News Articles Prior to 2011

Prague Airport Checks Might Solve Problems With Canada

Prague airport checks might solve problems with Canada Noviny.cz published: 08.07.2009, 17:08 updated: 08.07.2009 17:12:40 P i een pot s Kanadou se pr hovo o kontrolch na letiti Prague – The introduction of preliminary airport checks in Prague is spoken … Continue reading

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Pakistani Woman Found Hidden In Truck Entering Canada From U.S. : Border Services

Pakistani woman found hidden in truck entering Canada from U.S.: border services By THE CANADIAN PRESS July 8, 2009 LANSDOWNE, Ont. Three people are charged after a 24-year-old Pakistani woman was discovered hidden in a truck crossing the U.S. border … Continue reading

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Visas To Be Revisited

Visas to be revisited Czech Republic's Roma community have other options besides filing refugee claims in Canada From Saturday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Jul. 07, 2009 07:34AM EDT Canada should, as is rumoured, move to reimpose visa … Continue reading

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Immigration Loan Program Too Expensive, Say Critics

Immigration loan program too expensive, say critics Canada.com Canwest News, July 6, 2009 Yusuf Mohamed Aman owes the government $10,152. Every month, the Ethiopian refugee and father of four young children receives a bill for $141. It's part of the … Continue reading

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Federal Website Changs Undermine Iraq Resisters: Critics

Federal website changes undermine Iraq resisters: critics By Sue Bailey The Canadian Press July 4, 2009 OTTAWA The Harper government is denying claims that it stripped a section on Vietnam from a federal website to boost its case for deporting … Continue reading

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Canada Visa Applications Face Rejection In India

Canada visa applications face rejection in India by Mark Johnstone Global Visas July 06 2009 Fraudulent documents have been revealed as to the reason why many Indian applications for Canadian visas are rejected. The Canada visa office situated in Chandigarh … Continue reading

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Canada reimposing visa controls to stop Roma asylum-seekers, Czech media say

Canada reimposing visa controls to stop Roma asylum-seekers, Czech media say MICHAEL VALPY From Friday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Jul. 07, 2009 07:28AM EDT Canada will reimpose visa requirements on citizens of the Czech Republic because of … Continue reading

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Smuggling Guns, Drugs Into Canada Nets A Decade Behind Bars

Smuggling guns, drugs into Canada nets a decade behind bars 'You have actually gone as low as you can go,' U.S. judge tells American Evans Matan, sentenced as part of a cross-border smuggling ring By Kim Bolan Vancouver Sun July … Continue reading

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Immigration Cutbacks Essential

Immigration Cutbacks Essential Diane Francis Financial Post Published: Saturday, July 03, 2009 It's the issue that dares not speak its name, but the time has come to consider curbing immigration during this emergency period, except to fill skilled trades vacancies. … Continue reading

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Retirement Age Needs To Be 70: Think Tank

Retirement age needs to be 70: think-tank Paul Vieira Financial Post Published: Thursday, July 02, 2009 OTTAWA — Immigration to Canada would need to more than double from current levels, surpassing 600,000 a year, to offset the drag on living … Continue reading

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Canada To Re-Instate Visa Requirement For Czechs

Canada to reinstate visa requirement for Czechs By Peter O'Neil Europe Correspondent Canwest News Service July 2, 2009 Comments (7) The Canadian government is finally following through on its threat to crack down on Roma migrants from the Czech Republic … Continue reading

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U of T Program To Aid Foreign-Trained Lawyers

U of T program to aid foreign-trained lawyers Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION REPORTER Jul 02, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (8) A baby girl. Five challenge exams. And four intensive courses on Canadian law at the University of Toronto. … Continue reading

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Harper Government Barring Door To U.S. War Deserters

Harper government barring door to U.S. war deserters By Norma Greenaway Canwest News Service June 29, 2009 OTTAWA Jason Kenney's most memorable assault on U.S. war deserters seeking refuge in Canada occurred soon after he became immigration minister in October … Continue reading

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Canadians Support High-Tech Identification Tools

Canadians support high-tech identification tools By ELIZABETH THOMPSON National Bureau Fri, June 26, 2009 OTTAWA Canadians support the idea of using fingerprints and other biometric information to identify those coming to Canada or to prevent abuse of government programs, according … Continue reading

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Six Detained In Immigration Raid

Six detained in immigration raid By Sharon Hill The Windsor Star June 26, 2009 LEAMINGTON, Ont. — Another immigration raid in Leamington has netted six people. The Canada Border Services Agency confirmed Thursday that officers had conducted an investigation at … Continue reading

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Czech Roma Aren’t Discriminated Against : Kenney

Czech Roma aren't discriminated against: Kenney By Peter O'Neil Europe Correspondent Canwest News Service June 25, 2009 Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says a newly released report supports his contention that the Roma minority in the Czech Republic, which has emerged … Continue reading

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Mexican Refugees Seek Haven In Canada

Mexican refugees seek haven in Canada Asylum Backlog; Drug violence, promise of easy entry blamed for increase Giuseppe Valiante National Post Published: Thursday, June 25, 2009 Hundreds of Mexican refugee claimants are entering Canada every month due to spiralling drug … Continue reading

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New Poll Shows Cracks In Immigration Support

New poll shows cracks in immigration support By ELIZABETH THOMPSON Sun Media Last Updated: 25th June 2009, 6:48pm OTTAWA The number of Canadians who say immigration has a positive effect on their community has dropped “noticeably” over the past two … Continue reading

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Canada’s Population Keeps On Growing

Canada's population keeps on growing. Canwest News Service June 23, 2009 OTTAWA – In the first three months of 2009, Canada's population grew at a rate not seen since the first quarter of 2001, according to Statistics Canada. As of … Continue reading

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Send KGB Man Back

Send KGB man back Lubomyr Luciuk Chairman of the Ukrainian Canadian Civil Liberties Association Jun 22, 2009 04:30 AM Comments on this story (6) He had no right to come here. He has no right to remain here. He was … Continue reading

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