News Articles Prior to 2011

Advocates, Unions Fighting For Migrant Labourers’ Rights, Unite

Advocates, unions fighting for migrant labourers' rights Unite to prevent exploitation, improve conditions for Canada's rising number of temporary workers Nicholas Keung Immigration/Diversity Reporter The Toronto Star Aug 27, 2008 04:30 AM Last fall, in a dingy boardroom in Ottawa, … Continue reading

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Canada To Toughen Requirements For Ships In Arctic

Canada to toughen requirements for ships in Arctic By Allan Dowd REUTERS August 27, 2008 TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories (Reuters) – Canada, pushing its claims of Arctic sovereignty, said on Wednesday it would toughen reporting requirements for ships entering its waters … Continue reading

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Early Fall–CIC Minister Will Reveal New Priorities For Immigration To Canada

Early fall – CIC Minister will reveal new priorities for immigration to Canada Canada Immigration News August 26, 2008 After months of deliberations and consultations, the details of what will govern the selection of skilled worker applicants for immigration to … Continue reading

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One Man’s China Crusade

One man’s China crusade Donna Jacobs The Ottawa Citizen Published: Monday, August 25, 2008 For Canadian diplomat Brian McAdam, it wasn’t that he had uncovered the lucrative sale of Canadian visas during his posting at Canada’s Hong Kong consulate. Both … Continue reading

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Academics Fear Speaking Freely In Canada

Academics fear speaking freely in Canada Political scientists worried about 'legal jeopardy' Kevin Libin National Post Published: Saturday, August 23, 2008 A group of U. S. professors launched a campaign this week protesting plans by a prominent political science organization … Continue reading

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Canada Reviewing U.S. Refugee Law Change

Canada reviewing U.S. refugee law change DNA TESTING CAROLINE ALPHONSO The Globe and Mail With a report from Reuters August 22, 2008 TORONTO — Canada is reviewing a move by the United States to halt a program that reunited African … Continue reading

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Immigrant Impact On Community To Decide Admissability

Immigrant Impact on Community to Decide Admissibility: Finley By Michelle Collins Embassy August 20th, 2008 The impact a prospective skilled immigrant can have on a community will be among the top factors considered in deciding which applicants to allow into … Continue reading

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Canada : Sucker Nation Part IV

Canada: sucker nation Part IV Diane Francis The National Post Posted: August 19, 2008, 7:18 AM Greed, Canadian Politics, fraud The latest issue of Lexbase, the depressing journal of immigration abuses and shenanigans in courts published by Vancouver lawyer Richard … Continue reading

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Minorities Sought For Government Jobs

Minorities sought for government jobs Falling number of visible minorities in public office puts pressure on departments to attract new hires Kathryn May Canwest News Service Published: Saturday, August 16, 2008 OTTAWA — Canada's top bureaucrat has ordered departments to … Continue reading

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Aquatic Centre’s Windows Pose Problem For Muslim Women

Aquatic centres windows pose problem for Muslim women Group that has rented Northcliffe for years needs privacy because of religious beliefs By MICHAEL LIGHTSTONE Staff Reporter and MONIQUE MUISE The Chronicle Herald Sun. Aug 17 – 1:17 PM Windows. Depending … Continue reading

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A Conspiracy And The Proceeds Of Crime

A conspiracy and the proceeds of crime Going through the trash of alleged criminal Yong Long Ye was just the start Kim Bolan Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, August 16, 2008 It must have been an odd sight early one morning … Continue reading

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No Need To Apologize

No need to apologize Obsessing over alleged official racism in the past plays into the hands of those who would exploit ethnic politics and harms Canada's reputation as a tolerant country The Ottawa Citizen Thursday, August 14, 2008 On August … Continue reading

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Number Of Temporary Foreign Workers In Alberta, B.C. Rises Dramatically

Number of temporary foreign workers in Alberta, B.C. rises dramatically RICHARD GILBERT Staff Writer Daily Commercial News And Construction Record August 13, 2008 Alberta and B.C. are experiencing the most rapid increases in the number of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) … Continue reading

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U.S. Army Deserter Ordered Deported From Canada

US army deserter ordered deported from Canada Associated Press August 13, 2008 TORONTO (AP) A U.S. Army specialist who fled Fort Bragg for Canada after learning his unit was to be deployed to Iraq was ordered deported Wednesday. Jeremy Hinzman, … Continue reading

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Ottawa To Ease Immigration For Workers, Students

Ottawa to ease immigration for workers, students Plan aims to retain skilled employees STEVEN CHASE Globe and Mail August 13, 2008 OTTAWA — The Harper government is creating a new fast-track immigration route for skilled foreign workers and students who've … Continue reading

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Federal Measure Will Cast Alberta Workers Into Permanent Underclass

Federal measure will cast Alberta workers into permanent underclass Proposed fast-tracking of elite temporary foreign workers is wrong EDMONTON, Aug. 13 /CNW/ – The Alberta Federation of Labour today strongly criticized the federal government's proposed new measures to fast-track citizenship … Continue reading

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Accused In Bus Beheading Became Citizen In 2006

Accused in bus beheading became citizen in 2006 Canadian Press Tue. Aug 12 – 6:09 AM WINNIPEG (CP) The man accused of slaying a fellow passenger on a Greyhound bus cant be deported to his native China because he became … Continue reading

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Road Builders Train Korean Workers To Operate Heavy Equipment In Canada

Road builders train Korean workers to operate heavy equipment in Canada RICHARD GILBERT Staff Writer Daily Commercial News And Construction Record August 12, 2008 A small group of Koreans have arrived in Alberta with four months of heavy-equipment training under … Continue reading

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Immigration Cases Take Over From E.I.

Immigration cases take over from EI Saint John MP Paul Zed says he opens up new file 'every single day' By Rob Linke Canadaeast News Service Stumble Upon August 12, 2008 OTTAWA – Some MPs in southern New Brunswick are … Continue reading

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Police Shooting Sparks Montreal Riot

Police shooting sparks Montreal riot UPI.com Published: Aug. 11, 2008 at 10:18 AM Close MONTREAL, Aug. 11 (UPI) — Provincial police in Quebec, Canada, were investigating weekend racial riots that overtook a north Montreal neighborhood after a youth was shot … Continue reading

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