Rabbi Elior Chen fled Israel to hide in Canada.
Not because he was being persecuted in his country of origin, as so many others do, nor was he claiming to flee a war-torn area.
Chen came to Canada to avoid criminal prosecution.
Israel issued an arrest warrant for him in connection to charges of beating children as young […]
Steve Sailer, a Conservative American journalist, found out the hard way that we don’t.
He completed the Citizenship and Immigration Canada Self-Assessment Worksheet in 2001 and scored 61 points. The passing mark for consideration of an interview is 60.
(The current passing mark is 67) >>> […]
Wait times are up.
And no, we’re not talking about health care.
Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis reports that applications for immigrations have increased by 20 per cent since 2004.
But what’s worse is that the disparaties are discernable over different geographic regions, up to 2,300 per cent longer (that’s statistically significant, for those of you with stat backgrounds).
Karygiannis […]
The Safe Third Country Agreement was struck down yesterday in Federal Court. The U.S. was the only country under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act designated as a safe country.
The agreement stated that a refugee has to request asylum in the first country they arrive in (with some exceptions).
Criteria used to asses a […]
Sarah Boyd of UofT Law raises some interesting issues with the Laibar Singh case on Thinking Out Loud.
Singh is a 48-year man from India who entered Canada on a forged passport in 2003. But in 2006, he has a massive stroke that left him a paralyzed quadriplegic.
The Federal government ordered a 60-day stay on […]
The Current Crisis in Windsor
Over the past 3 weeks, about 200 Mexicans claimed refugee status at the Canadian border in Windsor.
The shelters are full, and the city’s resources are capped.
Although most of these economic claiments will be sent back, during the 14-month interim of processing time they are on social assistance. The […]
