Wounder of Rivers Seeks Refuge in Canada
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…
Immigration Law
Does Canada Even Want You?
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…
Regional Discrimination in Immigration
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…
Court rules US not “Safe Country”
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…
Healthy Canadian Refugee Law
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…
Mexicans invade Canada, Canadians invade the US
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…