Lena Diab: As minister of immigration, Lena Diab will face tough challenges over the next two years, according to The Chronicle Herald. If there is one issue to watch, its the Liberal promise to introduce an entrepreneur stream to the Nova Scotia Nominee Program. Implementing this promise has the potential to cause considerable headaches for the government and The Liberal government has made significant, time-sensitive promises on immigration, and it will fall to Minister Diab to implement the Liberal agenda. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Joanne Liu: Her medical team with the international humanitarian group M decins sans fronti res was ordered to flee. But what Liu remembers most about that perilous day in the Democratic Republic of Congo isnt her own brush with danger. Its the local staff member who refused to leave his post until the very last minute, according to The Star. Leave the hospital, she shouted back. Leave your patients and tell them to go home and hide. Its too dangerous and When the gunfire erupted outside the hospital in Central Africa, Dr. Joanne Liu was inside, treating the sick, injured and hungry. On the road out of town, Lius cellphone rang. Mama Joanne! he shouted, as shots sounded in the background. There is firing from everywhere. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Terrence O'Sullivan: The law is crystal clear, Terrence O'Sullivan said: the time Wallin, Mike Duffy and Patrick Brazeau will spend under suspension must count toward the six years of service they need to qualify for a generous pension, according to CTV. "It's not a little technicality," he told The Canadian Press, referring to government Senate leader Claude Carignan's characterization of the pension issue and The suspensions of three senators will be invalidated if the government retroactively changes the law to preclude them from the parliamentary pension plan, Pamela Wallin's lawyer said Friday. That was the law when senators voted Tuesday to suspend the trio without pay for up to two years. Changing it after the fact would mean senators did not make an informed decision about the fate of their outcast colleagues, O'Sullivan said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister: In the unlikely event there was any doubt, Progressive Conservative Leader Brian Pallister today reaffirmed his partys opposition to the NDP governments increase of the provincial sales tax. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Pointing to todays just-released job numbers, Pallister said the province is going backwards under the NDP. 'We ve losing jobs. We re losing people,' Brian Pallister said this morning. FREE PRESS ARCHIVES Related Items Articles Fewer full-time jobs, more part-time: StatsCan On the eve of Tuesdays throne speech, which will outline Premier Greg Selingers governments priorities for the coming year, the Tory leader said the PST increase as of July 1 has been a job-killer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

interest rates: OTTAWA Canadas economy eked out just enough new jobs to keep the unemployment at a five-year low but it was the U.S. labour performance that caught the eye of the market and revived talk of higher interest rates, according to The Chronicle Herald. That kept the national jobless rate at 6.9 per cent for the second consecutive month, the lowest since the start of the 2008-09 recession and The 13,200 employment gain in Canada last month was almost dead on economists expectations, with Quebec gaining most of the numbers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Terrence O Sullivan: The law is crystal clear, Terrence O Sullivan said: the time Wallin, Mike Duffy and Patrick Brazeau will spend under suspension must count toward the six years of service they need to qualify for a generous pension, according to 660 News. Its not a little technicality, he told The Canadian Press, referring to government Senate leader Claude Carignans characterization of the pension issue and OTTAWA The suspensions of three senators will be invalidated if the government retroactively changes the law to preclude them from the parliamentary pension plan, Pamela Wallins lawyer said Friday. That was the law when senators voted Tuesday to suspend the trio without pay for up to two years. Changing it after the fact would mean senators did not make an informed decision about the fate of their outcast colleagues, O Sullivan said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

John Sinclair: SELKIRK -- The funny thing about John Sinclair being struck by two bullets during fighting in France in the Second World War was who found him. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. Dr. Lorne Canvin and Blaine McVety right are working to erect a memorial to the Dufferin Gang on Main Street in Selkirk. They've raised $6,000 so far. RUTH BONNEVILLE / Photo Store The veterans Mae Gulewich holds a photo of her father, John Sinclair, one of the Dufferin Gang wounded in the Second World War. Photo Store Sinclair was one of 29 men who enlisted at the same time in 1942 from a single block on Dufferin Avenue in Selkirk. Enlarge Image (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Employment minister Jason Kenney: The provinces are coming to the Toronto meeting well-armed with complaints, according to CTV. The program provides funds to train unemployed workers not eligible for employment insurance and OTTAWA - Employment minister Jason Kenney is in for a hot reception when he sits down today with his provincial and territorial counterparts. They're particularly unhappy about Kenney's plan to shave $300-million from the Labour Market Agreement that the Harper government brought in six years ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Rob Ford: On May 18, the day after published its first story on the infamous crack cocaine video, editor-in-chief Michael Cooke posed five questions on the front page of the newspaper, according to The Star. With the release Thursday of the video showing Rob Ford agitated and enraged while talking about killing an unidentified person, a host of new questions have come up for the mayor. Who are you referring to in the video when you say, I m gonna kill that f---ing guy. I m telling you, its first-degree murder ? In what context were you making these remarks? Where and when was this video made? You mentioned Thursday that you were extremely inebriated when the video was made. Had you taken any drugs and Torontonians have learned a lot about Mayor Rob Ford in recent days. Yet despite a succession of revelations from police and the media most recently in the form of a 77-second video , in which Ford delivers a profanity-laced tirade there are still many questions the mayor hasnt answered. Ford answered one of them Tuesday, when he admitted that he had smoked crack cocaine, probably in one of my drunken stupors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Justin Trudeau: Critics, including a couple of federal cabinet ministers, are portraying the $250-a-ticket event as patronizing to women, according to The Star. Transport Minister Lisa Raitt said the invitation raises questions about Trudeaus respect for women and Justin Trudeau was taking some heat for being the guest of honour at a ladies night event in Toronto on Thursday, but the Liberal leader says the fuss was being overblown by Conservatives. Whats the biggest issue facing women? This kind of crap, Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, wrote on her Twitter feed Wednesday evening. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.