Denis Coderre: Political veterans Richard Bergeron and Denis Coderre were joined by political neophytes Marcel Cot and Melanie Joly in a debate which might prove valuable to Montrealers still dizzied by a municipal landscape that has seen three men sit as mayor over the last year, according to CTV. Former Liberal MP Denis Coderre spoke next and said that he d undertake to channel the passions of the city's youth, which were expressed during the student disruptions of 2012. He also said the he would value the contributions of those with experience as well, making an indirect reference to the preponderance of former Union Montreal representatives running for his party and Four of Montreal's top mayoral candidates slugged it out in their first debate of the campaign Friday night at the Institute for the Nouveau Monde. Marcel Cote - an economist who is supported by Louise Harel and Marvin Rotrand, among others - introduced himself by explaining that he was persuaded to enter municipal politics after being scandalized by a series of embarrassing infrastructure disasters that exposed the city as being poorly administered. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Phoenix Coyotes: But before they had even completed the deal to buy the Phoenix Coyotes from the league, Gosbee, LeBlanc and their partners were already in the crosshairs, according to CBC. On one hand, they understood the consternation; Coyotes fans had gone through an emotional roller coaster in four years of waiting for an owner and George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc fulfilled every Canadian boy's dream last week by becoming NHL owners. The issue was the five-year out clause they put in an arena lease agreement with the city of Glendale. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

George Gosbee: GLENDALE, Ariz. -- George Gosbee and Anthony LeBlanc fulfilled every Canadian boy's dream last week by becoming NHL owners. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The issue was the five-year out clause they put in an arena lease agreement with the city of Glendale. Jason Franson / the canadian press The Phoenix Coyotes will have more financial freedom to sign key players such as goalie Mike Smith under new owners George Gosbee and Co. CP But before they had even completed the deal to buy the Phoenix Coyotes from the league, Gosbee, LeBlanc and their partners were already in the crosshairs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Department of Foreign Affairs: Amr Kassem, a 24-year-old permanent resident of Canada, was shot and killed during a protest in Alexandria, his brother-in-law, Ibraheem Hussein, told News Channel Friday, according to CTV. The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a permanent Canadian resident has been killed in Egypt. It would only say that it has extended consular assistance to the family and A Toronto-area resident who joined what he thought would be a peaceful protest in Egypt has been killed. Kassem and his wife, parents to an eight-month-old daughter, were visiting family in Egypt for the summer when violent clashes broke out in the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

international students: The extent to which international students, who require study permits to attend schools in this country, are having difficulties acquiring their documents is still unclear, said Norah Lynn Paddock of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, according to The Star. Our main concern is making sure we can be as flexible as possible, to ensure the international students who have chosen Canada still decide to study here, she said and Canadian universities are being proactive and offering support to international students caught in the visa backlog created by the labour dispute between federal government and foreign diplomats . But schools arent taking any chances and are informing prospective students of their options, which include putting off their start dates and starting later, in the hopes that overseas students wont choose to study in another country, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Act of Parliament: One dictionary does define an Act of Parliament as a small glass of beer specifically a beer English innkeepers were once obliged to provide free-of-charge to soldiers of the Crown. Under an Act of Parliament, of course, according to The Chronicle Herald. Dictionaries were in the news this week and about time, too. The Oxford English Dictionary OED , a bible for philologists, is holding a symposium on its future. This happens every century and a half or so, about as often as the Brits switch monarchs and Chances are if I drop into Toms Little Havana next Friday and order an Act of Parliament, the bartender wont pour me a beer. Mores the pity, because its time we put some life back into the language. You can find the reference in Francis Groses 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, a book I imbibed during a blissfully misspent youth. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Britain: grounded in reality, according to The Chronicle Herald. Britain could return Northern Ireland to Eire, moving its Scottish and Anglo-Saxon settlers back to the larger island and Mideast talks must be Re: the Associated Press article on difficulties of agreeing to a peace treaty between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, perhaps Canada, the U.S. and Britain could set an example. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Citizenship and Immigration Canada: In a Star op-ed last week, immigrant advocates Debbie Douglas and Avvy Yao-Yao Go argued that the public consultation being conducted by Citizenship and Immigration Canada CIC is deeply flawed. CICs online background paper and survey questions, they claim, have an overwhelmingly economic slant designed to produce responses favouring economic-class immigrants at the expense of family-class ones and refugees. Therefore, the authors urge, Canadians should weigh in on the consultation in order to ensure a full range of perspectives not just economic ones shape CICs plans for Canadas future, according to The Star. For Canada as a country to succeed, we need immigrants of all backgrounds and skills to come here to build a permanent home. For immigrants to succeed, they need to have a sense of belonging that only comes about when their entire families are integrated into Canadian society and What if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it? Thats an entertaining stumper. But what if immigration activists make an argument and no one grasps it? Thats something more serious and its a very real worry raised by current attempts to question the direction that Canadas immigration policy is taking. As for the nature of these non-economic perspectives, Douglas and Go assume them to be fairly self-evident. Immigration policy has multi-purpose roles captured by the concept of nation-building, they assert, adding: there is more to Canada than our GDP index or the size of our treasury. In line with that logic, they believe, a sound notion of national success goes well beyond economic statistics: (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Irving Shipbuilding Inc.: A woman whose boyfriend was one of those affected said many workers are fed up with the cycle of layoffs at the shipyard and have moved out of province to find more stable employment, according to The Chronicle Herald. She requested anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the topic and Irving Shipbuilding Inc. announced Friday that it has laid off 39 people at its Halifax shipyard as work to build nine vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard begins to wind down. My boyfriend and I will be next, she said. We cant stay in a province where work is so uncertain with a company like Irving. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Somalia: Vaccine-wielding health workers face a daunting challenge. Those areas of Somalia where seven out of 10 children arent fully immunized are difficult to access because Al Qaeda-linked militants control them, according to The Star. India marked a major success in February 2012 by being removed from the World Health Organizations list of countries plagued by the highly infectious disease and NAIROBI, KENYA Somalia is suffering an explosive outbreak of polio and now has more cases than the rest of the world combined, a WHO official said Friday. Polio is considered mostly eliminated around the world except for the three countries Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan where it is endemic. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.