Canada’s growing culture of refugee exclusion

Posted by admin on Dec 14th, 2012

by Krystle Alarcon

http://www.vancouverobserver.com/world/canada/report-canadas-growing-culture-exclusion
Jason Wong came from China as a refugee in 1987 to avoid aborting his child, who was conceived out of wedlock – as family law at the time persecuted unplanned babies. That baby, born in Vancouver, is now a 25-year old student who currently supports Wong, as he cannot legally work in Canada since he was given a deportation order in 1989.

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Israeli Deputy Ambassador and Canadian Officials Confronted

Posted by admin on Nov 22nd, 2012

Hundreds came out in Vancouver, Unceded Coast Salish Territories, for an emergency protest against Israeli Deputy Minister Eliaz Luf, Canadian Deportation Minister Jason Kenney, and former Tory Cabinet Minister Stockwell Day.
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No One Is Illegal takes on Jason Kenney, Architect of a Racist State

Posted by admin on Nov 16th, 2012

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was in Burnaby, B.C. this week. The minister told the crowd gathered at the Executive Hotel that his immigration crackdown — from marriage fraud to human smuggling and what he called the “abuse of Canada’s generosity” — is not driven by ideology or racism.

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Canada unique for lack of xenophobic sentiment in public discourse: Kenney

Posted by admin on Nov 16th, 2012

by David P. Ball

http://thetyee.ca/Blogs/TheHook/Federal-Politics/2012/11/10/Kenney-Visit/

Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was in Burnaby, B.C. yesterday to explain changes to how would-be newcomers connect with employers in Canada, and to answer questions about the controversial Temporary Foreign Workers Program, which has come under scrutiny this week over 200 Chinese coal mine workers in B.C.

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Resistance to Deportations Growing

Posted by admin on Oct 23rd, 2012

Teach-in held at University of Regina

http://www.mediacoop.ca/story/resistance-deportations-growing/13792

by Patricia W. Elliott

A campaign to save two University of Regina students from deportation is gathering steam across Canada.
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