Prime Minister Stephen Harper: Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney told reporters Tuesday that he wished Ford had taken a leave of absence sooner to deal with personal issues, iPolitics reports, according to Huffington Post. The longtime Tory MP said he now wants Ford to "stop dragging the city of Toronto through this terrible embarrassment." A key member of Prime Minister Stephen Harper 's inner circle is now calling on Toronto Mayor Rob Ford to step aside. "I will say as an elected official that I think Mr. Ford has brought dishonour to public office and the office of mayor and his city," Kenney said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada: Authorities apprehended 487 people as smugglers attempted to sneak them into Canada at remote locales, up from 308 in 2010, says the binational report on border security, according to 660 News. The figures on smuggling between official ports of entry appear in the 2012 Integrated Border Enforcement Team threat assessment report, obtained by The Canadian Press under the Access to Information Act and OTTAWA Smugglers were caught trying to slip dramatically more people into Canada in 2011 over the previous year at largely unguarded points along the border with the United States, says a newly declassified report. At the same time, the number of people nabbed while being spirited into the United States from Canada fell slightly during the same period to 360 from 376. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jason Kenney: OTTAWA - Jason Kenney, long considered an aspirant to the Conservative leadership, has become the first federal cabinet minister to call on Rob Ford to resign, accusing the infamous mayor of shaming the city of Toronto. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "I wished he had taken a leave of absence some time ago to go and deal with his personal problems. But not having done that, I personally think he should step aside and stop dragging the city of Toronto through this terrible embarrassment." Employment and Social Development Minister Jason Kenney answers a question during question period in the House of Commons in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov.19, 2013. Kenney is calling for Rob Ford's resignation the first federal cabinet minister to do so. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld "I will say as an elected official that I think Mr. Ford has brought dishonour to public office and the office of mayor and his city," Kenney, the employment and social justice minister, said Tuesday as he left the House of Commons. Related Items Articles Kenney becomes first Tory to slam Ford after Harper's tepid smackdown Rob Ford has 'come to Jesus moment'; vows to be slimmer by spring Prime Minister's Office wades gingerly into debate over Toronto Mayor Rob Ford (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jared Newcombe: In a defence filed Monday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, Jared Newcombe denied that he breached his obligations of confidence to Irving as alleged or at all, according to The Chronicle Herald. Irving also asked the court for an order declaring that Newcombe breached his contractual and common law duties to them and A former Irving Shipbuilding Inc. project manager denies misappropriating confidential Irving information or breaching his contractual obligations to the company. Irving asked the court in September for injunctions against Newcombe, who left the company in April after 24 years to join Chantier Davie Canada Inc. of Levis, Que., as a senior manager. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jason Kenney: "I will say as an elected official that I think Mr. Ford has brought dishonour to public office and the office of mayor and his city," Kenney, the employment and social justice minister, said Tuesday as he left the House of Commons, according to CTV. Kenney went far further than his boss did a day earlier, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office issued a tepid slap on the wrist to Ford after weeks of silence on a series of surreal antics that have turned the mayor into an international laughingstock and Jason Kenney, long considered an aspirant to the Conservative leadership, has become the first federal cabinet minister to call on Rob Ford to resign, accusing the infamous mayor of shaming the city of Toronto. "I wished he had taken a leave of absence some time ago to go and deal with his personal problems. But not having done that, I personally think he should step aside and stop dragging the city of Toronto through this terrible embarrassment." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Federal Reserve: The loonie was ahead 0.14 of a cent to 95.86 cents US as the greenback moved lower in the face of uncertainty as to when the Federal Reserve might start letting up on its monthly US$85 billion of bond purchases, according to Times Colonist. Chinas leadership has faced pressure to replace a worn out economic model after growth slowed to a two-decade low in the second quarter and TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed higher Monday as risk appetite improved amid further economic and social reforms by the Chinese government. Markets found support Monday from Chinas announcements of more details to its economic and social reform program, including opening state industries to greater competition, loosening its one-child policy and abolishing labour camps. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Australia: JAKARTA - Indonesia called back its envoy to Australia for consultations on Monday after media reported that Australia's spy agencies had tried to tap mobile phones of top officials, calling the eavesdropping an "unfriendly" act that would damage ties. , according to Reuters. Indonesia was upset over earlier reports of Australian spying and differences over the heavily politicized issue of asylum seekers trying to reach Australia via Indonesia. By Kanupriya Kapoor The call for the envoy to come home marks a new low in increasingly tetchy relations between the neighbors since Australia's conservative prime minister, Tony Abbott, took office in September. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada Border Services Agency: They are among 585 individuals currently in immigration cells as of Nov. 8, rare up-to-date figures obtained from the Canada Border Services Agency, according to The Star. Typically, the majority will be released within days, according to border officials. But the lengthy detention of others raises questions about how long individuals should be held, particularly if they pose no threat to the public and have little prospect of a pending deportation and Sixty people held in detention by Canadian immigration enforcement officials have been waiting to be deported for more than a year, has learned. The numbers provide a snapshot of the hundreds of men and women locked up at any one time and awaiting removal failed refugees, migrants without legal status and former permanent residents who had their status revoked for criminal convictions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Conrad Black: In a decision Monday, the three-justice panel upheld a lower court ruling that denied the former media baron his request for an opportunity to plead his case in person, according to CTV. "We say the decision before the panel is a personal assessment... that could not be made without hearing him," he said. "Mr. Black's reputation in Canada is at stake." TORONTO -- The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed an application by Conrad Black to personally address an advisory council weighing whether he should be stripped of the Order of Canada. Defence lawyer Peter Howard argued that Black should be allowed to defend himself before the council, and not just in writing as the rules set out, because his credibility is being questioned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Jack Hourigan: Jack Hourigan, a writer and parenting expert whose daughter Tess was born unexpectedly at 27 weeks, says there are still a lot of myths about what it means to raise a child who was born premature, according to CTV. Most babies born prematurely develop well. However, some can develop problems later in life, including delayed language development, visual or hearing impairments or learning disabilities and In Canada, one in every 10 babies is born prematurely, and yet many parents who've watched their children enter the world too early say it is an isolating experience that fellow parents really don't understand. "People think once you leave the NICU neonatal intensive care unit , then everything's fine, that you head home and the story's over. But the repercussions of prematurity continue," she told 's Canada AM Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.