Marie Yvena Senatus-Prince: Marie Yvena Senatus-Prince, a refugee, has been trying to sponsor her family to join her in Canada since 2010, before her daughter was kidnapped in May 2013, according to CBC. On May 17, her youngest daughter, Emilyne disappeared. On May 20, kidnappers contacted Senatus-Prince and demanded $200,000 ransom. She said she gave them $45,000 because she did not have more. Concerned about the rest of her family The federal NDP is calling on the Canadian government to end the delay in an Ottawa woman's application to bring her family from Haiti, after she said her daughter was killed by kidnappers in that country. Citizenship and Immigration Canada lists the average time to resolve files from Haiti at under 12 months. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

The Institute for Supply Management: The Institute for Supply Management said Thursday that its index of factory activity jumped to 55.4 in July, up from 50.9 in June. A reading above 50 indicates growth. The ISM is a trade group of purchasing managers. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "The report builds the case for a second-half speed up in U.S. industrial production," said Jonathan Basile, an economist at Credit Suisse. WASHINGTON - U.S. factories revved up production, hired more workers and received a surge of new orders in July, helping them expand at the fastest pace in two years. The gains suggest manufacturing is rebounding and could provide a spark to economic growth. A gauge of production soared 11.6 points to 65, the highest reading since May 2004. And a measure of hiring at factories rose to its best level in a year the latest of several encouraging signs ahead of Friday's July employment report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

oil companies: , according to Winnipeg Free Press. NEW YORK AP New troves of oil have been found all over the globe, and oil companies are taking in around $100 for every barrel they produce. But these seemingly prosperous conditions aren't doing much for Big Oil: Profit and production at the world's largest oil companies are slumping badly. Former Goldman Sachs vice president Fabrice "Fabulous Fab" Tourr , in New York, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Richard Drew Despite boom, higher costs push Big Oil into slump (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Benjamin Netanyahu: Dissidents in the Canadian Jewish community are mostly secular and liberal. Most oppose the occupation, particularly Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, or at least their continued expansion, as has happened under Benjamin Netanyahu, according to The Star. The Hebron plan is being opposed by leading Israeli writers, including David Grossman and Amos Oz. The Negev plan has been condemned by the European Parliament and The Arab-Israeli peace talks may or may not succeed. But their resumption raises hope for an eventual end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands. That has long been advocated by, among others, many Israelis and Jews in the diaspora. Or they object to specific Israeli policies. For example, several Jewish authors joined a recent petition by nearly 100 Canadian authors against the proposed forced relocation of between 20,000 and 70,000 Bedouin citizens of Israel from the Negev Desert and also a planned eviction of about 1,000 Palestinians from Hebron in the West Bank for a firing range. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Elizabeth Denham: But Elizabeth Denham said her investigation did find that government employees regularly transferred emails from work accounts to private accounts, a potential violation of privacy laws, according to Huffington Post. "The privacy concern is if personal information is forwarded from a government email to a Hotmail account, to a Gmail account, to a Yahoo account, that personal information is now sitting on servers based in the U.S. and is scanned by providers for all kinds of purposes, including behavioural advertising. It's also subject to U.S. law," Denham said in an interview and VANCOUVER - High-ranking British Columbia government employees did not share private voter information with the provincial Liberal party, as suggested in a controversial ethnic voter outreach plan, the province's privacy watchdog said in a report released Thursday. Denham said some government employees were forwarding hundreds of emails to private accounts, possibly subjecting them to the prying eyes of the United States' controversial security network. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

President Nursultan Nazarbayev: Ablyazov was arrested in the village of Mouans-Sartoux about eight kilometres north of Cannes in southern France, a police source said. Ablyazov, 50, denies allegations he says are designed to rob him and eliminate him as a rival to Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, according to The Star. He has said his life has been in danger since he left Kazakhstan and he feared for his safety in a British jail and CANNES, FRANCE Mukhtar Ablyazov, a Kazakh businessman accused of embezzling $6 billion from his former bank, BTA, has been arrested on the French Riviera, two sources said on Wednesday. He fled the oil-rich Central Asian state after BTA, the bank he once controlled, was nationalized and declared insolvent in 2009. A former government minister, he won political asylum in Britain in 2011. He left the U.K. in 2012 after being sentenced to jail for contempt of court and has been in hiding ever since. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: WASHINGTON - A highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be hurt by Moscow's decision to grant temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, the White House signalled after weeks of pressuring for his return to face prosecution. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Obama is scheduled to go to Russia in September for the Group of 20 economic summit in St. Petersburg and stop in Moscow for one-on-one talks with Putin. White House press secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013. Carney was asked about National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden who left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer said. AP Photo/Susan Walsh "We are extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have Mr. Snowden expelled," White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday. Related Items Articles Snowden walks free into Russia, as Kremlin takes defiant stance against US Edward Snowden's father thanks Russian leader Putin for keeping his son safe (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Obama: We are extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have Mr. Snowden expelled, White House spokesman Jay Carney said Thursday, according to 660 News. Asked whether Obama would still travel to Moscow, Carney said, We are evaluating the utility of a summit and WASHINGTON A highly anticipated summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin could be hurt by Moscows decision to grant temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, the White House signalled after weeks of pressuring for his return to face prosecution. Obama is scheduled to go to Russia in September for the Group of 20 economic summit in St. Petersburg and stop in Moscow for one-on-one talks with Putin. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Elizabeth Denham: But Elizabeth Denham did find that government employees with close ties to the party commonly exchanged government information between their work email and personal email accounts, according to CTV. The investigation was initiated after news broke earlier this year about an ethnic outreach plan hatched by high-ranking government employees in the lead up to the May provincial election and VANCOUVER -- British Columbia's privacy czar says an investigation by her office did not find evidence that the province's Liberal government shared personal information about voters with the Liberal party as part of a controversial ethnic outreach plan. It is "a worrying trend from both an access to information and privacy protection point of view," Denham said in the report released Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

share Finance Minister Maureen MacDonalds: Granted, the New Democrats have governed through tough economic times. They deserve credit for stabilizing finances in the midst of a persistent global economic downturn that first struck the year before they took office, according to The Chronicle Herald. The rating agencies have recognized that increased stability, rewarding Nova Scotia with credit rating upgrades and Nova Scotians can be forgiven if they dont share Finance Minister Maureen MacDonalds enthusiasm about the much better place she says the provinces finances are now in, compared to four years ago. We d certainly be worse off if the NDP hadnt done what previous governments wouldnt or couldnt do: rein in departmental spending, notwithstanding the NDPs generous wage settlements and failure to reduce the size of the public service as much as promised. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.