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“Inequity and Exclusion are Tied to Race”

by Priya Ramanujam in Toronto Immigration and the ‘immigrant experience’ are often used as a smokescreen to mask systemic racism and exclusion. This is according…

Make Citizenship Easier, Not Harder: McCallum

Marcus Medford March 6, 2016 No Comments Bill C24 Caste Citizenship ethnic media Haryana Immigration John McCallum Leah Bjornson Taxi Uber violence

by Leah Bjornson in Vancouver In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: The Liberal government is set to repeal…

Policy

‘Delayed Citizens’ Escape Campaign Attention

Marcus Medford October 17, 2015 No Comments Andrew Griffith Bill C24 Canadian Citizenship Citizenship Citizenship and Immigration Canada Fatima Syed Federal Election federal elections immigrants NCM Election Desk Newcomers Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act

by Fatima Syed in Toronto While citizenship, immigration and refugee policy have been major issues in the current election campaign, not much has been said…

Commentary

Does Your Canada Include 2nd Class Citizens?

Marcus Medford October 13, 2015 No Comments Asian Pacific Post Bill C24 British Columbia Canada citizens Citizenship Federal Election federal elections refugees Second Class Citizenship

by Josh Paterson in Vancouver & Mitchell Goldberg in Montreal What does it mean to be Canadian? What kind of Canada do we want? If you’ve tuned…

Politics

Family Reuniﬁcation a Priority: Trudeau

Marcus Medford September 25, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Brampton Family Reunification Federal Election federal elections Immigration Justin Trudeau Liberals NCM Election Desk Ranjit Bhaskar refugee crisis refugees

by Ranjit Bhaskar in Brampton, Ontario A Liberal government will make family reuniﬁcation one of its core immigration priorities along with renewing and expanding the…

Politics

#Refugeecrisis Galvanizes Arab Community

Marcus Medford September 24, 2015 No Comments Arab ArabCanadian Arabs Bill C24 Bill C51 Citizenship DEMOCRACY election Election 2015 elections Federal Election Imad AlSukkari niqab Participation refugee crisis Syrian refugees Vote voters

by Imad Al-Sukkari in Ottawa This year’s election campaign has been one of the longest in our country’s political history, characterized by the usual kinds…

Commentary

Harper Government Uses “Lawfare” to Police Muslims

Marcus Medford August 11, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Bill C51 Citizenship Citizenship Act Conservatives CSIS Harper Government law lawfare legislation Muslims Naved Bakali racism radicalization Stephen Harper terrorism war war on terror warfare

by Naved Bakali in Brossard, Quebec “Lawfare” is a term that combines “law” and “warfare.” It describes how the law can be used as a…

Politics

Expat Voting Ban: ‘Troubling’ Trend in Canadian Citizenship

Marcus Medford July 31, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Canadian Canadian Citizenship Conservative Government Expats Federal Election Ontario Court of Appeal Passport SecondClass Citizen Supreme Court of Canada Voting

by Abbas Kassam (@AKassam12) in Toronto The Conservative government’s support of a ban preventing long-term expats from voting in the federal elections is not surprising,…

Policy

New Citizenship Laws Spark Fears in Ethnic Communities

Marcus Medford July 18, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Citizenship Citizenship Laws ethnic Ethnic Communities fear Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act

Activists from ethnic communities in Canada said they will fight a new law that changes the Citizenship Act which gives government the power to strip…

Policy

Final Citizenship Changes Come Into Force

Marcus Medford June 28, 2015 No Comments Bill C24 Canada Citizenship Citizenship Act Citizenship and Immigration Canada

by Catherine Sas The remaining revisions to Canada’s Citizenship laws came into force on June 11, 2015. Last year the government introduced Bill C-24, the…