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Canada Enlists Private Company To Process Immigration Visas In China

Canada enlists private company to process immigration visas in China GLORIA GALLOWAY Globe and Mail June 11, 2008 at 5:16 AM EDT OTTAWA A private company has been authorized to provide clerical support for the processing of Canadian immigration visas … Continue reading

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U.S. Army Deserter Faces Expulsion From Canada

US army deserter faces expulsion from Canada Dan Glaister in Los Angeles The Guardian Wednesday June 11 2008 A former US national guardsman will learn next month whether he can remain in Canada, where he has sought refuge from military … Continue reading

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AG: Immigrant Mentorship Program A Flop

AG: Immigrant mentorship program a flop 'Poorly defined' scheme had problems from the start, report says By DAVID JACKSON Provincial Reporter The Chronicle Herald Wed. Jun 11 – 4:09 PM Immigrants who went through a troubled provincial immigration program could … Continue reading

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Strip Clubs ‘Get Creative’

Strip clubs 'get creative' Foreign-dancer shortage forces owners to find loopholes in the rules Lesley Ciarula Taylor Immigration Reporter The Star.com Jun 10, 2008 04:30 AM The group representing strip club owners in Ontario is ready to hire a consultant … Continue reading

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School Boards Turning To Foreign Students To Fill Classrooms As Enrolments Decline

School boards turning to foreign students to fill classrooms as enrolments decline Big bucks brought in with tuition fees, but practice criticized by some educators as being unfair to rural areas JILL MAHONEY From Monday's Globe and Mail June 9, … Continue reading

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Free Mark Steyn

Free Mark Steyn By the Editors National Review Online June 9, 2008 8:30 AM Most of the media in Canada and the United States ignored the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal that took place last week in a windowless basement … Continue reading

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House Passes Controversial Immigration Reforms

House passes controversial immigration reforms CTV.ca News Staff Updated Mon. Jun. 9 2008 8:17 PM ET With several Liberals abstaining, the House of Commons has approved controversial Conservative reforms to Canada's immigration laws by a vote of 120-90. Bill C-50 … Continue reading

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Reception For Refugees Ranks Low

Reception for refugees ranks low Newcomers' job skills deemed more important than immigrants' status, poll of Canadians finds Lesley Ciarula Taylor Immigration Reporter The Toronto Star Jun 09, 2008 04:30 AM Canadians' vision of themselves as hospitable to people fleeing … Continue reading

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Now, Rent-A-Wedding Route To Canada

Now, rent-a-wedding route to Canada 8 Jun 2008, 0214 hrs IST Neelam Raaj,TNN NEW DELHI: Kabootar-baazi has been the time-tested way of getting to Canada. Now, some hopefuls have discovered a cheaper and less risky option. Not Malta or Turkey, … Continue reading

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Too Many New Immigrants Unaware Of Tax-Filing Requirements: Revenue Agency

Too many new immigrants unaware of tax-filing requirements: revenue agency The Canadian Press June 8, 2008 OTTAWA One of every three recent immigrants to Canada who have never filed an income-tax return were either unaware of the requirement or simply … Continue reading

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National Multiculturalism Dialogue Needed: Prof

National multiculturalism dialogue needed: prof Charles Enman Canwest News Service Published: Friday, June 06, 2008 OTTAWA – Official multiculturalism is “the wrong approach” for Canada and it may cause problems here unless a national conversation clarifies issues raised by the … Continue reading

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Mono-Ethnic Religious Groups Can Promote Divisions

Mono-ethnic religious groups can promote divisions Douhglas Todd The Vancouver Sun June 6, 2006 (Although he was raised in a family of staunch atheists, Douglas Todd has gone on to become one of the most decorated spirituality and ethics writers … Continue reading

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Canada Lawmakers Ask Harper To Let War Resisters To Stay

Canada Lawmakers Ask Harper to Let War Resisters Stay (Update1) By Greg Quinn June 3 (Bloomberg) Canadian lawmakers passed a non- binding resolution aimed at pressuring the government to freeze deportations of U.S. soldiers who fled to Canada after refusing … Continue reading

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Canadian Spies Track Fake Marriages Among Immigrants

Canadian spies track fake marriages among immigrants Indo-Asian News Service Toronto, May 23, 2008 First Published: 02:20 IST(23/5/2008) Last Updated: 02:24 IST(23/5/2008) With cases of foreigners coming to Canada through marriages of convenience and then dumping their partners piling up, … Continue reading

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‘Rent-A-Guest’ Schemes Tipped Off Immigration

'Rent-a-guest' schemes tipped off immigration Investigators reportedly probing marriage scams May 23, 2008 04:30 AM Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION/DIVERSITY REPORTER When Canadian immigration officials in New Delhi began to notice the same guests appearing in photos of different weddings submitted as … Continue reading

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Stop Praying! Orders Human Rights Commission

Stop praying! orders human rights commission By Canadian Catholic News Saguenay, Quebec Western Catholic Reporter May 23, 2008 The Quebec human rights commission has asked members of the Saguenay city council to stop praying before its meetings. In a May … Continue reading

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Quebec Rejects Removing Crucifix

Quebec rejects removing crucifix BBC NEWS May 23, 2008 The government of the Canadian province of Quebec has rejected a proposal to remove a crucifix from above the speaker's chair in the parliament. Quebec Premier Jean Charest said the crucifix … Continue reading

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Bouchard-Taylor Commission Report A Costly Failure

Bouchard-Taylor Commission Report A Costly Failure Martin Collacott and Tasha Kheiriddin May 22, 2008 The Bouchard-Taylor Commission report can be summarized in three words: a costly failure. While many of the recommendations are intended to facilitate integration, they call solely … Continue reading

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Tying The Knot, Then Cutting The Ties

Tying the knot, then cutting the ties A jilted spouse is among those pushing for a crackdown on marriages of convenience BILL CURRY From Thursday's Globe and Mail May 22, 2008 at 4:34 AM EDT OTTAWA In the fall of … Continue reading

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Jonathan Kay Reads The Bouchard-Taylor Report On Reasonable Accommodation In Quebec

Jonathan Kay reads the Bouchard-Taylor report on “reasonable accommodation” in Quebec, so you don't have to The National Post Posted: May 22, 2008, 2:43 PM by Jonathan Kay The “reasonable accommodation” report, released today by Grard Bouchard and Charles Taylor, … Continue reading

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