Mostly competent government
On December 1 of this year, the federal government will implement new regulations governing the processing of refugee claims. In response to the huge backlog of claims — much of…
Immigration
Parliament In Review: June 21, 2011
Issue of the DayMuch of the day's debate was taken up with the final debate on the Cons' budget legislation, with the NDP particularly highlighting provisions to subsidize private mortgage…
On competing classes
Yes, it's highly problematic that the Cons are slashing the availability of applications for skilled workers to immigrate to Canada:A little-known clause in instructions Immigration Minister Jason Kenney has issued…
Something to Watch: Federal Liberals in Calgary
With the new seats coming federally in the House of Commons to the economic seat of Canada–Alberta–the province will finally get a more reasonable level of representation. No longer will…
Woe Canada! More Canadian Shame as South Korean Family In Moncton Forced to Leave Canada Because of Son’s Autism and Epilepsy
VIKTOR PIVOVAROV/TIMES & TRANSCRIPT Canada's shameful and dishonorable conduct towards families and children with autism and other disabilities continues with the forced expulsion of a South Korean family because one…
A Snapshot of the Vulnerable Underclass of Foreign Workers in Canada
There are lots of ways to look at Canada’s checkered history with immigration. Europeans welcome, French to a lesser degree after they lost a war or something, Chinese railroad workers,…
Review of the Nanny Business
Last Saturday, the Philippine Women Centre of Quebec (PWC-Quebec) presented the Nanny Business, a documentary which focuses on the experiences that women have had with Canada's Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).…
Review of the Nanny Business
Last Saturday, the Philippine Women Centre of Quebec (PWC-Quebec) presented the Nanny Business, a documentary which focuses on the experiences that women have had with Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).…
Review of the Nanny Business
Last Saturday, the Philippine Women Centre of Quebec (PWC-Quebec) presented the Nanny Business, a documentary which focuses on the experiences that women have had with Canada’s Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP).…
Tory Fundraising Letter Is Wildly Inappropriate
Big Blue apologized today after it was revealed that a staffer in the office of the federal immigration minister used parliamentary letterhead to solicit donations from "very ethnic ridings."Find the…
Tunisia’s Deposed Ben Ali Family: Canadian Immigration’s political statement
Yesterday reports appeared in the Canadian press, TV and radio, about the arrival in Montreal of family members of the deposed Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his…
On promoting consumer culture and demeaning Canadian citizenship
Believe it or not, Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Jason Kenney took the opportunity to affirm the Canadian citizenship of fictional character, Santa Claus, at a citizenship ceremony of 100…
Canadian Immigration, Conservative Xenophobia
In the United States, debate surrounding Arizona’s new harsh immigration policy – the ‘papers please‘ law – moved from arguing the merits, necessity and constitutionality of SB1070, to a nonsensical…
Canadian Immigration, Conservative Xenophobia
In the United States, debate surrounding Arizona’s new harsh immigration policy – the ‘papers please‘ law – moved from arguing the merits, necessity and constitutionality of SB1070, to a nonsensical…
And in Arizona? Fascists.
I hate to go straight to Hitler, but there's just nowhere else to go.The Arizona state legislature has declared that police can demand to see documents from anyone that might…
And in Arizona? Fascists.
I hate to go straight to Hitler, but there’s just nowhere else to go. The Arizona state legislature has declared that police can demand to see documents from anyone that…
And in Arizona? Fascists.
I hate to go straight to Hitler, but there’s just nowhere else to go. The Arizona state legislature has declared that police can demand to see documents from anyone that…
And in Arizona? Fascists.
I hate to go straight to Hitler, but there's just nowhere else to go.The Arizona state legislature has declared that police can demand to see documents from anyone that might…