Families Minister Ahmed Hussen says the new national child-care plan will improve the situation of low-income families and newcomers in Canada, not only that of middle-class Canadians.
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Facing financial barriers and complicated paper work, most Yazidis settled in London, Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary have been unable to take advantage of it
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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is urging Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen to help Iranians who have reported painfully long wait times to become permanent residents. “I am writing about public reports of systemic discrimination by…
View More Civil Liberties Association urges Hussen to Help Iranians get Permanent Residency
Iranian nationals say they’re enduring painfully long wait times to become permanent residents and citizens in Canada and believe they are being treated unfairly. Iranians who have lived and studied in Canada for years have…
View More Scores of Iranians living in Canada Decry Lengthy Wait Times for Permanent ResidencyCanada’s new plan to welcome nearly one million immigrants over the next three years, has been hailed and flailed around the world despite the Liberal government assurances that it will help offset an aging demographic.…
View More New Immigration Plan Hailed and FlailedFrom: Parisa Mahboubi To: Ahmed D. Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Date: August 3, 2017 Re: Let’s Toughen Literacy Standards to Boost Immigrant Success Strong literacy skills improve new immigrants’ employability and earnings…
View More Let’s Toughen Literacy Standards to Boost Immigrant SuccessDear Minister Ahmed Hussen, Many of us cheered when you were recently made the Immigration Minister. We felt that as an immigrant Canadian you would surely bring to your position a new and hopefully more…
View More An Open Letter to Immigration Minister Ahmed HussenThe best person to explain the big new-year changes to the federal cabinet’s makeup might well be someone who doesn’t even live here: outgoing U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden. During a visit to Canada a month…
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