By Isabel Inclan in Toronto, ON Canada is leading the global “green” market, developing cannabis into a billion-dollar industry eight months after enacting the Cannabis…
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Category: Policy
The Modern Roma: Nannies Working Under Exploitation
By Isabel Inclan in Toronto, ON During the 2019 Academy Awards, one of the event luxury seats was occupied by Yalitza Aparicio, the first Indigenous…
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Yazidi Refugees Face Formidable Barriers
By Susan Korah in Ottawa, ON Canada has yet to fulfill its promise to Yazidi refugees, says a leader of their community in London, Ontario.…
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Immigration Announcement Good News for smaller Centres
Commentary by Don Curry, North Bay, ON Thursday’s rural and remote regions immigration attraction announcement by federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen should be well received…
View More Immigration Announcement Good News for smaller CentresData on Canadian Immigrants from ‘Shithole’ Countries Might Surprise Trump
By: Arvind Magesan in Calgary, AB Defenders of Donald Trump say his “shithole countries” remark regarding people from Africa, Haiti and other nations was just…
View More Data on Canadian Immigrants from ‘Shithole’ Countries Might Surprise TrumpChanges Coming to Parent and Grandparent Immigration?
By: Kelly Toughill in Halifax Thousands of families will soon get a second chance to bring parents and grandparents to Canada. That’s the good news…
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Shifting Our Conversations From Marriage Fraud to Marriage Breakdown
Commentary by Will Tao in Vancouver The Liberal Government finally delivered on their long-standing campaign promise to end conditional permanent residency for spouses on April…
View More Shifting Our Conversations From Marriage Fraud to Marriage BreakdownIntegration Models Highlight of Metropolis Conference
Commentary by Andrew Griffith in Ottawa The just-concluded National Metropolis Conference is an annual forum for researchers, policy makers and immigrant-service organizations. This year the…
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Refugees from U.S. are Breaking the Law
Commentary by Surjit Singh Flora in Brampton For many Sikhs in Canada today, the Komagata Maru incident still looms large in our consciousness. For anyone…
View More Refugees from U.S. are Breaking the LawBrockville, Look to GTA, not India
Commentary by Don Curry in North Bay Municipal councils in Canada’s smaller centres do not appear to be at the forefront in analyzing demographic and…
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