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Jason Kenney Immigration

Deported After 26-Year Battle

CP | Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.13.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - A 70-year-old Palestinian man who built a family in Canada while fighting deportation for more than a quarter century was removed from the co...

Kenney Wants Faster Citizenship Timeline

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 04.25.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Canada's immigration minister says he wants to see citizenship applications processed in 12 months or less.Jason Kenney told a Commons commit...

Trudeau May Take Back Immigrant Vote From Conservatives

The Huffington Post Canada | Eric Grenier | Posted 04.19.2013 | Canada Politics

Justin Trudeau’s arrival at the helm of the Liberal party might wash away all the work Conservatives have assiduously undertaken to secure the vote ...

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 ...

'Iraqis Love Canada!': Jason Kenney's Surprise Trip

CP | Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 05.06.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney's days are usually packed with public events, but he had a surprise item on the agenda Wednesday — a visi...

Kenney's Tips For Christy Clark

CBC | Posted 05.05.2013 | Canada Politics

Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he hasn't been following the scandal now engulfing B.C. Liberal Premier Christy Clark over her partisan...

Immigration to Canada: It's as Easy as Online Dating!

Rachel Décoste | Posted 03.06.2013 | Canada Politics
Rachel Décoste

According to Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, the upcoming "Web-based 'Expression of Interest' system" for immigrants advertising their skills is "like a dating site." Like a dating site!? Is that the model Canadians favour to pick our future citizens? For every Cinderella who finds her Prince Charming on an online forum, there is a string of Chris Brown's meeting their Rihanna. Once newcomers take the bait, are there any measures to ensure the Government of Canada won't be rendered to playing matchmaker-middleman to abusive relationships, thefts, misrepresentations of employment conditions, or scams?

Good News: Family With Expired Visas Allowed To Stay In Canada

CBC | Posted 01.21.2013 | Canada Impact

Canada's immigration minister will allow a Moroccan family to stay in the country despite their visas being revoked a day before arriving in Montreal....

Do Minorities Like Him? Ottawa's Paying To Find Out

CP | Bruce Cheadle and Stephanie Levitz, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.13.2013 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - The Department of Citizenship and Immigration spent almost $750,000 monitoring ethnic media over the past three years, including assessments ...

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.

Jason Kenney Wants Limits On His Powers

CP | The Canadian Press | Posted 12.16.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he'll seek limits on new powers that will allow him to prevent certain people from entering Canada.Ken...

Controversial Immigration Bill Moves Forward

CBC | Posted 11.24.2012 | Canada Politics

The opposition NDP says a bill before the House of Commons today would give too much power to the immigration minister. Bill C-43, the Fas...

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.

Kenney 'Demonizes' Refugees: Liberals

CBC | Posted 09.30.2012 | Canada Politics

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney should support a study of the federal government's refugee health program cuts and put an end to his...

Immigration Programs On Hold: Kenney

CP | Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press | Posted 08.28.2012 | Canada Politics

CALGARY - Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says it's time to hit the "reset button" and temporarily put the brakes on new applications under ...

Despite Cuts, Most Refugees Will Receive 'First Rate' Health Care

CBC | Posted 08.20.2012 | Canada Politics

The vast majority of refugees in Canada will continue to receive "comprehensive, first rate" health care, despite cuts to the interim fed...

Jason Kenney On Lost Canadians, Honour Killings And Overqualified Taxi Drivers

The Huffington Post Canada | Michael Bolen | Posted 06.17.2012 | Canada Politics

Canada's Immigration Minister Jason Kenney met with HuffPost Canada's editorial board on Wednesday and revealed that the government is planning to clo...

Kenney's Wal-Martization of Immigration

Rachel Décoste | Posted 06.09.2012 | Canada Politics
Rachel Décoste

With an announcement last week, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will allow the tentacles of corporate greed to dictate immigration to Canada. It doesn't take much imagination to guess what kind of worker big businesses would prefer prey upon. A multinational corporation would probably rather tap a foreigner who is willing to work for lower wages than their Canadian counterparts, accept abuses of the Canadian Labour Code and remain silent in the face of improprieties in exchange for permanent residence and happy shareholders.

Welcome to Canada, But Only if You're Fluent

Rachel Décoste | Posted 05.21.2012 | Canada Politics
Rachel Décoste

Minister of Multiculturalism, Jason Kenney, announced this week Canada would no longer welcome newcomers who were not proficient in our official languages. This policy flies in the face of common sense and the 500 years of experience Canada was built upon.

Stricter Language Requirements For Immigrants?

CP | Posted 03.27.2012 | Canada Politics

CALGARY - A program which allows provinces to tailor immigration to fit local labour needs may look fine on the surface but a federal government evalu...

Feds Aim To Attract Different Type Of Immigrant

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 01.02.2012 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney plans to hold immigration levels steady next year, but the mix of immigrants will change.There will be more...

Kenney's Kind Of Immigrant: Young, Educated, Skilled And Fluent

CP | Heather Scoffield, The Canadian Press | Posted 12.30.2011 | Canada Politics

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has never suffered from lack of ambition and his latest goal is nothing short of reshaping and rejuvenating...

Alleged War Criminal From Pakistan Nabbed In Mississauga

CP | Benjamin Shingler, The Canadian Press | Posted 09.22.2011 | Canada

MONTREAL - A second suspected war criminal named on a list released by the federal government has been arrested, proof the publicity is getting results, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Saturday.

Arshad Muhammad, a 42-year-old from Pakistan, was picked up on Saturday in Mississauga, Ont. after a member of the local police force spotted him in a store.