News Articles Prior to 2011

Still No Sign Of Economic Recovery In July Jobs Numbers As 45,000 Disappear

Still no sign of economic recovery in July jobs numbers as 45,000 disappear By Andrew Flynn The Canadian Press (CP) August 7, 2009 TORONTO No real sign of recovery was apparent in dismal job numbers released Friday but, while they'll … Continue reading

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Youth Bear Brunt Of Job Losses

Youth bear brunt of job losses Canada's student unemployment rate hits almost 21 per cent in July, the highest on record Virginia Galt Globe and Mail Update Last updated on Friday, Aug. 07, 2009 04:46PM EDT Twenty-year-old Siva Vimal, frustrated … Continue reading

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Fraud Scheme Launched While Scamming Immigration

Fraud scheme launched while scamming immigration By Kim Bolan Vancouver Sun August 7, 2009 An ICBC scammer who admitted he entered into a marriage of convenience to get status in Canada later persuaded an immigration adjudicator to let him stay. … Continue reading

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Geting Our Immigration System Back In Balance

Getting our immigration system back in balance Carol Goar The Star.com Aug 07, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (41) Two years from now, Canada will reach a historic turning point. There won't be enough new workers joining the … Continue reading

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Calderon To Press Harper On Visa Issue At Three Amigos Summit

Calderon to press Harper on visa issue at Three Amigos summit By Andrew Mayeda Canwest News Service August 6, 2009 OTTAWA—-Mexican President Felipe Calderon will press Prime Minister Stephen Harper to drop the visa restrictions that Canada recently imposed on … Continue reading

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Chinese Fugitive In Canada Wants To Go Home : Reports

Chinese fugitive in Canada wants to go home: reports AFP August 6, 2009 BEIJING—-A former Chinese entrepreneur who is described as his country's most wanted fugitive over a massive smuggling and corruption scandal wants to go home after nearly 10 … Continue reading

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Time To Re-Think Guest Worker Program

Time to rethink guest worker program Carol Goar The Star.com Aug 05, 2009 04:30 AM When Canada decided to allow employers facing acute labour shortages to hire temporary foreign workers, seven years ago, no one foresaw where it would lead. … Continue reading

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The Hutterites Meet Herouxville

The Hutterites meet Hrouxville Kalli Anderson Globe and Mail Tuesday, Aug. 04, 2009 03:27PM EDT Nothing solves the problem of a slow summer news week in Quebec like a juicy reasonable accommodation story to chew on. Proving once again that … Continue reading

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Algerian Removed From Church Sanctuary Is Back In Quebec

Algerian removed from church sanctuary is back in Quebec After 5 years in the U.S., Mohamed Cherfi has permanant resident status in Canada CBC News Last Updated: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 | 10:21 AM ET An Algerian man arrested while … Continue reading

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What To Expect When The World’s Expecting

What to expect when the world's expecting? … resentment, violence, a loss of economic clout and political means, just for starters. Don Cayo explains why policy-makers must pay attention to growth and consequences. By Don Cayo Canwest News Service August … Continue reading

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Canada’s Immigration And Refugee Laws Need An Overhaul

Canada's refugee and immigration laws need an overhaul Why do we have the world's highest acceptance rate? JULIE TAUB The Gazette July 31, 2009 Canada's immigration and refugee system is broken. The Immigration and Refugee Act is innately flawed and … Continue reading

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Petro-Can To Lay Off Execs Amid Q2 Slump

Petro-Can to lay off execs amid Q2 slump 4:19PM Scott Johnston INEWS 880 Edmonton 7/30/2009 More hints of massive lay offs as Petro-Canada and Suncor will become one company after its merger on Saturday. No specific projections were given today … Continue reading

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Canada Denies Nigerians Entry Visas

Canada denies Nigerians entry visas By Peter Nkanga NEXT July 30, 2009 01:55PMT The hours are counting down to the “Best in the World” a Microsoft Word and Excel world title championship holding in Toronto, Canada, beginning on July 30, … Continue reading

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Asylum Claims From Mexico, Czech Republic At Zero

Asylum claims from Mexico, Czech Republic at zero CTV.ca News Staff Updated Wed. Jul. 29 2009 4:15 PM ET There have been virtually no asylum claims from Czech or Mexican nationals in the two weeks since the federal government required … Continue reading

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How To Cure The "Cancer" Of Honour Killings

How to Cure the 'Cancer' of Honour Killings There is no denying that Islam, in its contemporary expression, is obsessed with women's sexuality, and considers it a fundamental problem. The hijab, the niqab, the burka and polygamy are all manifestations … Continue reading

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Canada Narrows Refugee Eligibility

Canada narrows refugee eligibility OTTAWA, July 24 (UPI) — Refugee claimants from five countries will no longer be welcome in Canada if entering from the United States, the Canadian government announced. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said claimants from Afghanistan, the … Continue reading

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Deportation Ban Lifted For 3 African Countries

Deportation ban lifted for 3 African countries Canada also changes rules for refugee claimants entering through U.S. CBC NEWS Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2009 | 11:40 AM ET Canada will lift a ban on deporting illegal immigrants to Burundi, … Continue reading

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Hutterites Lose Old World-New World Clash Over Photos

Hutterites lose Old World-New World court clash over photos By Sue Bailey The Canadian Press July 24, 2009 OTTAWA A badly split top-court judgment denying Hutterites an exemption from mandatory driver's licence photos is a setback for religious rights, critics … Continue reading

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Skilled Immigrants Squeezed Out For Temporary Workers

Skilled immigrants squeezed out for temporary workers Record number of short-term workers given permits to fill shortages last year, study finds Campbell Clark Ottawa From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Thursday, Jul. 23, 2009 09:04AM EDT Canada is … Continue reading

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Calcott Says Ottawa Warned Prague Of Move

Calcott says Ottawa warned Prague of move Ambassador: Restrictions are due to immigration policy, not Czech domestic affairs By Tom Clifford Staff Writer Prague Post Posted: July 22, 2009 Calcott says Canada “could not delay the decision any longer” based … Continue reading

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