Items Articles Commons: The decision by the House to adjourn for the summer a few days early nixed Conservative efforts to amend a private member's bill to strip Canadian citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorist acts. Related Items Articles Commons breaks for summer with reeling Conservatives poised for major retooling , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "It was disgusting what Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was trying to do in that bill." OTTAWA - The last legislative fight of the spring session in the Commons appears to have been won by the New Democrats. "We got the end of an odious bill in immigration that would have deprived Canadians of their citizenship illegally but it would have had to have been fought before the courts," NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Wednesday in celebrating the amendment's demise. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Video Dave Hames: Build a dinner party around humble greens? Yes, you can, according to Globe and Mail. Veggie juice: equal parts health trend and hype The Video Dave Hames discovered tatsoi, an Asian salad green, on a trip to Hawaii a few years ago. Many of the vegetables at the farmers markets he visited there were new to him. Southern Indiana, where he lives, doesnt offer a great variety of the foods of the world. But the taste of tatsoi inspired Hames: I had one of those I can grow that moments. More Related to this Story A menu born from the fresh, vibrant flavours of your garden (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jose Fernandez: PHOENIX - Cody Ross can see clearly now, so he must have had a nice view as his decisive pinch-hit home run sailed into the left-field seats. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Fernandez 4-4 retired 14 in a row before walking two of the three batters he faced in the eighth. He was relieved by left-hander Mike Dunn, who gave up the home run to Ross on a 1-2 pitch. Miami Marlins' Jose Fernandez throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks during the first inning of a baseball game on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Phoenix. AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin Ross' three-run shot in the eighth inning spoiled an outstanding outing by Miami's young Jose Fernandez, and the Arizona Diamondbacks held off the Marlins 3-1 on Wednesday to take two of three in the series. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

federal government: Any of those projects could get a little bit easier after Tuesday's launch of the federal government's revamped data.gc.ca portal , according to CBC. Tracey Lauriault, a post-doctoral fellow at the geomatics and cartographic research centre at Carleton University in Ottawa and co-author of a blog on Canadian data issues, says the federal government "has not been too bad" when it comes to open data and Maybe you need some demographic information before you start a small business. Or maybe you have to finish a high school project on Canadian immigration trends. Or perhaps you want to make a map showing pollution across the country. Treasury Board President Tony Clement touted the revamped site, calling it Canada's "new natural resource." But that new window into federal data tables, statistics and other information available online is getting mixed early reviews and arrives at the same time as the government faces controversy over just how open it actually is. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Liberals emerged from their caucus with the big news that former interim leader and Toronto MP Bob Rae was stepping down . Rae said he had to make the difficult decision because of his other role as chief negotiator for talks between the Ontario government and Matawa First Nations, according to CBC. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair, meanwhile, emerged from his caucus meeting with praise for his MPs, who he said forced the Conservatives to abandon a controversial citizenship and immigration bill. He also had tough words for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, accusing him of "dodging" Parliament and criticizing him for only attending question period five times in the last five weeks as the Senate spending scandal continued to develop and The NDP and Liberals held their final caucus meetings this morning before leaving Ottawa for the summer after MPs voted unanimously last night to wrap up the spring sitting of Parliament. Trudeau said Rae was a great leader at a difficult time for the party and that he will be missed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee camp: The woman, like all those around her, was a refugee from the brutal two-year civil war raging in her homeland. Along with a few members of her immediate family, she had walked across the border a few days before and was now waiting in a shaded reception area to be registered at Jordans newest refugee camp, known as the Emirates-Jordan Camp EJC , according to The Star. An estimated 500,000 Syrian refugees already live in Jordan, and there is no end in sight to the influx. Opened in April, the EJC is the second camp for Syrian refugees established in the country. Located in a remote desert near the city of Zarqa, an hours drive north of Amman, the United Arab Emirates-funded camp is a marvel of humanitarian work. If there is such a thing as a five-star refugee camp, international aid workers and refugees agree, this is it and ZARQA, JORDAN The elderly Syrian woman was tired, but she patiently answered the questions posed to her. Yes, they killed everybody, she said, alluding to her village in southern Syria. My son Muhammed. . . he was serving in the army, and the regime killed him. Her family, along with a few dozen other Syrians, gathered around to answer questions, to have their voices heard. Unlike this old woman, many were laughing and smiling. They were the lucky ones: not only had they fled the carnage with their lives, but they had been sent to this camp. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Cecile Kyenge: But Cecile Kyenge says she's not afraid and challenged Italians to respond to such intimidation themselves to prove that Italy isn't racist, according to CTV. Last week, a local politician from the xenophobic Northern League party was expelled from the party after she suggested on Facebook: "Why doesn't someone rape her Kyenge , so she can understand what victims of atrocious crimes feel?" The official, Dolores Valandro, was implying that immigrants were responsible for violent crime in Italy and ROME -- Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base. Kyenge, a Congolese-born doctor who has lived in Italy since 1983, has been the target of racist diatribes ever since she was named integration minister in April. She has been called "Congolese monkey," and a member of a "bonga bonga government." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadian citizenship: The decision by the House to adjourn for the summer a few days early nixed Conservative efforts to amend a private member's bill to strip Canadian citizenship from dual nationals convicted of terrorist acts, according to Times Colonist. "It was disgusting what Immigration Minister Jason Kenney was trying to do in that bill." OTTAWA - The last legislative fight of the spring session in the Commons appears to have been won by the New Democrats. "We got the end of an odious bill in immigration that would have deprived Canadians of their citizenship illegally but it would have had to have been fought before the courts," NDP Leader Tom Mulcair said Wednesday in celebrating the amendment's demise. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Lai Tong Sang: But in newly released written arguments, Lai Tong Sang's lawyer said that Ottawa is basing its arguments on multiple layers of hearsay evidence that is unreliable, according to Times Colonist. Last February, an immigration adjudicator in Vancouver heard evidence that Lai was the leader of a Macau triad, had ordered the murders of three of his gang rivals and that another rival had taken a contract out on Lai's life and VANCOUVER - The federal government says a man allowed into Canada 17 years ago should be kicked out of the country because there is ample evidence that he was part of an Asian crime gang. Lai, his wife and three children, became a permanent Canadian resident in 1996, but it wasn't until 2011 when the family asked for citizenship that the federal government moved to eject them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Ministers Office: Coming as it does in the midst of a Senate expenses scandal that has implicated the Prime Ministers Office, attacks on Liberal leader Justin Trudeau for charging speaking fees to charities, and Leader of the Opposition Thomas Mad Max Mulcairs recent run-in with Parliament Hill security, perhaps all three major parties will be happy for the break. More Related to this Story, according to Globe and Mail. Duff Conacher Free the MPs! Canada needs rules to restrict party whips A cynic might be forgiven for regarding the early adjournment of the House of Commons for the summer with some suspicion. Apparently even the most bitterly partisan Parliament this side of, well, the last Parliament, can agree on one thing: an early summer for themselves. Bob Rae resigns as MP: Key events in his life and career (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.