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Canada's Immigrant Population Surges

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.08.2013 | Canada

OTTAWA - The debut of Canada's controversial census replacement survey shows there are more foreign-born people in the country than ever before, at a ...

Althia Raj

How The Foreign Workers Crisis Could Be Easily Solved

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 05.04.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA — The problems caused by the federal Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program could be fixed easily if low-skilled workers were given easier ac...

Althia Raj

Foreign Worker Program Could Mean 'Low-Wage Ghettos' In Canada: Critics

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 05.01.2013 | Canada Business

OTTAWA — The Tories’ promised reforms to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) Program don’t go far enough, say critics who fear the recent explosi...

Kenney Boasts About Immigration Numbers

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Harper government says it has reduced Canada's immigration backlog by 40 per cent.Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says ...

How Canadians Really Feel About Immigration

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 03.01.2013 | Canada Politics

While most people in this country are in favour of welcoming new immigrants, a large portion of the population believes Canada’s policy is too open....

Bureaucrats Scrambled To Save Some Refugee Health Benefits

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 03.09.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Civil servants in the Department of Citizenship and Immigration had to scramble to make the case for preserving some refugee health-care bene...

One Migrant Worker's Story Is Canada's Story

Min Sook Lee | Posted 02.05.2013 | Canada
Min Sook Lee

2012-11-22-whypovertybanner.jpg Ten years ago I made a documentary about migrant agricultural workers in Canada, El Contrato. I am interested in the story of workers and migration because I come from a working class family and my life has been fundamentally shaped by migration. This is the story of how immigration to Canada is racialized and classed.

'Super Visas' Not So Super?

CBC | Posted 02.02.2013 | Canada Politics

New figures show Canada has granted more than 11,000 "super visas" for overseas parents and grandparents since the federal government unveiled the pro...

Family's Deportation To Libya (And Subsequent Torture) Under Review

CBC | Posted 01.20.2013 | Canada Politics

Canadian immigration officials say they will comply with a Federal Court order to review the case of a family that was deported four years ago to Moam...

Canada 'Stealing Britain's Immigrants'

The Huffington Post Canada | Daniel Tencer | Posted 11.05.2012 | Canada Business

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney’s campaign to bring Polish migrant workers from the U.K. to Canada to fill labour shortages has got the English pr...

Kenney To Fast-Track Foreign Students For Immigration

CBC | Posted 12.31.2012 | Canada Politics

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has announced that he wants to admit more foreign students currently studying in Canada as permanent residents and p...

New Immigration Rules Target Newlyweds

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.26.2012 | Canada Politics

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Some newlyweds now face a new rule the government says is designed to combat marriage fraud.The regulation applies to Canadians or...

Canada: A Nation of Foreign Terrorists According to Bill C-43

Irwin Cotler | Posted 12.23.2012 | Canada Politics
Irwin Cotler

In introducing Bill C-43 -- the Faster Removal of Foreign Criminals Act -- the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration offered several justifications for this legislation, which on first impression, appear warranted. But the very title of the legislation suggests that Canada is overrun with foreign terrorists, escaped convicts, war criminals and the like. That's only the tip of the iceberg for this highly problematic piece of legislation.

Canada Celebrates Citizenship Week

Naomi Alboim | Posted 12.18.2012 | Canada
Naomi Alboim

Canada's immigration selection system has always been rigorous, in part because we have viewed immigrants as "citizens in waiting." After three years of permanent residence, they are able to apply for citizenship and more than 89 per cent choose to do so -- one of the highest naturalization rates in the world. But, recent and proposed changes to Canada's immigration and citizenship rules are making it much more difficult for immigrants to become citizens.

Abortion, Immigration Debates Test Limits Of Dialogue

CP | Jennifer Ditchburn, The Canadian Press | Posted 11.30.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The right for MPs to say and discuss almost anything they want is one of the central privileges of Parliament, but a couple of divisive debat...

The Wimpy Numbers Behind Kenney's "Great Immigration Crackdown?"

Rachel Décoste | Posted 11.12.2012 | Canada Politics
Rachel Décoste

On Monday, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney announced that the federal government had started the process of revoking the citizenship of 3,100 people suspected of lying to immigration officials in a highly publicized press conference.Fiscally conscious Canadians, who appreciate arithmetic, can see through this ideological contrivance.

What Aussies Can Teach Canada About Immigration

Diane Francis | Posted 10.28.2012 | Canada Politics
Diane Francis

Canada is finally moving toward a smart, two-step immigration policy -- like Australia and others have -- that will recruit talent through a targeting policy of foreign student education. Most foreign students in Canada get their degrees and never come back. Most Australians apply to remain and the majority stay.

The $100 (Bill) Question: Is Canada's Multiculturalism a Farce?

Rachel Décoste | Posted 10.17.2012 | Canada Politics
Rachel Décoste

The xenophobia from the Quebec election spilled over to the rest of Canada today when it was revealed that the Bank of Canada, our country's central bank, chose to carve out all hints of diversity from its $100 bank note after heeding to discriminatory judgements from focus groups. As Canadians born with names a rural Quebec mayor cannot pronounce and with facial features unfit for a Canadian bank note, it is high time Canada acknowledge its long legacy of divisiveness and address its ugly remnants in order to move forward to the pluralistic vision of our beloved country we have yet to fully achieve.

Saskatchewan Immigrants Warn Of Exodus

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 09.29.2012 | Canada

REGINA - Some members of Saskatchewan's immigrant community are predicting another exodus due to the changes in the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Pro...

Immigration Changes Target Foreign Crooks

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.20.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - New legislation introduced Wednesday by the Conservative government gives greater powers to the immigration and public safety ministers to de...

Attempt To Save Immigration Applications Quashed

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 07.23.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - A federal court judge has quashed the hopes of hundreds of would-be immigrants seeking to force the government to review their files.Over 800...

DONNER PRIZE FINALIST: Toward Improving Canada's Skilled Immigration Policy

Christopher Worswick | Posted 06.30.2012 | Canada
Christopher Worswick

2012-04-30-Donnerimage.jpgThe last excerpt from finalists competing for this year's Donner Prize, to be announced tomorrow, is about "possible reforms to Canadian immigration policy that would benefit not only Canada but those who wish to build their future here.

Althia Raj

Tory Reforms May Put More Illegal Immigrants In Jail

HuffingtonPost.com | Althia Raj | Posted 04.23.2012 | Canada Politics

At the whim of the public safety minister, refugee claimants could face incarceration in provincial jails for one year without review under a major ov...

Rachel Mendleson

Businesses To Choose From Pool Of Immigrants Under New Tory Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Rachel Mendleson | Posted 04.20.2012 | Canada Business

If Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has his way, employers will soon play a much more active role in selecting newcomers, and those chosen will be pu...

Got A Good Startup Idea? Immigrate To Canada!

CBC | Posted 06.18.2012 | Canada Business

Canada is looking at opening a special immigration stream for entrepreneurs with good startup ideas, Citizenship and Immigration Minister...