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Cohn: Keep Religion Out Of Our Refugee Laws

Cohn: Keep religion out of our refugee laws By Martin Regg Cohn Deputy Editorial Page Editor TheStar.com Published On Tue Feb 09 2010 Nearly 30,000 people claim refugee status in Canada annually. Up to 12,000 are given sanctuary by the … Continue reading

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Jobless Rate Rises In South

Jobless rate rises in south Written by Dave Mabell The Lethbridge Herald Friday, 05 February 2010 Canadas jobless rate dropped slightly to 8.3 per cent in January, while officials at Statistics Canada report Albertas rate, 6.6 per cent was unchanged … Continue reading

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Perish The Thought That We Can Handle A Bigger Population

Perish the thought that we can handle a bigger population BOB CARR Sydney Morning Herald November 19, 2009 In the sprawling Austrian classic “The Man Without Qualities” by Robert Musil, famed for its unreadability, the anti-hero, Ulrich, reads in a … Continue reading

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A Temporary Worker’s Catch 22

Star Investigation: A temporary worker's Catch-22 Temporary permits leave foreigners open to exploitation Sandro Contenta Laurie Monsebraaten Staff Reporters Star.com Published On Mon Nov 02 2009 In Mumbai, Mac Akela was a top chef at a luxury hotel, running a … Continue reading

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Bogus Loans Used In Student Visa Scam

Bogus loans used in student visa scam Guy Healy, Higher education writer Article from: The Australian October 24, 2009 FALSIFIED Indian bank and loan statements are being used to underwrite a people-smuggling operation centred on student visas, forcing the cancellation … Continue reading

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Vetting E-Verify

Vetting E-Verify QSR Magazine, October 2, 2009 http://www.qsrmagazine.com/articles/operations/133/everify-1.phtml Like most small-business owners, Rolf Wilkin wants to do right by the law. He wants to make sure his Arkansas-based pizza chain is in compliance, and this means making sure people who … Continue reading

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Illegal Immigrants Still An Issue In Senate Health Care Negotiations

Illegal Immigrants Still an Issue in Senate Health Care Negotiations By Patricia Murphy Politics Daily, September 15, 2009 http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/09/15/illegal-immigrants-key-issue-in-senate-health-care-negotiations/ Despite the Obama administration's assurances that illegal immigrants will not receive health insurance benefits under health care reform, six key senators … Continue reading

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Visa Crackdown Will Hit Numbers

Visa crackdown will hit numbers Bernard Lane The Australian July 22, 2009 THE education export industry has to find a new way to prosper now that the government has made it harder for would-be migrants to use study as a … Continue reading

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Labor Department Suspends Farm Worker Rules

Labor Department Suspends Farm Worker Rules By Sara Murray The Wall Street Journal, May 29, 2009 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124361995233566995.html?mod=googlenews_wsj Washington, DC — The Labor Department made it harder for farm employers to hire guest workers, suspending a last-minute Bush administration rule which … Continue reading

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Mounties Arrest 4 For Smuggling Humans

Mounties arrest 4 for smuggling humans By Diana Graettinger Bangor Daily News BDN Staff May 14, 2009 ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick—The Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested four people Wednesday in what they characterize as an organized crime group involved in … Continue reading

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Canada Needs To Reduce Its Immigration Levels

Canada needs to reduce its immigration levels By Dan Murray Special to the Vancouver Sun April 8, 2009 In January, Canada lost 129,000 jobs. In February, another 83,000 disappeared. No one knows how many losses the coming months will bring, … Continue reading

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Sealing Off The Borders

Sealing Off the Borders Anti-Immigration Groups Gear Up for Action By Matthew Murray Roll Call (Washington, DC), March 23, 2009 Monday http://www.rollcall.com/issues/54_106/vested/33387-1.html [Subscription] With Democrats hinting that the nation's immigration laws could be in play, radio talk show hosts and … Continue reading

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Britain At Risk Of Serious Social Unrest, Report Warns

Britain at risk of serious social unrest, report warns Britain is in danger of serious social unrest and public disorder in response to the economic crisis, according to a new report. By Murray Wardrop Telegraph.co.uk Last Updated: 9:36AM GMT 21 … Continue reading

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Failed Refugee’s Alleged Crimes Raise Questions

Failed refugees alleged crimes raises questions Kathryn Blaze Carlson National Post Published: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 From a fake passport, to a stolen pair of $160,000 jewel-encrusted slippers, to alleged credit card fraud and jail time, Filip Djukic's life in … Continue reading

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Credit Crisis Means New Hurdles For Foreign Workers

Credit crisis means new hurdles for foreign workers As unemployment grows, it's tougher to justify hiring anyone from abroad By Joanne Lee-Young Vancouver Sun March 2, 2009 http://www.vancouversun.com/Business/Credit+crisis+means+hurdles+foreign+workers/1344210/story.html (Bernie Julve is a labour officer at the Philippine Consulate. Hiring workers … Continue reading

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Suncor Cuts Spending Again

Suncor cuts spending again Oilsand giant's 2009 target of $10 billion now less than a third of that By Dave Cooper With files from Darcy Henton, Calgary Herald and Bloomberg News, The Edmonton Journal; With files from Calgary Herald and … Continue reading

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House Votes To Expand Child Health Insurance

House Votes to Expand Child Health Insurance By Shailagh Murray and Ceci Connolly The Washington Post, January 15, 2009; Page A06 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/14/ AR2009011403241.html The House easily approved an expansion of government health coverage for low-income children yesterday, a top priority … Continue reading

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Foreign Workers Wary Of Prospects

Foreign workers wary of prospects Slowing economy sees migrants facing layoffs By Tamara Gignac Calgary Herald January 4, 2009 Alberta's need for temporary foreign workers to fill everything from fast-food jobs to oilsands construction contracts could be losing steam, along … Continue reading

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Imported Workers Face Uncertainty

Imported workers face uncertainty By Nicholas Keung The Toronto Star December 17, 2008 http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/555114 The sudden layoffs of 70 imported labourers at an Ontario mushroom farm this month highlights the precarious future for a growing pool of unemployed temporary foreign … Continue reading

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Revealed : UK’s First Official Sharia Courts

Revealed: UKs first official sharia courts By Abul Taher The Times (London), September 14, 2008 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/ article4749183.ece Islamic law has been officially adopted in Britain, with sharia courts given powers to rule on Muslim civil cases. The government has quietly … Continue reading

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