Posted by admin on Mar 3rd, 2011
John Ibbitson and Joe Friesen, Globe and Mail, Mar. 03 2011
A botched delivery has laid bare the Harper government’s plans to win over immigrant voters by appealing to their social conservatism before an election that the party believes will be under way by March 29. The unprecedented glimpse into the internal strategy of the famously secretive Conservative election machine reveals plans for saturation television advertising in Toronto and Vancouver that asks immigrant Canadians: “Isn’t it time we all voted our values?â€
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Posted by admin on Feb 20th, 2011
By R. Paul Dhillon, The Link, Feb. 20 2011
Indo-Canadian hoping to sponsor parents or grandparents will only get 2,500 visas this year, down 45 per cent from 4,500 in 2010. With the election coming, immigrant voters need to send a message to Harper Conservatives that they have had enough with their under-handed anti-immigrant policies, say immigrant groups.
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Posted by admin on Feb 19th, 2011
Toronto Star, Feb. 19 2011
Canada’s immigration system has changed profoundly since Prime Minister Stephen Harper took power five years ago. This week, the public got its first glimpse of who the winners and losers are.
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Posted by admin on Feb 18th, 2011
REFUGEE LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION OF ONTARIO, Media release, Feb. 18, 2011
TORONTO – The Refugee Lawyers’ Association of Ontario (RLA) today spoke out concerning the ill-advised speech Jason Kenney, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, gave to the Law Faculty of the University of Western Ontario on February 11, 2011. Minister Kenney’s criticisms of the Federal Court for its judgments in immigration and refugee cases are inappropriate and indefensible. “The independence of the judiciary is an essential element of democracy,†said RLA President Geraldine MacDonald. “The Minister’s comments are an attack on the independence of the Federal Court. The remarks reveal a shocking lack of understanding of the role of the courts in the Canadian democracy.â€
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Posted by admin on Feb 16th, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011, CBC By Louise Elliott
Employment and industry groups are reacting negatively to a government plan to substantially cut the number of visas issued for federal skilled workers this year. New figures obtained through Access to Information show the government will cut all economic class visas by nearly seven per cent, and federal skilled worker visas specifically by 20 per cent, in 2011. “The notion of reducing the number of skilled workers we aim to take in 2011 is certainly a move in the wrong direction given where we expect the economy right across the country to be heading,” said Elsbeth Mehrer, director of research and workforce strategy for Calgary Economic Development.
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