News Articles Prior to 2011

Kenney’s Quiet Revolution

Kenney's Quiet Revolution Media focus on guns, drugs and hard-nosed ministers precludes dialogue on government shifts in immigration policy by Tim McSorley The Dominion May 10, 2009 http://www.dominionpaper.ca MONTREALA massive police operation in the Toronto area on April 1 caught … Continue reading

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Language, Privacy Issues Derail Immigration Hearing For Double Murderer

Language, privacy issues derail immigration hearing for double murderer The Canadian Press May 8, 2009 CALGARY A landed immigrant from Bosnia who had been the subject of an international manhunt for the past 13 years made a brief appearance Friday … Continue reading

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Canada Warns Czechs May Again Need Visas

Canada warns Czechs may again need visas By Peter O'Neil, Europe Correspondent Canwest News Service May 6, 2009 2:02 PM PRAGUE Prime Minister Stephen Harper warned the Czech Republic here Wednesday that Canada will be forced to take measures to … Continue reading

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Czech PM Says Canada ‘Soft’ On Asylum Seekers

Czech PM says Canada soft' on asylum seekers JANE TABER Globe and Mail Update May 6, 2009 at 11:15 AM EDT Prague Canada is soft on asylum seekers, says Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek. Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who didn't … Continue reading

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Storm Erupts Over Ruby Dhalla And The Nannies

Storm erupts over Ruby Dhalla and the nannies Ottawa under pressure to probe Liberal MP after caregivers claim they were mistreated Susan Delacourt IN OTTAWA Dale Brazao IN TORONTO Toronto Star May 06, 2009 04:30 AM The federal government is … Continue reading

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Border Guards Allowing Criminals Into Country: Report

Border guards allowing criminals into country: report Dean Beeby The Canadian Press Updated Mon. May. 4 2009 8:36 AM ET OTTAWA — Border guards have been breaking rules in allowing hundreds of serious criminals to come to Canada, says an … Continue reading

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Broken Dreams, Delayed Ambitions

Broken dreams, delayed ambitions TheStar.com | Recession | Generation why me? May 02, 2009 04:30 AM VOICES Avijoy Elahi, 24 Grew up in Toronto and graduated from York University in 2008 with a degree in administrative studies. Currently, he's selling … Continue reading

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Area Farmers Fear Swine Flu Impact

Area farmers fear swine flu impact Posted By IAN MCINROY Collingwood Enterprise-Bulletin May 1, 2009 Area farmers are anxiously awaiting news from Citizenship and Immigration officials about the swine flu's impact on Mexican farm workers bound for Canada. Canada has … Continue reading

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British MP George Galloway Starts Libel Suit Against Canadian Immigration Minister

British MP George Galloway starts libel suit against Cdn immigration minister The Canadian Press May 1, 2009 TORONTO British antiwar MP George Galloway, who was denied entry into Canada in March, announced Friday he plans to sue Immigration Minister Jason … Continue reading

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Calls To Fix Refugee System Follow Arrest Of Bosnian Killer

Calls to fix refugee system follow arrest Of Bosnian Killer Gwendolyn Richards Canwest News Service Published: Friday, May 01, 2009 The arrest in Canada of a Bosnian man convicted of murder — more than a decade after he escaped prison … Continue reading

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Canada To Welcome Hundreds Of Afghan Employees

Canada to welcome hundreds of Afghan employees The Canadian Press April 30, 2009 OTTAWA Canada is set to open its doors to hundreds of Afghans who face life-threatening risks after having worked with our military and diplomats, The Canadian Press … Continue reading

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Vancouver Street Racer Whose Actions Killed Woman Deported To India

Vancouver street racer whose actions killed woman deported to India The Canadian Press April 30, 2009 VANCOUVER, B.C. A street racer involved in a crash that killed a Vancouver woman almost nine years ago has been deported to India. Sukhvir … Continue reading

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Temporary Foreign Workers: Should They Stay Or Go?

Temporary foreign workers in crisis: Should they stay, or go? DOMINIQUE GROSS Globe and Mail April 30, 2009 at 12:00 AM EDT Canada's temporary foreign worker program, until 2002, allowed only skilled workers, seasonal agricultural workers and live-in caregivers to … Continue reading

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Ottawa To Speed Up Tamil Family Immigration

Ottawa to speed up Tamil family immigration Assertion intellectually dishonest, Liberal MP retorts CAMPBELL CLARK From Wednesday's Globe and Mail April 29, 2009 at 4:17 AM EDT OTTAWA The federal government is speeding up the immigration applications of those in … Continue reading

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Canada To Tighten Policies For Permanent Residency

Canada to tighten policies for permanent residency Posted By CHRISTINA SPENCER, NATIONAL BUREAU Northern News Canoe.ca April 29, 2009 Citizenship and Immigration Canada plans to tighten its policies for preventing people from gaining permanent residency though marriage fraud. Spokesman Nicolas … Continue reading

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One Stowaway Released, Others Still In Custody

One stowaway released, others still in custody By PATRICIA BROOKS ARENBURG Staff Reporter Chronicle Herald Tue. Apr 28 – 5:29 AM One stowaway was on his way out of jail, but six others will remain in custody until a second … Continue reading

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Conservatives Order ReWrite of ‘Insipid’ Citizenship Guidebook

Conservatives order rewrite of 'insipid' citizenship guidebook THE CANADIAN PRESS Apr 28, 2009 06:11 PM OTTAWA—The current guidebook for Canadian newcomers includes two pages on environmental stewardship and barely a mention of the Canadian military and that has Jason Kenney … Continue reading

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Americans Are Right To Worry

Americans are right to worry James Bissett The Ottawa Citizen April 27, 2009 Perception is the greater part of reality and Janet Napolitano, the US Secretary of Homeland Security, perceives the northern border to be a risk to the security … Continue reading

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Flu Outbreak Leave Mexican Workers In Limbo

Flu outbreak leaves Mexican workers in limbo Officials will meet today to consider whether it's safe for thousands of farmhands to travel to Canada INGRID PERITZ From Monday's Globe and Mail April 27, 2009 at 3:25 AM EDT MONTREAL Canadian … Continue reading

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A Past Blighted, A Future Unknown

A past blighted, a future unknown (SUPPLIED PHOTO : Jorrell Simpson-Rowe, seen here in a photo used as evidence in his second-degree murder trial, should be eligible to apply for parole in less than four years.) Rosie DiManno TheStar.com Apr … Continue reading

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