News Articles Prior to 2011

Let Singh’s Supporters Set Him Up Financially–In India

Let Singh's supporters set him up financially — in India Keeping quadriplegic in Canada just damages Sikh community's standing Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun Published: Thursday, December 13, 2007 In the news photos and television footage of that day, Laibar Singh … Continue reading

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Mulcair Wades Into The Accommodation Debate

Mulcair wades into the accommodation debate The Canadian Press Updated Thu. Dec. 13 2007 6:01 PM ET MONTREAL — The reaction of some of Quebec's political leaders to anxieties about immigration has smacked of dishonesty and gutlessness, says the NDP … Continue reading

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Terror Group Founder Rallying Behind Paralyzed Refugee Claimant

Terror group founder rallying behind paralyzed refugee claimant Kim Bolan, CanWest News Service Published: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 A key figure in the campaign to keep a paralyzed refugee claimant in Canada is the founder of the banned terrorist organization … Continue reading

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Globe’s Marina Jiminez On Future Of Multiculturalism

Globe's Marina Jimez on future of multiculturalism Globe and Mail Update December 11, 2007 at 3:00 PM EST For years, Canadians have successfully proselytized overseas the benefits of multiculturalism in our country,” The Globe's Marina Jimez wrote in Saturday's Globe … Continue reading

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Province Withholding More Documents On N.S. Immigrant File

Province withholding more documents on N.S. immigration file The Canadian Press December 6, 2007 HALIFAX – Nova Scotia's auditor general and a legislative committee are being denied access to key documents related to a failed provincial immigration program, prompting a … Continue reading

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Political Parties Clash Over How To Attract Immigrants

Political parties clash over how to attract immigrants Angela Hall, Leader-Post Published: Thursday, December 06, 2007 The number of immigrants who've come to call Saskatchewan home leaves room for improvement, provincial politicians from both parties agree. But while the Saskatchewan … Continue reading

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More Quebec Immigrants Speaking French At Home

COUNTING CANADIANS: GOOD NEWS FOR OFFICIAL BILINGUALISM More Quebec immigrants speaking French at home But statistics show that among young native-born French speakers, English is seen as a language of commercial opportunity RHAL SGUIN The Globe and Mail December 5, … Continue reading

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Ministry, School Board In Conflict Over Refugees

Ministry, school board in conflict over refugees Cut-off date for students leaves district short of funds Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now Published: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 The Ministry of Education shot down a call from the B.C. School Trustees Association to … Continue reading

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A Minority On The Island

A minority on the island Proportion of francophones is now 49.8% because of more immigrants, low birth rate ANDY RIGA, The Gazette Published: Wednesday, December 05 Francophones are now a minority on Montreal Island. It's a symbolic change, but does … Continue reading

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French Still An Abstraction In Much Of Canada

French still an abstraction in much of Canada Chantal Hert (Hebert) TheStar.com Dec 05, 2007 04:30 AM OTTAWA—Connect the dots between the 2006 census numbers on language and immigration released yesterday and what you get is an increasingly diverse French … Continue reading

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French Decline Bad News For Quebec, Group Says

French decline bad news for Quebec, group says Jason Magder, The Gazette Published: Tuesday, December 04 The latest census figures are bad news for French both within Canada and Quebec, says a French-language rights group. Jean Dorion, the president of … Continue reading

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Flood Of Immigrants Straining Canadian Cities

Flood of immigrants straining Canadian cities Updated Tue. Dec. 4 2007 8:44 AM ET The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada's three largest cities are struggling to cope with a flood of newcomers primarily from China, India, the Philippines and Pakistan … Continue reading

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Flood Of Mexicans Delays Other Refuge-Seekers

Flood of Mexicans delays other refuge-seekers GLORIA GALLOWAY From Tuesday's Globe and Mail December 4, 2007 at 4:10 AM EST OTTAWA The backlog of cases waiting to be heard by the federal Immigration and Refugee Board is ballooning, but Mexicans … Continue reading

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Environment Report Says Urban Sprawl Strangling Southern Ontario

Environment report says urban sprawl strangling southern Ontario The Canadian Press Last Updated: Tuesday, December 4, 2007 The governing Liberals must have a new vision for Ontario's north and crack down on urban sprawl in the south by cutting down … Continue reading

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86% Of Immigrants Go To Three Provinces

86% of immigrants go to three provinces CanWest News Service December 4, 2007 By and large, immigrants choose the provinces of Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia as their new homes, according to a report on immigration made public by Statistics … Continue reading

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Asia, Mideast Immigrants Take Lead In Canada: Census

Asia, Mideast immigrants take lead in Canada: census AFP December 4, 2007 OTTAWA (AFP) Asians and Mideasterners made up the largest number of immigrants to Canada from 2001 to 2006, taking to one-fifth the proportion of Canadians whose mother tongue … Continue reading

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Canada’s Foreign-Born Population At 75-Year Peak

Canada's foreign-born population at 75-year peak Reuters Tue Dec 4, 2007 2:49 PM EST OTTAWA (Reuters) – One in five people in Canada last year was born in another country, the highest proportion since the 1930s, according to a census … Continue reading

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Immigration Numbers To Be Put Under Microscope

Immigration numbers to be put under microscope Updated Sun. Dec. 2 2007 2:31 PM ET The Canadian Press TORONTO — Canada's immigrants will take the spotlight Tuesday when new census information is released showing just how many foreign-born people call … Continue reading

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Alleged Human Smugglers Arrested By The RCMP In Two Separate Cases

Alleged Human Smugglers Arrested by the RCMP in Two Separate Cases Canadian News Centre news.gc.ca MONTRAL, Thursday, November 29, 2007 The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and its partners arrested alleged human smugglers operating in two separate organizations with no apparent … Continue reading

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11 Indicted On Human Smuggling Charges

11 indicted on human smuggling charges By Megan Woolhouse Boston Globe Staff November 29, 2007 Law enforcement officials in Vermont yesterday revealed 11 people had been indicted or arrested for their alleged involvement in two human smuggling rings that illegally … Continue reading

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