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Colby Cosh On The Komagata Maru: For What , Exactly, Are We Supposed To Be Apologizing?

Colby Cosh on the Komagata Maru: For what, exactly, are we supposed to be apologizing? National Post Posted: May 13, 2008, 4:21 PM by Jonathan Kay Conservative MP Jason Kenney announced this weekend that the government will finally issue a … Continue reading

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Language Test Angers Lawyers

Language test angers immigration lawyers Nicholas Keung IMMIGRATION/DIVERSITY REPORTER May 03, 2008 04:30 AM The Toronto Star All immigrants applying to come to Canada as skilled workers even those who grew up speaking English or French could soon be required … Continue reading

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The Niqab and The Burqa As Security Threats

The Niqab and Burqa as Security Threats by Daniel Pipes Sat, 4 Nov 2006 updated Sat, 3 May 2008 at 4:55 PM http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2006/11/the-niqab-and-burqa-as- security-threats.html I wrote a week ago, in a blog for National Review Online, that the niqab and … Continue reading

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For Asian Heritage Month: A Review Of "A White Man’s Province"

FOR ASIAN HERITAGE MONTH, A REVIEW OF “A WHITE MAN'S PROVINCE” “A White Man's Province “, published 20 years ago by Patricia Roy, now-retired Professor of History at the University of Victoria, is a fascinating account of Chinese and Japanese … Continue reading

Posted in Bulletins - 2003 to Dec 31 2010, Chinese Head Tax / Japanese Immigration, Chinese Immigration / Japanese Immigration, Cultural Effects, Cultural Effects pub. before Jan 2018, Weekly

Things Are Calm, Time To Talk

Canadian Newspaper and Magazine Articles (Some British articles are included) APRIL 2008 April 26, 2008: Wealth Gap Exposes Fresh Labour Challenge–Immigrants, Native-Born Youngest Male Adults Will Be Identified As Prims Victims… April 26, 2008: Convicted In The U.S., 'Consultant' Carries … 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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Time Is Up For Victims Of Head Tax To Apply For Sympathy Payment

Time is up for victims of Chinese head tax to apply for sympathy payment The Canadian Press March 31, 2008 VANCOUVER With the deadline looming Monday, many Chinese Canadians who were forced to pay Canada's controversial head tax in the … Continue reading

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Businesses Applaud Proposed Immigration Law

Businesses applaud proposed immigration law OMAR EL AKKAD AND BILL CURRY AND DANIEL LEBLANC From Friday's Globe and Mail March 28, 2008 OTTAWA, MONTREAL With the Olympics coming to town and a massive building boom, British Columbia will have about … Continue reading

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Gay Refugees Have Difficulty Proving They’re Gay

Gay refugees have difficulty proving they're gay By Tiffany Crawford Canwest News Service Published: Saturday, March 15, 2008 The Canadian Refugee Board needs to establish clearer guidelines on sexual orientation to help adjudicators avoid stereotyping gay and lesbian refugees who … Continue reading

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The Contradiction That Is Farley Mowat

The contradiction that is Farley Mowatt By Tim Murray Canada Free Press Tuesday, March 4, 2008 On Friday September 7, 2007, the venerable Canadian environmental author Farley Mowat made a boldly generous but stunningly futile gesture. He donated 200 acres … Continue reading

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Kids Who Speak Mandarin or Punjabi Will Have An Edge In The World Economy, Education Official Says

A global view of learning Kids who speak Mandarin or Punjabi will have an edge in the world economy, education official says Janet Steffenhagen Vancouver Sun Published: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 French is fine, but parents who really want to … Continue reading

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Should Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions Compete For Foreign Students?

Should Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions Compete For Foreign Students? The following is a slightly-edited version of some comments made on the foreign student issue by Jessica Vaughan, a Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington, D.C. Her … Continue reading

Posted in Bulletins - 2003 to Dec 31 2010, Cultural Effects, Cultural Effects pub. before Jan 2018, Economic Effects of Immigration, Economic Effects of Immigration pub. before Jan 2018, Weekly

Judge Strikes Down Law Limiting Refugee Claims

Judge strikes down law limiting refugee claims CBC News Last Updated: Friday, January 18, 2008 | 9:25 AM ET Ottawa is appealing a court ruling that has the potential to significantly increase the number of people making refugee claims in … Continue reading

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Toronto’s "Road To Health" Report On Schools Is Flawed

Toronto's “Road to Health” report on schools is flawed by John Turley-Ewart The National Post Posted: January 11, 2008, 6:31 AM How bad are Toronto's public schools? The numbers in yesterday's school safety report presented to the Toronto District School … Continue reading

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In Search of the ‘Reasonable’

In search of the 'reasonable' The Bouchard-Taylor commission on the accommodation of ethnic and religious minorities has wrapped up its tour of Quebec. Was the “freakshow” worth it? Philippe Gohier Macleans.ca Jan 11, 2008 | 10:47 am EST A lot … Continue reading

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Feds Looking Into Fake Refugee Claims From Mexicans Working In Toronto

Feds looking into fake refugee claims from Mexicans working in Toronto By The Canadian Press Wed. Jan 9 – 9:25 AM TORONTO Federal officials are looking into an alleged immigration scam that's sending hundreds of Mexicans to Toronto as bogus … Continue reading

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Chertoff Insists Passport Plan Is A Priority

Chertoff insists passport plan is a priority Congress resists idea for Canada, Mexico crossings By JENNIFER A. DLOUHY Hearst News Service Dec. 21, 2007, 12:11AM Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Thursday said the Bush administration would press forward with … Continue reading

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Where Does Metro Grow From Here?

Where does Metro grow from here? Public meetings start discussion of choosing a sustainable future R. Shore The Vancouver Sun November 14, 2007 Metro Vancouver has a hit a wall. Boxed in by parks, watersheds, mountains, ocean and protected agricultural … Continue reading

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Terminate The Nanny Programme

TERMINATE THE NANNY PROGRAMME Renewed revelations that Sikh men have been applying in large numbers to come to Canada as nannies should spur Immigration Minister Diane Finley into terminating the Live-In Caregiver (Nanny) immigrant category completely. This action should have … Continue reading

Posted in Bulletins - 2003 to Dec 31 2010, Economic Effects of Immigration, Economic Effects of Immigration pub. before Jan 2018, Fraud, Fraud pub. before Jan 2018, Weekly

"One Culture, One Race": Foreigners Need Not Apply (Japan)

'One culture, one race:' Foreigners need not apply Despite a shrinking population and a shortage of labour, Japan is not eager to accept immigrants or refugees GEOFFREY YORK The Globe and Mail October 9, 2007 TOKYO — In the Turkish … Continue reading

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