Claudette Tardif: On March 24, 2005, at the request of Prime Minister Paul Martin, I was asked to serve in the Senate. There were nine of us appointed that day: Retired General Rom o Dallaire, Claudette Tardif, Nancy Ruth, Elaine McCoy, Art Eggleton, Lillian Dyck, Bob Peterson, Grant Mitchell and myself, according to The Chronicle Herald. Each of the senators with whom I was appointed that day was chosen because they provide Canadians with a unique combination of expertise and experience, and deep connections to groups and communities whose voices have not always been heard and Two of our number were longstanding Progressive Conservatives and one a member of the NDP. Rom o Dallaires continuing contribution to Canada and the international community is widely recognized. Claudette Tardif came to the Senate as a strong advocate for minorities, informed by a lifetime working for the rights of minority francophone communities in Alberta. Lillian Dyck is a scientist who was a professor in the Neuropsychiatry Research Unit of the University of Saskatchewan. She is a proud member of the Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

white supremacist: Across a gravel intersection between two abandoned buildings, he envisions a park -- perhaps with a swimming pool -- dedicated to a neo-Nazi and white supremacist activist. He pictures the town decorated with fluttering flags and banners bearing the swastika -- the symbol of Nazism, according to CTV. Cobb, 61, a self-described white supremacist who has dual Canadian and U.S. citizenship and lived in the Vancouver area for a time, has purchased about a dozen lots in the community about 60 miles southwest of Bismarck. Over the past year he's invited other white supremacists to move there and help him to transform the town of 16 people into a white enclave. No one has come and LEITH, N.D. -- In a tree-fringed grassy lot with a lone picnic bench in the tiny North Dakota farming town of Leith, Craig Cobb sees the perfect venue for a white power music festival. "They would have to be approved by the town council, of course," Cobb said, gazing out over Leith's sparse downtown from his overgrown, weed-infested front yard. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

medical office administrator program: The four women, who are enrolled in the college's 35-week medical office administrator program, told News they feel afraid to go back to the classroom because of the alleged bullying by another female student, according to CBC. "It's killing me to walk. But if it's for my safety, I will give up $13,000 and my diploma and leave that school," said Brittany Klym, one of the students and CDI College in Winnipeg is offering to split up a group of students in one of its programs, after four students came forward with complaints about bullying in the classroom. On Thursday, they said they want to leave the nine-month program, just one month before it ends. A CDI College official told News there are conflicting accounts of what happened, and other students in the class have said there were no threats or bullying. Google Street View (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau: Trudeau said Friday he was pleased to hear the Conservative government is not contemplating military intervention following an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime that the United States says killed at least 1,400 people, according to Huffington Post. "I've very worried about the Syrian people," he said before meeting people at a park in downtown Halifax and HALIFAX - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau says Canada should be doing more to admit refugees from the bloody conflict in Syria. The death toll since the conflict began has topped 100,000 and the United Nations says more than six million Syrians have had to flee their homes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

JPMorgan Chase: The enquiry goes beyond a probe disclosed by JPMorgan Chase JPM.N: Quote earlier this month. The bank has not been accused of wrongdoing. link. .com/hag72v , according to Reuters. U.S. anti-bribery laws prohibit hiring any individual in exchange for a specific favor or benefit from an outside business partner or client. n" - U.S. authorities are seeking information from several banks and hedge funds on their hiring practices, focusing on the hiring of relatives of well-connected foreign officials with the intent of winning business, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people with knowledge of the situation. The Journal did not identify which banks and hedge funds have been contacted by U.S. authorities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Carignan replaces Sen. Marjory LeBreton, who has held the job since 2006, according to Huffington Post. The government leader's job once came with a seat at the cabinet table, but was downgraded in the summer cabinet shuffle and OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named Quebec Sen. Claude Carignan as leader of the government in the Senate. The new leader, a lawyer and former mayor, was appointed to the upper chamber in 2009 and has been deputy leader since 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jason Kenney: More than 68,000 people have signed an online petition asking Employment, Social Development and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney to exempt musicians from a new $275 fee that came into effect on July 31, according to The Star. What has changed is that each employer, usually the venue or the promoter depending on the agreement, now must also pay an extra $275 processing fee for each musician. The fee is for a labour market opinion, which looks at whether an employer could be hiring a Canadian instead of a temporary foreign worker and Small concert promoters are slamming a new government fee for every foreign musician who wants to play in a Canadian bar, pub or restaurant, saying it could keep small American bands out of Canadian venues. Every international musician hired to play at a bar, pub or restaurant in Canada must apply for a work permit. That application costs $150 and hasnt changed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

band member: They say increases to the fees imposed on each band member will make it impossible for many groups to play here and result in the loss in revenue for the venue owners, according to CBC. Previously, the fee for U.S. performers was $150 per band member and maxed out at $450 for entire band. It was a one-time fee paid to enter and work in Canada. They could play any venue in the country under the old rules and fees and Changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker program in Canada are hitting a sour note with music promoters and small club owners who book American bands. Changes to federal regulations surrounding foreign workers entering Canada flew under the radar of music lovers July 31. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Premier Pauline Marois: Emerging from a three-day caucus meeting in Carleton-sur-Mer on the Gasp Peninsula, Premier Pauline Marois said her government would let the bill die rather than water it down any further, according to CBC. The third party in the national assembly, the Coalition Avenir Qu bec , has been in discussions with the minister responsible for the bill, Diane de Courcy, about further proposed amendments in exchange for CAQ's support and Quebec's minority government may allow Bill 14, its controversial amendment to Quebec's French language charter, to die on the order paper, in order to throw its political energy into the so-called charter of quebec values which it plans to table when the national assembly resumes sitting in September. Highlights from Bill 14 PQ pitches tighter language restrictions to boost French PQ's proposed changes to Bill 14 leave critics skeptical The opposition Liberals have taken a firm position against the proposed changes , which, among other measures, would give the government the power to revoke a municipality's bilingual status and would increase the powers of the so-called "language police." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jacques Pepin: I do. Big time, according to The Chronicle Herald. Other times, it is like a culinary multicultural fest around here: Lebanese food for a couple of weeks, Mexican the next, French when I am channelling my inner Julia Child or Jacques Pepin and Do you go through moods with your cooking? Sometimes, I go on a bit of a baking bender, playing with recipes incessantly until I unlock the secret of the perfect fudgy brownie or the chewiest chocolate chip cookie. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.