News Articles Prior to 2011

Immigrant Groups Fear Dual-Citizenship Review

Immigrant groups fear dual-citizenship review By Petti Fong The Globe and Mail (Canada), October 19, 2006 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20061019.PASSPORTS19/TPStory/ Vancouver — A number of Canadian immigrant groups say fear is building in their communities over whether a federal review of dual citizenship … Continue reading

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Immigration Board Short Of Staff As Backlog Grows

Immigration board short of staff as backlog grows GLORIA GALLOWAY The Globe and Mail OTTAWA — The number of immigrants and refugees waiting for permission to stay in Canada has grown since the Conservatives took power last February, the chairman … Continue reading

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India Becoming Top Immigrant Source

India becoming top immigrant source Change will affect education costs, documents show Peter O'Neil, Vancouver Sun Published: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 OTTAWA — Canada's racial face is about to change as immigration from China slides, while newcomers from India increase, … Continue reading

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Immigration Judge Charged

Immigration judge charged Oct. 12, 2006. 02:54 PM The Toronto Star CANADIAN PRESS A refugee judge has been charged by the RCMP after a South Korean woman alleged he offered to assist her in her refugee claim in return for … Continue reading

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Visa Report Shows Little Progress

Embassy, October 11th, 2006 NEWS STORY By Brian Adeba Visa Report Shows Little Progress Canada granted Estonia a visa-free regime last month, but a new EU report on visa reciprocity has bad news for six of its newest members. Visitors … Continue reading

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More Frauds Surface In Immigration

Posted AT 2:17 PM EDT ON 09/10/06 More frauds surface in immigration DENE MOORE The Globe and Mail Canadian Press MONTREAL The federal Immigration and Refugee Board has identified nearly two dozen suspect cases handled by a Quebec adjudicator who … Continue reading

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Drive For Asian-Only Shopping Plaza Violates Our Prized Canadian Values

Drive for Asian-only shopping plaza violates our prized Canadian values Alan Ferguson, The Province Published: Thursday, October 05, 2006 On the face of it, it sounds like an inspired business plan. You take over a suburban shopping plaza that's showing … Continue reading

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B.C. Labour Tensions Rise Over Foreign Workers

B.C. labour tensions rise over foreign workers Total doubles in three years but employers want more Michael Scott, Vancouver Sun Published: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 The number of foreign workers in B.C. has doubled in three years, increasing tensions between … Continue reading

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Canada: Population 32.6 Million (Stats Can Says)

Canada: Pop. 32.6 million (StatsCan says) Sep. 27, 2006. 05:50 PM CANADIAN PRESS The Toronto Star OTTAWA Canadas population increased by 324,000 to an estimated 32,623,500 between July 2005 and July 2006, fuelled largely by immigration. Statistics Canada says international … Continue reading

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Study Shows More Immigration Won’t Fix Demographic Implosion In Canada

Wednesday September 27, 2006 ———————————————————————- Study Shows More Immigration Wont Fix Demographic Implosion in Canada Incredibly does not mention obvious factor Canadians are not having enough children By Hilary White and Steve Jalsevac TORONTO, September 27, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) Titled, No … Continue reading

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The Lessons I Learned At CBC (Robert Fulford)

The lessons I learned at CBC Robert Fulford National Post Saturday, September 23, 2006 The Guy Fournier affair shocked every student of the CBC's corporate culture, and not just because the words that got him fired were vulgar and thoughtless. … Continue reading

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Dual Citizenship Faces Review

Dual citizenship faces review Evacuation from Lebanon hastened rethinking Allan Woods, CanWest News Service Published: Thursday, September 21, 2006 OTTAWA – The federal government plans to revisit the 30-year-old rule allowing Canadians who live abroad to hold dual citizenship, a … Continue reading

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Border Jumper Finds It Hard To Melt Into Arctic

Border jumper finds it hard to melt into Arctic Nathan VanderKlippe, CanWest News Service; Edmonton Journal Published: Thursday, September 21, 2006 It must have seemed like the perfect plan for a man desperate to bust into Canada: fly to Greenland, … Continue reading

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Close The HIV Loophole For Refugees

Ottawa Citizen Wednesday, September 13, 2006 Close the HIV loophole for refugees By James Bissett The news that 150 delegates to last month's international AIDS conference had applied for refugee status should not have come as a surprise. Canada's wide-open … Continue reading

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The Dark Side Of Multiculturalism

The dark side of multiculturalism In the shadow of Sept. 11, it is time to confront the unsettling truth that radical multiculturalism creates tribes that could destroy the society that produced it Robert Sibley The Ottawa Citizen Sunday, September 10, … Continue reading

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Age Of Terror, Age Of Illusions

Age of terror, age of illusions Part One: I remember the anger I felt watching the endlessly repeated images of the towers collapsing. But there's another kind of anger — a more cerebral one toward the intellectuals of our time … Continue reading

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South Africa Probes Aids Asylum Bids (Made By Delegates To Toronto Aids Conference)

S Africa probes Aids asylum bids The Aids conference was held in Toronto in mid-August By Martin Plaut BBC Africa editor BBC News South Africa says it is investigating reports that 137 women among its delegation to an Aids conference … Continue reading

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AIDS Delegates Won’t Leave Toronto (Up To 150 Delegates To Last Month’s Toronto Conference Have Filed Refugee Claims)

AIDS delegates won't leave Toronto Up to 150 delegates to last month's T.O. conference have filed refugee claims By TOM GODFREY, TORONTO SUN “It feels good to be free” and in Canada, says activist Amanuel Tesfamichael, who bolted from his … Continue reading

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More Border Patrols Sought In Canada

More border patrols sought in Canada Canada's prime minister announced plans to hire more border guards and Mounties to tighten border security. BY MARISA TAYLOR AND GREG GORDON mtaylormcclatchydc.com WASHINGTON – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced plans to … Continue reading

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Immigration Scam In Canada’s Funeral Homes

Immigration Scam In Canada's Funeral Homes TORONTO, ON, Canada (UPI) — Some Canadian funeral homes have been issuing fake letters of burial that immigrants can use to sneak into the country. A Member of Parliament told the Toronto Sun the … Continue reading

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