News Articles Prior to 2011

Immigration Not A Charity

Immigration not a charity The Ottawa Citizen Published: Sunday, August 10, 2008 Re: We are a land of immigrants, Aug. 6 With, no doubt, the best of intentions, Carl Nicholson and Tyler Meredith treated Citizen readers to a plethora of … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Immigration Policies Need Serious Review

Immigration policies need serious review The Ottawa Citizen Published: Friday, August 08, 2008 Re: We are a land of immigrants, Aug. 6 . It was to be expected that Margret Kopala's excellent column calling for a moratorium on immigration would … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Canada Sheds 55,000 Jobs In July

Canada sheds 55,000 jobs in July Financial Post Published: Friday August 08, 2008 Canada's labour market shed 55,000 in July to post the worst two-month decline in seventeen years, Statistics Canada reported on Friday. Combined with June's job losses, the … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Canada Tops OECD’s List Of Countries Headed For Decline

Canada tops OECD's list of countries headed for decline Reuters Published: Friday, August 08, 2008 PARIS – A sharper economic slowdown lies ahead for 29 countries in the OECD, the Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said on Friday. … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Playing The Immigration Card Will Come With Some Risk For The Liberals

Playing the immigration card will come with some risk for the Liberals LAWRENCE MARTIN From Monday's Globe and Mail August 4, 2008 at 5:40 AM EDT This will look a bit strange. In the spring the Liberals acquiesced in the … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Sikhs Don’t Accept Apology For Komagata Maru

Sikhs don't accept apology for Komagata Maru JEREMY HAINSWORTH The Canadian Press August 3, 2008 at 9:00 PM EDT SURREY, B.C. Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized Sunday for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident in which hundreds of Indians seeking a … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Vancouver Needs To Plan For A Post-Oil World—-Now

Vancouver needs to plan for a post-oil world — now Barbara Yaffe Vancouver Sun Published: Thursday, July 31, 2008 North American cities had better start adapting to a future characterized by climate change and depleting oil. Fewer parking lots. More … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Kenney Slams Liberal Ethnic Outreach

Kenney slams Liberal ethnic outreach Tory accuses Grits of funneling grants to 'community godfathers' Andrew Mayeda Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, July 31, 2008 LEVIS, Que. – The man charged with spearheading the Harper government's “ethnic-outreach” efforts has accused former … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

City Street Gangs Contain Multitude Of Ethnicities

City street gangs contain multitude of ethnicities More than half of membership foreign-born Andrew Seymour The Ottawa Citizen Published: Thursday, July 31, 2008 More than half of Ottawa's 600 confirmed street gang members were born outside of Canada, according to … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Airport Border Staff Get Sensitivity Training

Airport border staff get sensitivity training Allan Woods Ottawa Bureau The Toronto Star Jul 31, 2008 04:30 AM OTTAWAThe federal government is putting border officials at Pearson airport through sensitivity training so they can more appropriately deal with Arab and … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Canada Mulls Ways To Let In Maimed Afghan Interpreters, Avoid Embassy Lineups

Canada mulls ways to let in maimed Afghan interpreters, avoid embassy lineups The Canadian Press July 30, 2008 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan—- Afghan interpreters who have been seriously injured while working with the Canadian army could soon receive help immigrating to Canada, … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Canada Curtsies To Papua New Guinea Dance Troupe

Canada curtsies to Papua New Guinea dance troupe CBC News Last Updated: Wednesday, July 30, 2008 | 9:33 AM ET Canada's immigration department has overturned a decision to block the entry of a Papua New Guinea dance troupe following weeks … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Mexican Attache Moved From Newsroom To Mission

Mexican Attach Moved from Newsroom to Mission By Michelle Collins Embassy Magazine July 30th, 2008 As a former journalist who at one time even interviewed the ambassador for whom he now works, Alberto Lozano said he plans to develop close … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Canadians Among Targets On Al-Qaida Website

Canadians among targets on al-Qaida website Ian MacLeod Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 OTTAWA — A virulent al-Qaida website has issued a new call for followers to kill Canadians and other westerners and attack oil and economic … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Letter: Canada Has Nothing To Apologize For In Terms Of Refugees

Letter: Canada has nothing to apologize for in terms of refugees Posted: July 28, 2008 Post reporter Adrian Humphreys recently wrote about how the fate of refugees often rests in the hands of the Federal Court of Canada. In fact, … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Time For An Immigration Time-Out

Time for an immigration time out Margret Kopala The Ottawa Citizen Published: Saturday, July 26, 2008 It's the Hail Mary pass that could break the public opinion logjam and create Canada's next majority government. Experts agree Canada's immigration system is … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Immigration Programs Need Further Study: Economist

Immigrant programs need further study: economist By ROGER TAYLOR Business Columnist The Halifax Chronicle Herald Fri. Jul 25 – 6:47 AM NO ONE is keeping statistics on just how well immigrants are adjusting to life in Atlantic Canada, according to … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Dozens of Activists Denied Visas To Attend Youth Congress In Quebec : Organizers

Dozens of activists denied visas to attend youth congress in Quebec: organizers The Canadian Press July 25, 2008 MONTREAL Dozens of activists from developing countries are being denied temporary visas into Canada after being invited to attend a major youth … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

Many New Canadians Passing Up Toronto

Many new Canadians passing up Toronto Immigrants more willing to settle in mid-sized cities Shannon Proudfoot Canwest News Service Published: Friday, July 25, 2008 Immigration is climbing steadily in Canada's mid-sized cities, while the stream of newcomers has dropped in … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011

A Week Of Cases At The Federal Court

A week of cases at the Federal Court A. Humphreys The National Post Published: Friday, July 25, 2008 When Canada moves to deport would-be immigrants, the last-ditch pleas go to the Federal Court of Canada. Here are the 22 immigration-related … Continue reading

Posted in News, News Articles Prior to 2011