News Articles Prior to 2011

Temporary Foreign Workers Flood Alberta In Record Numbers

Temporary foreign workers flood Alberta in record numbers Kelly Cryderman Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, July 24, 2008 CALGARY – Temporary foreign workers are streaming into Alberta at breakneck speed to meet labour shortages – and are, for the first … Continue reading

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Immigrants Tend To Send Money Back Home

Immigrants tend to send money back home As much as $2 billion sent out of Canada helps other economies, study finds Linda Nguyen Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, July 24, 2008 OTTAWA — Canadians send as much as $2 billion … Continue reading

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July 18, HIV-Positive Immigrants Fall Through Cracks : Study

HIV-positive immigrants fall through cracks: Study Research from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control found that HIV-positive immigrants are not getting the treatment they need, and that 16 per cent of all new infections in Canada are linked to people … Continue reading

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Watchdog Clears ‘Immigrant-Bashing’ Radio Rant

Watchdog clears 'immigrant-bashing' radio rant Broadcast board's decision on promoter Bruce Allen and CKNW raises ire of listeners who say justice wasn't served MARK HUME The Globe and Mail July 17, 2008 VANCOUVER — Star music promoter Bruce Allen has … Continue reading

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Safe Third Country Ruling Overturned On Appeal

Safe Third Country ruling overturned on appeal by Edward C. Corrigan Rabble.ca July 15, 2008 On June 27, 2008 the Canadian Federal Court of Appeal reversed the earlier landmark Federal Court decision that had struck down the Safe Third Country … Continue reading

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N.S. Auditor-General To Gain Access To Documents On Failed Immigration Programme

N.S. auditor general to gain access to documents on failed immigration program The Canadian Press July 15, 2008 HALIFAX—The Nova Scotia government agreed Tuesday to give the province's auditor general access to sensitive documents dealing with a failed immigration program … Continue reading

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Courts Send Mixed Messages To U.S. Deserters

Courts send mixed messages to U.S. deserters Janice Tibbetts and Linda Nguyen Canwest News Service Published: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 OTTAWA — In their battle to secure asylum in Canada, U.S. military deserters are being sorted into winning and losing … Continue reading

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Paralyzed Refugee Claimant Marks A Year Of Sanctuary

Paralyzed refugee claimant marks a year of sanctuary Catherine Rolfsen Canwest News Service The Times Colonist Published: Sunday, July 14, 2008 VANCOUVER – A year after paralyzed refugee claimant Laibar Singh first sought refuge in a B.C. temple, he remains … Continue reading

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Gov’t Of Canada Signs Youth Mobility Agreement With Poland

Government of Canada Signs Youth Mobility Agreement With Poland Last update: 10:01 a.m. EDT July 14, 2008 WARSAW, POLAND, Jul 14, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today signed an agreement … Continue reading

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Genuine Couples Punished By ‘Fake Marriage’ Crackdowns, Say Experts

Genuine couples punished by 'fake marriage' crackdown, say experts. The Canadian Press July 13, 2008 OTTAWA Greg Hamon chuckles to himself as he recalls how he began his courtship with his wife, Sonia, by writing letters to her in El … Continue reading

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Levant To Congress : Put Canada On Watch List Of Human Rights Abusers

Levant to Congress: put Canada on the watch list of human rights abusers By Ezra Levant July 11, 2008 8:50 PM | Permalink I had the pleasure of making a presentation as an expert witness to the U.S. Congress's bi-partisan … Continue reading

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Canada Fights Wedding Fraud Abroad

Canada fights wedding fraud abroad In India, one temple had a rent-a-wedding scam to help couples get faster residency in Canada. By Susan Bourette Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor from the July 8, 2008 edition Toronto – Shah Moayedi … Continue reading

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U.S. Deserter’s Refugee Claim—A Threshold Set Too Low

U.S. DESERTER'S REFUGEE CLAIM A threshold set too low The Globe and Mail July 7, 2008 Letting U.S. army deserters make refugee claims in Canada because they object to counterinsurgency tactics in Iraq sets the bar too low. Nothing in … Continue reading

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Canada Sees Czech Asylum Seeker Numbers Up

Canada sees Czech asylum seeker numbers up By TK The Prague Monitor Published 7 July 2008 Prague, July 4 (CTK) – The number of Czech asylum seekers in Canada has slightly risen over the past three months as the figures … Continue reading

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Corey, Go Home

Corey, go HOME! By Ros Prynn NEWS BLAZE Published: July 06, 2008 Corey Glass has no reason NOT to go home to the US Remember this guy? He has been the poster child for a group called War Resisters in … Continue reading

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Well, The People Want Immigration Reform

Well, the people want immigration reforms Barbara Yaffe Vancouver Sun Published: Saturday, July 05, 2008 Never underestimate the common wisdom of the common people. That wisdom prevailed recently following a highly politicized parliamentary debate over Canadian immigration policy. Opposition parties … Continue reading

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News Release—Gov’t Of Canada Announces Consultations On Immigration Priorities

News Release Government of Canada announces consultations on immigration priorities Ottawa, July 3, 2008 The Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, today released details of consultations on Canadas immigration priorities, following the passage of changes to Canadas immigration … Continue reading

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Alberta Called Brit Poacher

Alberta called Brit poacher Calgary attracts 55 potential recruits Kim Guttormson and Jason Fekete Calgary Herald Published: Thursday, July 03, 2008 The City of Calgary is trumpeting a successful recruiting trip to England, but the effort is hitting a sour … Continue reading

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Come To Canada ! But Only If You’ve Got A Job

Come to Canada! But only if you've got a job Stories of Canada looking to poach British citizens are wildly exaggerated. We're only interested in professionals who can help us dig up oil Heather Mallick guardian.co.uk, Wednesday July 2, 2008 … Continue reading

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Whoa Canada

WHOA CANADA July 1 is more than another off, or at least, it should be By Paul Berton and Lorrie Goldstein The Edmonton Sun JULY 1, 2008 It's supposed to be an important national celebration, but has it become just … Continue reading

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