mosque shooting: And he lost it after learning Canada was preparing to take in more refugees, according to Toronto Star. Read more Quebec judge nixes media request to release videos of 2017 mosque shooting Article Continued Below Lawyers for Quebec mosque shooter to argue for life sentence in prison, no parole for 25 years Quebec man paralyzed in 2017 mosque shooting to receive 400,000 for new home For sure, the terrorist attacks that killed so many people made me think of it, Bissonnette said, regarding the night of Jan. 29, 2017, when he entered the mosque and murdered the six men. react-empty 142 He said he wasn't a monster or a terrorist, adding he went to the mosque to save lives. In the video recorded the day after the shooting, Alexandre Bissonnette told police how terrorists had killed scores of people throughout Europe. Instead of shooting himself alone in the woods, Bissonnette said, thanks to his actions, maybe 100 people will now be saved. The recording was tabled into evidence by the Crown during Bissonnette's sentencing hearing. Maybe 200 or 300 people, he said later in the video. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pennsylvania prison: The Philadelphia-born rapper, whose real name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, is fighting for release while appealing a two- to four-year sentence for a probation violation, according to The Chronicle Herald. A judge said his drug use, arrests and other issues while under supervision merited the jail time. Mill spoke to news anchor Lester Holt from a Pennsylvania prison in a phone interview that aired Thursday on NBC Nightly News. Mill's lawyers accuse her of a personal vendetta. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin visited Mill in prison Tuesday. Mill tells Holt when he's released, he sees himself helping minorities that come from these situations like myself. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

policy study: Vineberg's paper looks at resettlement from the Second World War onward and suggests solutions to help move the process forward and overcome a backlog of more than 30,000 refugee claims, according to Toronto Star. They're under-resourced, Vineberg said. On Thursday, the University of Calgary's School of Public Policy published a policy study by Robert Vineberg outlining the history of Canada's refugee program. I think having the initial decision made by the immigration department, which has a lot more staff and is in a lot more locations across the country, this could be done faster. Article Continued Below On average, Calgary welcomes approximately 1,100 refugees a year from around the world. The faster the process, according to Vineberg, the better it is for the individual involved and Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

school systems: As for all other public schools and universities, the constitution assigns them, exclusively, to the provinces, according to Rabble. There is one circumstance, however, where the federal government has a key role to play in this jealously guarded provincial jurisdiction. Ottawa is responsible for education in First Nations communities, and that's it. If provinces wish to abolish constitutionally guaranteed denominational school systems -- that is, systems based on religion -- they must get the agreement of the parliament in Ottawa. Both provinces were motivated by cost and efficiency, although Quebec had an additional preoccupation. In the 1990s, Quebec and Newfoundland both sought, and received, the federal parliament's accord to get rid of their religious-based school systems and replace them with, in each case, a single, secular system. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

visit home: The conversation was part of a Fakih Foundation event in partnership with Ryerson Leadership Lab, according to CTV. We didn't leave our country by choice and this time I was determined that I wanted to see my home, my family, just to breathe the air of my country, Yousafzai said in front of an audience dominated by Ryerson University students. Now 20 years old, the honorary Canadian citizen and Nobel Peace Prize laureate sat on stage in Toronto Thursday with CTV Chief Anchor Lisa LaFlamme to discuss her work and her recent trip to Pakistan -- her first visit home since that fateful Oct. 9, 2012 day. Every moment, I couldn't believe it was happening and it was the most beautiful part of my life I went to my home, I went to Swat Valley, and I saw those mountains and that beautiful river again and I met my friends from school. When I started campaigning for girls' education, I said, Well, we have to start from home,' Yousafzai explained. Through her non-profit, the Malala Fund, Yousafzai also recently opened a school in her hometown in Pakistan's troubled Swat Valley. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bissonnette: For sure, the terrorist attacks that killed so many people made me think of it, Bissonnette said, regarding the night of Jan. 29, 2017, when he entered the mosque and murdered the six men, according to Vancouver Courier. He said he wasn't a monster or a terrorist, adding he went to the mosque to save lives. In the video recorded the day after the shooting, Alexandre Bissonnette told police how terrorists had killed scores of people throughout Europe.article continues below Trending Stories Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Vancouver women recount different paths to sobriety Comedian Jim Gaffigan trolls rainy Vancouver Finding secret location of giant mastadon sculpture worth the hike And he lost it after learning Canada was preparing to take in more refugees. Instead of shooting himself alone in the woods, Bissonnette said, thanks to his actions, maybe 100 people will now be saved. The recording was tabled into evidence by the Crown during Bissonnette's sentencing hearing. Maybe 200 or 300 people, he said later in the video. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration levels: But there could be a tipping point that, once reached, undermines the history of relative Canadian consensus, according to Vancouver Courier. The internal departmental data was obtained by The Canadian Press through access-to-information. Internal data prepared by the Immigration Department for a committee of deputy ministers suggests a majority of Canadians supports current immigration levels, but this support drops when they are informed of how many immigrants actually arrive every year.article continues below Trending Stories Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Vancouver women recount different paths to sobriety Comedian Jim Gaffigan trolls rainy Vancouver Finding secret location of giant mastadon sculpture worth the hike Public support often aided by a diversity of prominent stakeholders in indispensable, the department told the co-ordinating committee of deputy ministers during a meeting in April 2017 to discuss immigrant outcomes. It includes polling data that suggests just over 50 per cent of Canadians believed the number of immigrants who come to Canada every year is about right and this number has remained steady since 2012. After they were told is has actually been 260,000 for the last few years, the number of people who then said they felt that was too many jumped from 23 to 32 per cent. But most of those respondents believed the number of immigrants arriving every year was under 150,000. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

home: They paid rent but the home remained under her mom's ownership, according to Vancouver Courier. Even one of Oviedo's grandchildren lived in the home for five years meaning five generations of family have lived in the house at various points over the years. Her grandfather, Italian immigrant Domenic Liberto, built it in 1939 and it was passed on to her mother, Mary Bosze, who lived in it until she died this past December at age 87.article continues below Trending Stories Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Vancouver women recount different paths to sobriety Comedian Jim Gaffigan trolls rainy Vancouver Finding secret location of giant mastadon sculpture worth the hike Oviedo had moved back in with her husband and children about 20 years ago to care for her mother as she aged.A beautiful basement suite was created for Bosze, and the couple fixed up the front and back yards. Now it's just Oviedo and her husband, but much to their dismay, they're are on the verge of moving out. It was put up for sale April 11 for almost 1.7 million. Bosze willed the home to Oviedo and her five siblings, but the property is worth far too much for any of the siblings to buy it on their own. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

norah sadava: Since premieringa few years ago, the two-hander, performed by the playwrights, has racked up lots of awards both in Toronto and at Edinburgh Fringe, according to NOW Magazine. The Nightwood Theatre/Quote Unquote Collective show is sure to sell out this return engagement. But Norah Sadava and Amy Nostbakken's brilliant examination of a woman grieving her mother's death did just that when it played at a private presentation for Jodie Foster and Alexandra Hedison and their friends at L.A.'s Odyssey Theatre last year. Several performances feature post-show talkbacks, including one with director Patricia Rozema who's making a film adaptation of the show on April 17, and social activist Michele Landsberg, on April 18. Buddies in Bad Times. 20- 35. 12 Alexander. 416-975-8555, Bozon Pop-Psych Cinema Rising French filmmaker and DJ comes to town for a retro at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Through April 22. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

acadian groups: Acadian groups had asked for the removal of a provision that would allow so-called non-contiguous constituencies ridings that are not connected geographically and another that would allow a committee to determine the minimum and maximum number of electoral districts, according to Toronto Star. Read more Electoral boundaries bill deferred after objections by N.S. Acadian groups Article Continued Below The Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia is concerned Acadians could potentially be lumped into one riding and wants at minimum the restoration of the former protected ridings of Argyle, Clare and Richmond. The Liberal majority on the legislature's law amendments committee voted Thursday to proceed with the revised House of Assembly Act. The Liberals say they don't want to restrict the options of an eventual electoral boundaries commission which will look at the province's ridings. The province sought the advisory opinion on constitutional grounds following court action by the Acadian federation over the elimination of the protected ridings. The proposed legislative changes follow a Nova Scotia Court of Appeal ruling released in January 2017 that found a 2012 boundary redrawing that eliminated three Acadian ridings violated the voter rights section of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrants increase: Annual incomes of highly-skilled workers surpass the Canadian average soon after arrival and increase over time, according to The Chronicle Herald. In fact, earnings of all categories of immigrants increase with time. The report identified some interesting trends The longer an immigrant is in Canada, the better off they are. However, immigrants of non-economic programs and spouses and dependents of economic immigrants take longer to establish themselves economically. Economic outcomes are different depending on which program immigrants use to come to Canada. Refugees take the longest. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

information act: The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees, and have lower employment rates and earn less than the Canadian average wage, according to CTV. That, the internal government report says, indicates selection policies for Canadian immigration programs are not tailored to capitalize on the economic value of female immigrants. The information, obtained by the Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, shows a persistent gap between female immigrants who are both new and established in Canada compared to their Canadian-born counterparts. The data shows similar employment barriers also exist for the children of immigrants, especially those whose parents are visible minorities, despite the fact they often achieve high levels of education. Canada's Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen acknowledges such gaps in employment and wage opportunities do exist, but says the government has been working on designing settlement programs to improve opportunities for immigrant women and their children. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

street gangs: She remained in the country even after her refugee claim was denied, according to CTV. She has since worked as a community organizer helping other undocumented migrants and temporary workers. Lucy Granados moved to Canada in 2009 after the death of her husband. Stewart Istvanffy, her lawyer, said the criteria for approval have changed since his client's application. Now, the jurisprudence has evolved since then and they're looking at the danger to these people from organized crime and from the street gangs, he explained. I believe at that time that the refugee board was refusing people saying that they believed they were coming from a situation of generalized violence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

information act: The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees and have lower employment rates and earn less than the average wage, according to CTV. That, the internal government report says, indicates selection policies for immigration programs are not tailored to capitalize on the economic value of female immigrants. The information, obtained by the Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, shows a persistent gap between female immigrants, both new and established in Canada, compared with their Canadian-born counterparts. The report uses internal government data to provide an overview of economic and social outcomes of immigrants from all sources, including economic-class, family-class and refugee streams. Unlike male immigrants, a persistent gap exists between very recent, recent and established female immigrants and their Canadian-born counterparts, the report states. It flags labour market integration as more challenging for female newcomers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

money article: The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees and have lower employment rates and earn less than the average wage, according to Toronto Star. Read more Opinion Equal pay day Show women the money Article Continued Below Timid' pay transparency legislation misses the mark, critics say Opinion Denial of systemic racism is dissociation from reality That, the internal government report says, indicates selection policies for immigration programs are not tailored to capitalize on the economic value of female immigrants. react-empty 142 The report uses internal government data to provide an overview of economic and social outcomes of immigrants from all sources, including economic-class, family-class and refugee streams. The information, obtained by the Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, shows a persistent gap between female immigrants, both new and established in Canada, compared with their Canadian-born counterparts. It flags labour market integration as more challenging for female newcomers. The data shows similar employment barriers also exist for the children of immigrants, especially those whose parents are visible minorities, despite the fact they achieve higher levels of education than Canadian-born children. Unlike male immigrants, a persistent gap exists between very recent, recent and established female immigrants and their Canadian-born counterparts, the report states. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

slovak court: David Scheffel said his request for bail was denied earlier this year and a second plea for release to the Slovak court filed on April 4 has not been heard, according to Toronto Star. Scheffel, 63, told the Kamloops This Week online news publication that he feels vulnerable and claims his imprisonment is related to his research on juvenile Romani prostitutes, but also to my previous advocacy on behalf of disenfranchised Roma in general. Prof. Scheffel's comments were written in a letter from jail, then passed to a friend who sent the letter to Kamloops This Week. Article Continued Below He said he would like to see the Canadian government get involved or show some degree of official interest, but he understands why it might not do that. Scheffel said the university had been helping him in subtle but meaningful ways and he does not feel abandoned by his employer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

troops: Drawing that line may be hazy, according to The Chronicle Herald. Brown's pledge of 400 troops allows the president to boast that governors in all four border states back his mission to send the Guard on its third large-scale deployment since 2006. Jerry Brown is crystal clear that his National Guard will help President Trump go after drugs and thugs on the Mexican border, but not immigrants. It helped bring commitments from Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to about 2,400 troops above the low end of Trump's target of sending 2,000 to 4,000 troops to the border shared by the four states. But some experts were skeptical that Brown will be able to force his vision of the mission on California's Guard members participating in Trump's operation. The Democratic governor, who cast his decision as a welcome infusion of federal support to fight transnational criminal gangs and drug and firearms smugglers, broke from his Republican counterparts from the three other states by insisting that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border states: Drawing that line may be hazy, according to Vancouver Courier. Brown's pledge of 400 troops allows the president to boast that governors in all four border states back his mission to send the Guard on its third large-scale deployment since 2006. Jerry Brown is crystal clear that his National Guard will help President Trump go after drugs and thugs on the Mexican border, but not immigrants. It helped bring commitments from Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to about 2,400 troops above the low end of Trump's target of sending 2,000 to 4,000 troops to the border shared by the four states.article continues below Trending Stories The Democratic governor, who cast his decision as a welcome infusion of federal support to fight transnational criminal gangs and drug and firearms smugglers, broke from his Republican counterparts from the three other states by insisting that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement. I think it'll be very difficult for the California National Guard to be able to walk that fine line because those things in the field are indistinguishable, said Eric Olson, deputy director of the Wilson Center's Latin America program, who specializes in organized crime and security. But some experts were skeptical that Brown will be able to force his vision of the mission on California's Guard members participating in Trump's operation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

information act: That, the internal government report says, indicates selection policies for immigration programs are not tailored to capitalize on the economic value of female immigrants, according to Vancouver Courier. The report uses internal government data to provide an overview of economic and social outcomes of immigrants from all sources, including economic-class, family-class and refugee streams. The information, obtained by the Canadian Press through the Access to Information Act, shows a persistent gap between female immigrants, both new and established in Canada, compared with their Canadian-born counterparts.article continues below Trending StoriesB.C. government strikes affordable housing' deal with United Church of Canada Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Gangs of Vancouver Chinese equivalent of Pay Pal to launch in Richmond The data also shows that more women arrive in Canada as the spouses of economic immigrants or as non-economic newcomers or refugees and have lower employment rates and earn less than the average wage. It flags labour market integration as more challenging for female newcomers. The data shows similar employment barriers also exist for the children of immigrants, especially those whose parents are visible minorities, despite the fact they achieve higher levels of education than Canadian-born children. Unlike male immigrants, a persistent gap exists between very recent, recent and established female immigrants and their Canadian-born counterparts, the report states. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mainstream media: And couldn't care less if he's a racist, homophobe or misogynist it's all Greek to them, according to NOW Magazine. That was proven again last month when PC party members did what was widely thought to be the unthinkable and voted Ford leader. If we've learned anything from Doug Ford's time as Ward 2 councillor and his own run for mayor, it's that folks who supported Ford knew exactly what they were getting when they voted for him. Ever since, his election to the Ontario premier's office, the second highest seat in the land, has been presented by the mainstream media as inevitable. But just what is it going to take to beat Doug A dozen people representing various non-partisan groups, NGOs and labour unions met in a downtown Toronto office last week to exchange notes on that question. That's another story. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

non-economic programs: In fact, earnings of all categories of immigrants increase with time, according to Vancouver Courier. However, immigrants of non-economic programs and spouses and dependents of economic immigrants take longer to establish themselves economically. Annual incomes of highly-skilled workers surpass the Canadian average soon after arrival and increase over time. Refugees take the longest. Economic-class immigrants do the best. Economic outcomes are different depending on which program immigrants use to come to Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border mexico: Jerry Brown accepted U.S. President Donald Trump's call to send the National Guard to the Mexican border, but rejected the White House's portrait of a burgeoning border crisis and insisted that his troops will have nothing to do with immigration enforcement, according to Toronto Star. The Democratic governor broke a week of silence Wednesday by agreeing to contribute 400 troops, though not all will be on the border. California Gov. Brown's commitment brought pledges from the four states that border Mexico just shy of the low end of the president's target to marshal 2,000 to 4,000 troops. Combating these criminal threats are priorities for all Americans Republicans and Democrats, Brown wrote in a letter to Defence Secretary James Mattis and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Brown cast his decision as a welcome infusion of federal support to fight transnational criminal gangs and drug and firearms smugglers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canada: According to the decision, Mohd Rabi Morelly, who previously lived in Kuwait, had his citizenship denied by Citizenship Judge Veronica Johnson in 2017 on the basis that he failed to establish a physical presence in Canada for three years as required by the Citizenship Act, according to The Chronicle Herald. In her ruling, Johnson said it was impossible to determine, on a balance of probabilities, how many days the applicant was actually present in Canada, because there is insufficient credible evidence of his continued physical presence during the periods that he claims to have been in Canada. In his April 4 decision, Federal Court Justice Robert Barnes ruled that the citizenship judge ignored relevant evidence and instead was preoccupied with prior fraudulent conduct by the applicant. But Barnes ruled there was plenty of evidence for Morelly's presence in Canada during the necessary time period, which was Morelly's involvement in an immigration fraud prior to the residency period. According to Johnson's notes, which were summarized in the Federal Court decision, Morelly accepted cheques from Al-Awaid's company, which he paid for in cash, to give the illusion that he worked in Canada. Morelly was at one time a client of immigration consultant Hassan Al-Awaid, who pleaded guilty in May 2014 to nine charges of counselling misrepresentation under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and 10 charges of misrepresentation under the Citizenship Act. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

christian values: The latest victory for right-wing populists occurred April 8 when Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban won a decisive third consecutive mandate, which many see as yet another omen of tough times ahead for the future of democracy in that country as well as other parts of Europe, according to Toronto Star. Orban ran on an anti-immigrant platform aimed primarily at Muslim immigrants, championing himself as a defender of Christian values and dismissing his critics and opponents as elites who were out to ruin traditional Hungary. At the same time, populists and autocratic leaders are on the rise everywhere in the U.S. with Donald Trump, in Europe with a series of right-wing leaders, and right here in Ontario, with first Rob Ford and now Doug Ford. Indeed, liberal democracy as we have come to know, is now in serious danger. Democracy, by Yascha Mounk, a Harvard University lecturer on government, that is receiving rave reviews in the U.S. and Europe. Article Continued Below That stark reality is the basis of a new book, The People vs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

guard troops: Their counties are located within 40 kilometres of the U.S.-Mexico border, according to Toronto Star. Read more Trump wins pledges of 1,600 National Guard troops for Mexico border duty Article Continued Below Trump's tax cuts, budget spending bill to raise deficit to 1 trillion by 2019 Analysis Arizona, Texas sending 400 National Guard troops to U.S.-Mexico border after Trump's call Immigrant rights activists promised to protest Sessions' visit on Wednesday, as they rejected his past characterization of the border region during a 2017 visit to El Paso, Texas, as ground zero in the Trump administration's fight against cartels, and human traffickers. react-empty 140 He treated our home like a war zone, referring to it as ground zero,' said Fernando Garcia, executive director of the Border Network for Human Rights in El Paso. Sessions will speak in Las Cruces at the Texas Border Sheriff's Coalition Annual Spring Meeting with the Southwestern Border Sheriff's Coalition, which is made up of 31 sheriff's departments from Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. He was wrong then, and he is wrong now. Sessions' trip to Las Cruces, a city about an hour north of the border, comes as construction begins nearby on 32 kilometres of steel fencing that officials say is a part of U.S. President Donald Trump's promised wall.U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials have described the new, heightened barrier as a structure that will be harder to get over, under and through than the old post and rail barriers that line the stretch of sprawling desert west of the Santa Teresa port of entry. El Paso is some 80 kilometres south of Las Cruces. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

inglis street: It's very small, and as with Chinatowns elsewhere it's not all Chinese -- some of the smattering of businesses specialize in Korean barbecue, Vietnamese pho or Indian groceries, according to CTV. Compared to big-city Chinatowns, it's a blip on the urban landscape. They are the early signs of a fledgling Chinatown. But for a city more accustomed to Irish pubs and fish and chips, this tiny pocket of businesses around where Barrington Street turns sharply into Inglis Street tells the story of a steady flow of newcomers to Halifax from China. What's changing is the number of Chinese immigrants choosing to make it their permanent home. Halifax, a busy port city of about 400,000 and home to several universities, has long had a small Chinese population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.