Before Daniel Igali famously earned Canada wrestling glory by winning its first Olympic gold in the sport, he was a young Nigerian athlete grappling for a superior position in life. After competing at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, B.C., the 20-year-old made a bold move. He skipped his team’s flight back to his politically [...] [...more]
Fifty per cent more people were deported from Canada last year than a decade ago — proof the system is getting too aggressive with who it gives the boot, says one local immigration lawyer. Figures from the Canada Border Services Agency show deportations from the country have spiked to 12,732 removed last year, compared to 8,361 [...] [...more]
With the prospect of a fall election fading fast, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says he now aims to unveil before Christmas a package of reforms to fix a ‘broken’ refugee system that costs Canadian taxpayers an estimated $29,000 for each claimant going through the system. Kenney, who only last week said the reforms were on ‘indefinite [...] [...more]
OTTAWA The Harper government is readying for Parliament a package of reforms that for the first time could have Canada fast-tracking refugee claimants from countries where citizens are generally thought to be safe from persecution. Though the proposal has yet to get the final nod from cabinet, Martin Collacott, a former Canadian diplomat who specializes [...] [...more]
Canada’s immigration and refugee system is broken. The Immigration and Refugee Act is innately flawed and has created a dangerously dysfunctional immigration system in Canada. The law is fraught with loopholes and lax rules that encourage fraud, pose security threats to Canada and facilitate illegal immigration while creating roadblocks to legitimate refugee claimants and immigrants. Thousands [...] [...more]
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Canada Minister Jason Kenney said that the Conservative government is open to creating a refugee appeal board, and that he wants to work with the opposition parties to develop a new model that will alleviate the backlog in the processing of refugee claims. Currently, the Federal Court is responsible for hearing appeals [...] [...more]
Canada will lift a ban on deporting illegal immigrants to Burundi, Liberia and Rwanda after an internal review showed “improved conditions” in those countries, the federal government has announced. “After a thorough review of country conditions and consultations with stakeholders, the government is lifting the suspension of removals to these three countries,” said a statement from [...] [...more]
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, who last week announced controversial visa restrictions on Czechs and Mexicans, said he did so to fix a refugee system that doesn’t work. The Mexican government retaliated by imposing visa restrictions on Canadian diplomats and officials. But while everybody agrees that something has to be done, nobody’s ever been able to define [...] [...more]
Jason Kenney, the immigration minister, has had a heavy time clawing his way up thru Conservative congress ranks. But if he will achieve success in bringing fairness to Canada’s out-of-control refugee system his future will be set. Here’s something the New Democrats purposely do not get, the Liberals are oblivious to and the Conservatives dimly [...] [...more]
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