News Articles Prior to 2011

Immigration Department Rejoices As ‘Lost Canadians’ Citizenship Bill Is Passed

Immigration Dept rejoices as Lost Canadians citizenship bill is passed MIGRATION EXPERT Tuesday, 22 April 2008 95% of the cases of Lost Canadians will be resolved, said Citizenship and Immigration Minister Diane Finley, thanks to Bill C-37. People who are … Continue reading

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Is Immigration Helping Us? A Stunning British Study Suggests That Maybe It Isn’t

Is immigration helping us? A stunning british study suggests that maybe it isn't MARGRET KOPALA Canwest News service The Montreal Gazette Published: Monday, April 21 Family-class immigrants, at 28.5 per cent of the total in 2002, are the other dominant … Continue reading

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Gov’t Makes It Easier For International Students

Government makes it easier for international students Janet Steffenhagen Vancouver Sun Published: Monday, April 21, 2008 VANCOUVER – The federal government is making it easier for international students to work in Canada. As of today, those who graduate from certain … Continue reading

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Deserters Seek Residency In Canada

Deserters seek residency in Canada By Lou Michel Buffalo NEWS STAFF REPORTER Updated: 04/20/08 7:26 AM Patrick Hart once vowed to protect his country with his life. Now he is in another country, pledging allegiance to that nation and waiting … Continue reading

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Majority Believes Canada Coddles Minorities—Poll Reveals Deeply Divided Attitudes Towards Immigration

Majority believes Canada coddles minorities Poll reveals deeply divided attitudes toward immigration BRIAN LAGHI From Thursday's Globe and Mail April 17, 2008 at 4:04 AM EDT OTTAWA A majority of Canadians say their country bends too much in trying to … Continue reading

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No Recourse For Man Scammed By Foreign Workers

No recourse for man scammed by foreign workers By RICHARD DUPLAIN duplain.richard@dailygleaner.com Published Wednesday April 16th, 2008 A Prince Edward Island mussel grower who took part in the federal government's foreign-worker program was burned to the tune of more than … Continue reading

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Tories To Sell Immigration Changes With Ad Blitz

Tories to sell immigration changes with ad blitz JANE TABER From Tuesday's Globe and Mail April 15, 2008 at 4:43 AM EDT The Harper government is poised to launch an aggressive advertising campaign aimed at countering attacks on its proposed … Continue reading

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The Right To Keep The Door Closed

The right to keep the door closed Julie Taub The Toronto Star Apr 14, 2008 04:30 AM The federal government's amendments to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to remove the government's obligation to process all visa applications is more … Continue reading

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The Gain Drain

The gain drain The conventional wisdom that immigration is an economic boon to Canada isn't holding up under scrutiny Margret Kopala The Ottawa Citizen Published: Saturday, April 12, 2008 Globalization has increased acceptance of a coffee-coloured world and provided endless … Continue reading

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Poverty In Diversity: The Media’s Delusional Take On Multiculturalism

Poverty in Diversity: The Medias Delusional take on Multiculturalism By Tim Murray Canada Free Press Friday, April 11, 2008 According to the Edmonton Journals editorial of April 4/08, Prosperity in Diversity, Canadians are just loving the transformation of their cities. … Continue reading

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Immigration Watchdog Needs Clout, Panel Told

Immigration watchdog needs clout, panel told Call for fledgling consultants' group to be scrapped or given more teeth to tackle dishonest advisers Apr 10, 2008 04:30 AM Jim Rankin Toronto Star Staff Reporter The fledgling Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants … Continue reading

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Tories Deny Immigration Bill Will Shut Doors—New Law Aimed At Visa Backlog, Officials Say

Tories deny immigration bill will shut doors New law aimed at visa backlog, officials say By Andrew Mayeda The Canwest News Service (Canada) April 9, 2008 http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=be30d5d3-b0a6-4a23-9756-19cd380fa334&k=1647 Ottawa — The Harper government went on a charm offensive Tuesday to demystify … Continue reading

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Accuracy Of Canadian Census Debated

Accuracy of Canadian census debated By RON CSILLAG / JTA The Jerusalem Post TORONTO Apr 9, 2008 9:56 | Updated Apr 10, 2008 3:40 A new Canadian census that appears to show a significant decline in the number of Jews … Continue reading

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New Rules Will Create Fast Lane For Some, But Leave Other Applicants In Roundabout

New rules would create fast lane for some, but leave other applicants in roundabout By Campbell Clark The Globe and Mail (Canada) April 9, 2008 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080409.IMMIGRATION09/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/ Some potential immigrants who are qualified under the law to come to Canada may … Continue reading

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Refugee Backlog Headed For Record High As Tories Slow To Appoint Adjudicators

Refugee backlog headed for record high as Tories slow to appoint adjudicators The Canadian Press April 8, 2008 http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5iZQAYwHe3yHqDTUdfK_yeP86PdFQ Ottawa — Canada's backlog of refugee claims is soaring to record numbers due to the government's failure to appoint sufficient adjudicators, … Continue reading

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Lack Of Drama At Queen’s Park Belies Economic Woes

ONTARIO POLITICS: OPPOSITION CAN'T DRAW BLOOD Lack of drama at Queen's Park belies economic woes MURRAY CAMPBELL mcampbell@globeandmail.com April 8, 2008 Predictably enough, the opposition wanted to wage war on the economy. The latest figures showed that Ontario had lost … Continue reading

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Trends Suggest Canadians Get Comfy With Minority Governments

Trends suggest Canadians get comfy with minority governments David Akin Canwest News Service Published: Sunday, April 06, 2008 OTTAWA — For all of its modern history, Canada has been shaped by the politics of language, by the divisions of les … Continue reading

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Majority Of Canada’s Visible Minorities Live In Just Two Cities

Majority of Canada's visible minorities live in just two cities Meagan Fitzpatrick Canwest News Service Published: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 OTTAWA – Toronto and Vancouver are home to a majority of Canada's visible minorities, according to Statistics Canada's latest release … Continue reading

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Fixing Canada’s Broken Immigration and Refugee System

Fixing Canadas broken immigration and refugee system With overwhelming backlogs of applications for immigration into Canada–600,000 in the skilled worker class, and a total of 900,000–isn't it time we overhauled the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act? Joseph C. Ben-Ami Western … Continue reading

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Duped And Left With A Broken Heart : For Lainie Towell, Her Marriage Was A The Start Of A Life-Long Committment. But Her Husband Saw It As A ‘Business Transaction’.

Duped and left with a broken heart For Lainie Towell, her marriage last spring was the start of a life-long commitment. But her husband saw it as a 'business transaction.' By Laura Drake The Ottawa Citizen (Canada), April 2, 2008 … Continue reading

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