by Fathima Cader and Sumayya Kassamali Ten years after September 11, 2001, the term “Islamophobia,” once largely obscure, has become all but inevitable when discussing contemporary politics. As Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden became household…
Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman explain the concept of judicial independence to Jason Kenney: “In a speech to the University of Western Ontario’s law faculty last week, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney launched an attack on…
They’re at it again. In November, 76 Tamil refugees escaped Sri Lanka on a rusty freighter. They arrived in Victoria, where they were met by RCMP and Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) officials, who promptly…
‘Guest worker’ abuses blasted Lack of oversight by the federal government has allowed foreign workers to be abused by their employers, Auditor General Sheila Fraser says in a scathing report on Canada’s immigration program. Fraser…
The recent arrival by boat in Vancouver of 76 Sri Lankan Tamil men has triggered heated debate about Canada’s refugee system. On October 28, the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British…
Canada to take hard line with would-be migrants Jane Armstrong and John Ibbitson write for the Globe: Canada’s Immigration Minister has signalled that he intends to play hardball with 76 men believed to be from…
Government appeals asylum ruling for South African The federal government is appealing a controversial decision by an independent tribunal to grant asylum to a white South African because he feared black persecution in his homeland….
Family can’t keep ailing mother in Canada “She’s old, she can’t see … Who will look after her in Poland? All the family is here,” Pindiur said in halting English. “Can you help her stay…
By Krystalline Kraus Published on rabble.ca (http://www.rabble.ca), reproduced here on author’s request Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Citizenship and Immigration Minister Jason Kenney have the political power to decide who they want to let…
Canadians renew pressure on Harper government to implement votes of Parliament TORONTO—On Tuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Canada granted Kimberly Rivera leave to appeal the decision in her Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA). The Federal…
Omar Ha-Redeye gave a talk on the use of social media in politics, focusing on the Canadian scene, at the Miles S. Nadal Management Centre in the Ernst & Young Tower of the Toronto Dominion…
The Harper government attempts to justify deporting U.S. Iraq War resisters with a familiar, but untrue, narrative. They say that unlike during the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers are volunteers and are not considered refugees by…
