Family reunification is at the core of the Liberal government’s immigration policy. After our two-part in-depth piece on the pros and cons of the family class immigration stream, this new series takes a closer look at the process…
View More Flying in Family Class: An In-Depth Series (Part II)
Donald Trump is the bogeyman. I get it. He’s also the Grinch, Darth Vader and Hitler. In fact, he was once on an episode of the Simpsons as an imagined future president in a dystopian…
View More Our Huge Cultural Blindspot
Justin Trudeau has now officially been elected as Canada’s 29th Prime Minister and with him come promises of investment in infrastructure, electoral reform and changes to the lengthy family reunification process. Some of those changes…
View More Pros and Cons of Family Reunification
As the date of the federal election draws nearer, political candidates have begun to consider the costs of reuniting immigrant families – both economically and socially. On September 25, Justin Trudeau announced that if elected,…
View More Family Reunification: The Economic Cost
As Canada is a mere two weeks into the longest federal election campaign in modern history, negative political advertisements have already made their rounds in the media. Targeted messages aimed at various ethnic groups will…
View More Targeted Ethnic Advertising Makes Elections More Accessible
Readers need an independent channel to connect with any media organization to ensure the news content produced is of the highest standard. As New Canadian Media’s first ombudsperson – I think the term “ombudsman” excludes…
View More Fairness and Balance at Election Time: Ombudsperson
Major Chinese media outlets had Michael Chan, Ontario Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and International Trade, in their headlines after the Globe and Mail published a controversial investigative feature on him last Tuesday. During an interview…
View More Chinese Community Reacts to Michael Chan Controversy
It is no secret. Whenever an election is nearing, the number of appearances by incumbents, prospective candidates, ministers and party leaders at roundtables, speeches, photo-ops or other events organized by ethnic and immigrant community groups…
View More Courting the #CdnImm Vote
While the mainstream media definitely covers stories of local politicians’ victories and foreign leaders’ visits to Canada, what is sometimes missing from the coverage is the ‘ethnic’ story angle relating directly to the many Diaspora…
View More PULSE: Pakistan – What You Didn’t Read in the Mainstream
There was a time when the vast plurality of new Canadians voted for the Liberal Party of Canada. With the exception of some of those who had escaped the tyranny of the Warsaw Pact, immigrant…
View More The Conservative “Balancing Act”