Dear Minister Ahmed Hussen, Many of us cheered when you were recently made the Immigration Minister. We felt that as an immigrant Canadian you would…
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Trump’s Impossible Deportation Goals
Throughout the campaign for the White House, Donald Trump sensationalized one of the great sores of U.S. political and social life: the issue of immigrants, notably…
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Haitian Canadians in Quebec: A Rich Political History
When Elizabeth Philibert arrived in Montreal as an émigré in 1979, she immediately felt the city would be her closest connection to Haiti. The city’s…
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Quebec’s Federal Candidates Urged to Tackle Immigration
While candidates in Quebec are doing their best to reach out to new Canadian voters in the current federal elections, some advocates are hoping that…
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Media Must Be Cautious Covering Individual Immigration Cases
The media has recently served as a powerful platform for immigrants seeking to appeal negative decisions, such as deportation orders and permanent residency denials. This…
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“We Will Not Tolerate People Going Underground”
The federal government will not abide temporary foreign workers going underground to avoid an April 1 deadline that will force thousands of them out of…
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Temporary Foreign Workers Bilked by Immigration Consultants as Deadline Looms
Two days before an April 1st deadline imposed under changes to the government’s temporary foreign worker program, some foreign workers who have to go back…
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Jihoon Lee has come a long way since moving to Toronto two and a half years ago. Born in ideologically repressive North Korea, the teenager has…
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