Immigration and the ‘immigrant experience’ are often used as a smokescreen to mask systemic racism and exclusion. This is according to Neethan Shan, executive director of the Council of Agencies Serving South Asians (CASSA), who…
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In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s ethnic media: The Liberal government is set to repeal Bill C-24; municipal councils wage war on Uber and Canadians react to Haryana violence in…
View More Make Citizenship Easier, Not Harder: McCallum
While citizenship, immigration and refugee policy have been major issues in the current election campaign, not much has been said about the three-fold increase in the cost of becoming a citizen imposed by the Conservative…
View More ‘Delayed Citizens’ Escape Campaign Attention
What does it mean to be Canadian? What kind of Canada do we want? If you’ve tuned into the election coverage lately, you’ll know these aren’t meaningless questions. They’re being hotly debated by our federal…
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A Liberal government will make family reunification one of its core immigration priorities along with renewing and expanding the refugee program. Party leader Justin Trudeau said immigration is critical to job creation and long-term economic…
View More Family Reunification a Priority: Trudeau
This year’s election campaign has been one of the longest in our country’s political history, characterized by the usual kinds of political messaging, policy debates and ethical questions on governance. The campaign seemed a typical…
View More #Refugeecrisis Galvanizes Arab Community
“Lawfare” is a term that combines “law” and “warfare.” It describes how the law can be used as a weapon to punish and prosecute citizens. It also describes how fear of Muslims is manufactured, through…
View More Harper Government Uses “Lawfare” to Police Muslims
The Conservative government’s support of a ban preventing long-term expats from voting in the federal elections is not surprising, say Canadian academics. University of Ottawa law professor Michael Pal says a decision made last week…
View More Expat Voting Ban: ‘Troubling’ Trend in Canadian Citizenship
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 the citizenship of anyone convicted of terrorism, treason, or spying.…
View More New Citizenship Laws Spark Fears in Ethnic Communities
The remaining revisions to Canada’s Citizenship laws came into force on June 11, 2015. Last year the government introduced Bill C-24, the Strengthening Canadian Citizenship Act which introduced many changes to the citizenship application process.…
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