", Charges Anti-Immigration Crusader

Multiculturalism 'idiocy,' charges anti-immigration crusader By Kevin Dougherty Montreal Gazette May 20, 2010 QUEBEC The small-town radical secularist who helped touch off Quebec's reasonable accommodation furor three years ago cast his own unique spotlight Thursday on the province's proposed limitations … Continue reading

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Quebec ‘Veil Bill’ Hearings May Soon End

Quebec 'veil bill' hearings may soon end By Kevin Dougherty The Montreal Gazette (Canada), May 19, 2010 http://www.canada.com/news/Quebec+veil+bill+hearings+drawing+close/3049095/story.html Quebec — Opposition members fear Thursday could be the last day of hearings on Bill 94, the Quebec government's proposal to impose … Continue reading

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French Family Denied Residency Due To Daughter’s Residency

French family denied residency due to daughter's illness (PHOTO : David Barlagne emigrated from France in 2005 with his wife, Sophie, and his daughters, Lara and Rachel, who suffers from cerebral palsy.) ctvmontreal.ca Updated: Wed May. 19 2010 7:34:45 PM … Continue reading

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