The 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.…
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Prisoners of the Desert: Inside Jordan’s Azraq Refugee Camp
Sitting cross-legged on a thin UNHCR mat covering a concrete floor and nursing her 14-month-old, Yasmeen Al-Alow was glad to be out of the jail…
View More Prisoners of the Desert: Inside Jordan’s Azraq Refugee CampCorporate Canada Helped Raise $30M for Refugees: McCallum
Now that Canada has settled 25,000 government sponsored Syrian refugees, the Immigration Minister says he will use the lessons learned in the process to improve…
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UN Chief Praises Canada’s Model for Resettling Refugees
Canada’s use of both government and private sponsors to help Syrian refugees resettle is a model that should be exported around the world, the head…
View More UN Chief Praises Canada’s Model for Resettling RefugeesLiberals Seek to Reunite More Families
In this week’s round-up of what’s been making headlines in Canada’s media: the federal government has a new plan to welcome immigrants that aims to…
View More Liberals Seek to Reunite More FamiliesMake Citizenship Easier, Not Harder: McCallum
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…
View More Make Citizenship Easier, Not Harder: McCallumCanada Seeks “The Perfect Immigrants”
As the federal government prepares to table its 2016 immigration targets by March 9, Immigration Minister John McCallum has indicated that it would be more…
View More Canada Seeks “The Perfect Immigrants”Attn McCallum: Do Not End Open Work Permit Program
Dear Minister John McCallum, We are reaching out to you as a group of Canadians and immigrants with a vested interest in seeing improvements made…
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An Open Letter on the Family Reunification File
Dear Hon. Minister McCallum: I want to take this opportunity to share with my thoughts on family reunification. Attending an early platform-planning conversation you organized…
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