News Articles Prior to 2011

Ottawa Population To Hit 1.13 Million By 2031

Ottawa population to hit 1.13 million by 2031 Andrew Thomson, Ottawa Citizen Published: Monday, November 12, 2007 With urban sprawl and Greenbelt development once again hot topics, the city's planning and environment committee will be asked Tuesday to approve new … Continue reading

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Filipino Linemen Fill Calgary Jobs

Filipino linemen fill Calgary jobs Desperate firm 'thinking outside the box' Norma Greenaway CanWest News Service Monday, November 12, 2007 OTTAWA – Joe Marshall had reached the end of his rope. He had travelled far and wide in Canada in … Continue reading

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Florida Ends Shuttling Of Refugees To Canada

Florida Ends Shuttling of Refugees to Canada By MONICA DAVEY The New York Times Published: November 10, 2007 A Florida organization that assisted hundreds of illegal immigrants in fleeing to Canada must close and return thousands of dollars it collected … Continue reading

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Multiculturalism Losing Ground In Canada

Multiculturalism loosing ground in Canada www.chinaview.cn [] 2007-11-08 02:45:29 t OTTAWA, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) — As one of the world's major immigrant-receiving societies, Canada has taken pride on being a cultural mosaic where different ethnic cultures co-exist. However, a recent … Continue reading

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Quebec Doesn’t Need Reasonable Accommodation Debate

Quebec doesn't need reasonable accommodation debate: Harper National Post Published: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 VANCOUVER — Quebecers could do without the ongoing debate on the integration of immigrants into society, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Wednesday. “I do think that … Continue reading

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Why Microsoft Loves Richmond, B.C.

Why Microsoft Loves Richmond, BC Here, the company can import foreign tech workers, and maybe prod US lawmakers. By Cynthia Yoo Published: November 7, 2007 TheTyee.ca If you want to understand why Microsoft is about to open a 700-employee software … Continue reading

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Controversial Ship Allowed To Leave N.B. Port

Controversial ship allowed to leave N.B. port CBC News Wednesday, November 7, 2007 A vessel detained by Transport Canada because of a number of safety deficiencies onboard has been allowed to leave Saint John, N.B. The Greek-owned Dimitra G was … Continue reading

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Motion To Ask For Refugee Help

Motion to ask for refugee help Dave Battagello, Windsor Star Published: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 Coun. Jo-Anne Gignac will bring forward a motion at the next Tuesday's council meeting appealing to the provincial and federal governments to “step up to … Continue reading

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War Brides’ Status Iffy

WAR BRIDES' STATUS IFFY Ruling Casts Doubt On Citizenship of thousands of World War II Children By PETER WORTHINGTON, TORONTO SUN Tue, November 6, 2007 By overturning a lower court's ruling last Friday in Vancouver, the Federal Court of Appeal … Continue reading

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Tories Choose Expediency Over Canada

Tories choose expediency over Canada James Travers Toronto Star November 03, 2007 This city has better prospects than this country. With its Parliament buildings, museums and World Heritage Rideau Canal, Ottawa is a future Canada theme park, a crowd-pleasing magnet … Continue reading

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2007 Annual Report To Parliament On Immigration

http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/backgrounders/2007/2007-10-31.asp Backgrounder 2007 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration The 2007 Annual Report to Parliament on Immigration announces the governments immigration plan for 2008 and provides complete information on immigration activities for the calendar year 2006. The report also summarizes … Continue reading

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Sri Lankan With History Of Violence Gets To Stay In Canada

Sri Lankan with history of violence gets to stay in Canada Jeyachandran Balasubramaniam violated nearly a dozen conditions imposed on him Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun Published: Friday, November 02, 2007 A 26-year-old Sri Lankan immigrant with a history of violence … Continue reading

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Canada Set To Boost ‘Family’ Immigrants

Canada set to boost `family' immigrants Overall, immigration to remain steady next year as backlog of applicants has swelled to 850,000 Bruce Campion-Smith Ottawa bureau chief Nov 02, 2007 04:30 AM OTTAWAThe federal government says it will allow more family … Continue reading

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Mexican Envoy On Labour Mission

Mexican envoy on labour mission Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun Published: Friday, November 02, 2007 Mexico's ambassador to Canada was in British Columbia this week to drum up support for a pilot program to match skilled but unemployed Mexican workers with … Continue reading

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Canada Lifts Visa Requirement For Czech, Latvia Republics

Canada lifts visa requirement for Czech, Latvia republics Agence France Presse October 31, 2007 OTTAWA (AFP) Immigration Minister Diane Finley announced Wednesday that citizens of the Czech Republic and the Republic of Latvia no longer require a temporary resident visa … Continue reading

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In Defence Of Herouxville—Quebec Isn’t Swinging Right. Muscular Mono-culturalism Is Swinging Left.

In Defence Of Herouxville Quebec isn't swinging right. Muscular mono-culturalism is swinging left Jonathan Kay National Post Tuesday, October 30, 2007 MONTREAL -Nativism is supposed to be a right-wing creed. So why is Quebec, the most socially liberal province in … Continue reading

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Canada’s Border Porous Despite Boost In Technology, Auditor Finds

Canada's border porous despite boost in technology, auditor finds Andrew Mayeda, CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, October 30 OTTAWA – The Canada Border Services Agency lacks an adequate “risk-management framework” for assessing threats at Canada's borders, despite investing hundreds of … Continue reading

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Quebec Frets About Its French Language, Culture

Quebec frets about its French language, culture Robert Melnbardis , Reuters Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 MONTREAL (Reuters) – Quebec is fretting about the future of its dominant French language and culture in a debate that some people worry has … Continue reading

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Montreal A Threat To Survival Of French: Lawyer

Montreal a threat to survival of French: lawyer Kevin Dougherty, CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 QUEBEC — Guy Bertrand, the flamboyant Quebec City lawyer and hockey fan, took a run at Montreal Canadiens captain Saku Koivu Tuesday … Continue reading

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Job Program Fuels Fraud Fears

Job program fuels fraud fears Highly touted provincial initiative that fast-tracks skilled immigrants is being abused, report says Oct 29, 2007 04:30 AM Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION/DIVERSITY REPORTER The Toronto Star A highly touted immigration program that allows provinces to hand-pick … Continue reading

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