I’ve commented repeatedly on the tendency for legislation proposed by the Department of Citizenship and Immigration to contain measures that grant unaccountable authority to the minister. Why should the latest…
Liberals rehire Vikileaks creator sacked after tweeting Toews’s divorce details A disgraced Liberal staffer who was fired after splashing the lurid details of a Conservative cabinet minister’s messy divorce all…
Lawyers, that is. Nancy Leblanc at Impolitical reproduces the text of an open letter to Jason Kenney signed by more than 80 Ontario lawyers. They seem to be a bit…
Jason Kenney, July 9, 2012: “(Soldiers) are heroes, but at the time, they’re British subjects,” Kenney said firmly, before explaining that there was no such thing as a Canadian citizen…
Ottawa loses legal battle over immigration backlog About 900 applicants under the federal skilled workers’ program sued Immigration Minister Jason Kenney for violating the pledge to assess and finalize decisions…
I’m sure a lot of my fellow bloggers will be all over this story but I wanted my own copy to refer back to. I expect to get a lot…
In a decision clearly aimed at Muslim women, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney recently ruled that no one should be allowed to take the oath of Canadian citizenship with…
Perhaps the best place to start with this Globe and Mail article is half a dozen paragraphs in, where a part of the process followed when someone is to be…
I’ve commented before on the tendency of the Harper Conservatives to craft legislation that gives cabinet ministers the ability to act without any check on their authority. They seem to…
Regular visitors to this corner of the internet will know that I'm not in favour of our continued military presence in Afghanistan. But if we're going to be there and…
