Entries from December 2006

December 28, 2006

Stamped Passports Called ‘Outrageous’

 
By Tom Godfrey, Toronto Sun
Ottawa is being accused of “harassing” immigrants who are now required to have their passports stamped on returning from abroad.
Toronto immigrant groups and lawyers said the port stamp, which contains a date, will be used to find out how long immigrants have been outside Canada. If the time abroad exceeds guidelines [...]

December 25, 2006

Diversity Debate Cancelled Due to Cowardice

Chris Wattie, National Post (Canada), Dec. 22, 2006
A Canadian university yesterday cancelled a debate on racial diversity between the head of its black studies program and a American “racial nationalist,” for fear that the topic would be too controversial.
But the cancellation of the debate has raised concerns about academic freedom, with the executive director of [...]

December 23, 2006

Chinese Man Knocking on Our Backdoor

[Photo: Crowd of Chinese people]
By Tom Godfrey, Toronto Sun
A man who says he left his wife and young son behind in China to escape forced sterilization has won the first round in a bid for refugee status.
[Throughout the entire world, thousands of spouses leave their mates for unknown reasons of their own every day, [...]

December 23, 2006

Guelph Importing Multi-Racialism

Local MPP Liz Sandals wants Guelph to become Ontario’s next “immigrant gateway community.”
The Guelph-Wellington MPP had a motion passed in the Ontario legislature yesterday morning recognizing that Guelph should be designated as a gateway city by the provincial Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.
[...]
“Guelph is one of the more ethnically-diverse communities in Canada when you get [...]

December 22, 2006

Caledonia Injustice

 
“The OPP [Ontario Provincial Police] over the last 10 years have slowly changed their policies regarding policing land claim violence. They did this because of the death of Dudley George. Over this period of time they have created very pro-Native units like the ART & MELT teams which ensure that the Native protesters in land claims are treated [...]

December 21, 2006

Failed Refugee Wants to Return

Cairo, Egypt
Kathy Tomlinson, CTV News
He’s a Christian from Egypt, who came to Canada in 2002 seeking asylum. He made a refugee claim, alleging he was persecuted in his home country, for promoting Christianity in his bookstore.
The Immigration and Refugee Board didn’t believe he was telling the truth. Neither did the federal court. In September, [...]