News Articles Prior to 2011

Influx Of Refugees Drops Off

Influx of refugees drops off Dave Hall The Windsor Star Published: Saturday, September 13, 2008 The flow of Mexican and Haitian refugee claimants to Windsor has slowed to between 50 and 60 a month after peaking a year ago, according … Continue reading

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Barbara Kay On Campaign Quebec: Attacking Catholics Is OK, But Please Don’t Mention The Jihad

Barbara Kay on Campaign Quebec: Attacking Catholics is OK, but please don't mention the jihad The National Post Posted: September 11, 2008, 9:00 AM by Kelly McParland My manicurist's brothers girlfriend just had her fifth abortion on the public dime, … Continue reading

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Immigration Must Be An Election Issue

Immigration must be an election issue Ambassador James Bissett Canadian Centre For Policy Studies September 10, 2008 In his September 6 column in the National Post, Robert Fulford wrote that the forthcoming election was one that was going nowhere. One … Continue reading

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Former Diplomat Says West Has ‘Fantasy’ View Of China

Former diplomat says West has 'fantasy' view of China Donna Jacobs The Ottawa Citizen Published: Monday, September 08, 2008 Canadians have fallen for a Chinese government “charm offensive,” says a former Canadian diplomat and specialist on Chinese mafia “Triad” gangs … Continue reading

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Hard To See Which Programs Help Newcomers

Hard to see which programs help newcomers, study finds Report says better assessment needed to steer resources into most useful initiatives Nicholas Keung Immigration/Diversity Reporter Star.com Sep 08, 2008 04:30 AM Ottawa and Ontario have implemented myriad programs from language … Continue reading

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Parable Of The Co-Dependent Green Wife

PARABLE OF THE CO-DEPENDENT GREEN WIFE Tim Murray Quadra Island, BC September 7/08 There once was a Canadian couple who lived in denial. They believed they could live the Californian dream with a Green conscience too, retro-fitted with snug windows … Continue reading

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Missing Students May Be Here Illegally

Missing students may be here illegally Four Chinese youths could have used student visas to gain entry into Canada or the U.S. Mary Frances Hill Vancouver Sun Published: Friday, September 05, 2008 VANCOUVER – An investigation into the disappearance of … Continue reading

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T.O. Open To Attack

T.O. open to attack: Report Hezbollah has moved in, former CSIS expert says, amid Israeli reports they are tracking El Al Airlines staff By BEN SPENCER SUN MEDIA September 5, 2008 A former Canadian Security Intelligence Service official says Toronto … Continue reading

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Not Wanted After The Voyage : The Politics Of Immigration In France And Canada

Not wanted after the voyage: The politics of immigration in France and Canada by Aaron Lakoff Global Research September 5, 2008 Briarpatch Magazine September/October 2008 It's a Tuesday evening in Paris, and in the predominantly immigrant neighbourhood of Belleville, people … Continue reading

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Appointments To The Immigration And Refugee Board

Appointments to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Last update: 12:28 p.m. EDT Sept. 5, 2008 OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Sep 05, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today announced two full-time … Continue reading

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4 Missing Teens May Be Part Of Bigger Immigration Scam

4 missing B.C. teens may be part of bigger immigration scam Wendy McLellan Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, September 04, 2008 VANCOUVER – An immigration scam or a sinister case of human smuggling may have led to the disappearance of … Continue reading

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Immigrants Bypassing Toronto To Follow Money West, Study Finds

Immigrants bypassing Toronto to follow money West, study finds MARINA JIMENEZ Globe and Mail September 4, 2008 A new study shows immigrants earn more money in Calgary, Regina and Saskatoon than they do in Toronto, a significant trend that could … Continue reading

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‘Blood Diamond’ Smugglers Threaten Canada’s Northern Industry

'Blood Diamond' Smugglers Threaten Canada's Northern Industry Andrew Mayeda Canwest News Service September 4, 2008 OTTAWA – The diamond industry in Canada's Far North is vulnerable to smugglers looking to import “blood diamonds” or launder the proceeds of organized crime … Continue reading

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Conservatives Release Television Ads As Canada Election Nears

Conservatives Release Television Ads as Canada Election Nears By Theophilos Argitis Sept. 4 (Bloomberg) Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's governing Conservatives released new television ads today in an another sign that an election campaign is imminent. The three ads show … Continue reading

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Kids Of Illegal Immigrants Skip School

Kids of illegal immigrants skip school Deportation fears keep them away By Tom Godfrey The Toronto Sun (Canada), September 3, 2008 http://torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/09/03/pf-6643771.html Hundreds of Toronto students who are in Canada illegally are too scared to go to school over fears … Continue reading

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Quebec Schools To Celebrate Diverse Holidays

Quebec schools to celebrate diverse holidays A new course on ethics and religious culture has at least one private school protesting the curriculum INGRID PERITZ The Globe and Mail September 2, 2008 MONTREAL — Quebec schools won't be marking the … Continue reading

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Exploited Workers Canada\’s Slave Trade

Exploited workers Canada's 'slave trade' Dale Brazao Staff Reporter The Star.com August 30, 2008 SPECIAL TO THE STAR HOW EMPLOYERS GET THE WORKERS Canadian employers who want to bring in foreign workers for temporary jobs must first prove that no … Continue reading

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Untying The Knot: Marriage Fraud In Canada

Untying The Knot: Marriage Fraud In Canada GhanaWeb August 29, 2008 These days, tying the knot in holy matrimony could be a rather unholy expedition. Some knots untie themselves in less than a month, just after the happily ever after … Continue reading

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ESL Classes Produce Un-Canadians

http://www.canada.com/vancouvercourier/news/opinion/ story.html?id=933a706d-111f-4b12-a5be-e7702a75ded8 ESL classes produce un-Canadians Mark Hasiuk Vancouver Courier Editorial Opinion Friday, August 29, 2008 Next week, students across the province will head back to school–including approximately 13,000 students enrolled in the Vancouver school district's English-as-a-second-language program, which provides … Continue reading

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10,000 Keralites Apply Annually To Migrate To Canada

10,000 Keralites apply annually to migrate to Canada Thaindian News August 28th, 2008 – 4:30 pm ICT by IANS – Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (IANS) There has been a spurt of applications for migration to Canada from Kerala in the past … Continue reading

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