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Al Rashid Mosque: In February, they began their new life in Fort McMurray, according to CBC. Almouazan felt safe, "like a human being again." Canada is like a mother for us with its tenderness and love.'- Abdul Almouazan But two months on, he is one of 140 evacuees finding shelter at Al Rashid Mosque in Edmonton. Two years ago, Almouazan fled war-torn Syria with his family of eight. Uprooted again, his smile is still frequent, but it triggers memories of the horrors in Syria. One day she disappeared. Almouazan recalls bombs flattening homes, "people being killed all around him" and "pieces of people flying in the air." Bombs often rained down around his daughter house by the hospital, he says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: What I know about Arash is that he a 15-year-old Afghan with no home and no father, according to Hamilton Spectator. I also know that nobody in Arash family knows what next or where to turn. I call him the unknown boy because I know nothing about him, not his name or where he from or anything else. We're in Victoria Square, between the cigarettes and magazines and smell of grilled lamb. Women sit on benches and talk. Children play. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

United Nations Protocol: Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion recently declared that Canada "should join this important protocol" -- the United Nations Protocol Against Torture, according to Rabble. More than a decade after it was initially passed, Canada is still sitting on the bench and watching case after case of torture without having the courage to stand up and sign the protocol. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. It may be politically "easy" to denounce torture when it is practiced by other governments, especially if they don't have enough international clout, but what about the torture happening in Canada or the torture "subcontracted" by Canada to other regimes abroad Is Canada ready to distance itself from it, forcefully denounce it, and prosecute those who practice it For years, Canada didn't budge and didn't sign the protocol. Four main issues will serve as tests for this promised change. 1. Today, there are signs that the government is considering changing this shameful attitude, so let see how they can do it correctly. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canada: For immigrants, the main requirement for Canadian citizenship is that the immigrant prove that he or she has lived in Canada for four of the last six years, according to CBC. Currently, a bill is going before Parliament to decrease the time a person has to be in Canada to become a citizen to three years. However, since our government exempts certain immigrants from being able to speak English or French before they immigrate here, why should we make these immigrants pass a language test years later to become Canadian citizens Immigrating to Canada and getting Canadian citizenship are two different things. This bill will also decrease the age range of immigrants who must pass an English or French language test to qualify for citizenship. Should the law change, the age range will shrink to 18 to 54. Right now, immigrants age 14 to 64 must pass a language test. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Conservative party: When pressed, as they were by all the other parties on how this could possibly be, Conservatives mentioned the word bathroom, something the census itself has never done, according to Globe and Mail. As toddlers have long known, and politicians recently discovered, saying the word bathroom in a portentous tone guarantees you immediate attention, but this move may not have panned out for the Conservative party. The claim at the time was that the census was a violation of Canadians' privacy. Deprived of the long-form census, Canadians instead took up their pencils to vote the Conservatives out, and our long-form census is back, and oh, Canada, our home and nerd-filled land, you outdid yourself. What with this in the news, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quantum-computing explainer last month, Canada may end up with a serious math-club immigration crisis on its hands. You could not have looked any geekier, Canada, you with your census-site-crashing passion. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Justin Trudeau: In late March, the NDP leaked a video of Mulcair blasting Donald Trump and criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for, in his view, shrugging his shoulders whenever he asked about the GOP front-runner, according to Huffington Post Canada. Donald Trump, Jr. speaks as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump listens during a campaign stop April 27, 2016, in Indianapolis. The executive vice-president of The Trump Organization and son of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee sat down with The Huffington Post Canada in Vancouver this week, where he was asked to respond to Mulcair insult. Mulcair pointed to Trump pledge to temporarily ban Muslims from entering the United States and to build a wall along the Mexican border to crack down on illegal immigration. "When you say you say you want to keep people out who are of a certain religion, if you want to build walls to keep people out, this is an appeal to the lowest feelings in human nature," Mulcair said at the time. "I'm sorry, if a fascist becomes president of the United States, I want to be on record as having opposed it long before that election." It actually disgusting' While he did not mention Mulcair by name, Trump Jr., 38, told Huff Post on Thursday that such remarks "do a big disservice to people who are actually affected by racism." He said "everyone on the left" tries to play the "race card" when it comes to his dad campaign because they are losing the argument. "That a problem when they throw it out there so haphazardly," he said. NDP Leader Tom Mulcair takes part in a debate on the federal budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday, April 12, 2016. Trump Jr. noted that some have equated his father to a Nazi. "It actually disgusting that you'd even make the comparison and that they'd actually make that comparison at that high a level," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

employer: A more pressing concern, however, is whether or not they will be allowed to stay in Canada once the blaze is extinguished, according to CTV. Advocates say those who obtain a temporary foreign worker permit are tied to a single employer whose name is listed on the document, and if that employer no longer has work to offer, the migrants will have no choice but to leave the country. They say many of them could face an immediate accommodation crisis, since they often lack friends or family in the area to put them up. They're calling on the federal government to make allowances for those workers under the circumstances. The group Alberta spokesman, Marco Luciano, said temporary workers don't usually get jobs in the oil fields around Fort McMurray, but they are often employed in the various lodges and restaurants the oilpatch workers frequent, as well as providing childcare for local families. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said they are closely monitoring the situation in Fort McMurray and "assessing whether and when special measures will be necessary to address the needs of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents in the region." The Fort McMurray area has been a popular destination for temporary workers for the past several years, according to the Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: Cows roam freely, they don't bother us and we don't bother them, according to Globe and Mail. My family and I had been to India before, but last November was the first time we brought a few white bodies with us: my sister-in-law, Newfoundland born and raised, and my niece, a biracial little bean who looks whiter than all of us. Aunties stand on their stoops sipping kava, a chai made with cardamom and cinnamon and other secrets our mothers won't tell us. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone My niece didn't want to go to India at first – she claimed that everyone there smelled bad and were poor – but my parents and her parents brushed it off easily. Months before the trip, I picked her up and looked at her porcelain skin and blue eyes and asked, I'm brown. Only I seemed irritated by it, by her refusal to identify as Indian, to ignore the Hindu roots of her first name, the Kashmiri roots of her last. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

North America: But here hoping that nationalist sentiment didn't make any difference at all, according to Globe and Mail. The thing is, there isn't much point discussing Natasha Canadianness: It a film written and directed by a Canadian, starring Russian-speaking actors from across North America, and shot in Toronto by a Canadian crew. Maybe it helped that in one scene an older immigrant tells a homesick teenage girl who is pining for Moscow that some day she will recognize Canada has a lot to offer. It nicely fits that old aphorism: As Canadian as possible under the circumstances. One thing that is also going to need updating is our preconceptions about what Canadian. For the first time in more than a decade, the public is being encouraged to consider such issues as the federal government launches a review of cultural policy, hoping to update regulations to fit digital realities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Norman Nerenberg: Early in his life, my late father, Norman Nerenberg, was a professional organizer for the National Federation of Labour Youth, the United Jewish People Order and, ultimately, the Labour Progressive Party of Canada . He had quit high school when the war started, in September 1939, to volunteer for the Royal Canadian Air Force, according to Rabble. He was only 16 and had to lie about his age. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. The depression and the war radicalized many, and Norman was among them. He even ran as an LPP candidate in the 1953 federal election. By the end of the war, he had become a young up-and-comer in the pro-Soviet left. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Immigration Minister John McCallum: But with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau having promised repeatedly to lift the requirement and the so-called "Three Amigos" summit scheduled to take place in Ottawa on June 29, the push is on to find a way, according to Hamilton Spectator. Options on the table include waiting until more resources are in place to better monitor travel, and threatening to reinstate the visa requirement if asylum claims from Mexico cross a certain threshold. It not only a matter of money: on certain indicators used to decide whether to remove visas, Mexico may not qualify, spurring internal debate about how to justify lifting the visa requirement without doing so for other countries. Immigration Minister John McCallum said Thursday that the government is mindful of the risks. "We are all working assiduously to deal with those problems and to mitigate them," he said. The majority were rejected as unfounded. The previous Conservative government imposed visa restrictions on Mexico in 2009, citing a need to curb asylum claims — in 2008, there were more than 9,000, making up nearly a quarter of all claims filed that year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

employer: Advocates say those who obtain a temporary foreign worker permit are tied to a single employer whose name is listed on the document, and if that employer no longer has work to offer, the migrants will have no choice but to leave the country, according to Metro News. They're calling on the federal government to make allowances for those workers under the Refugees and Citizenship Canada said they are closely monitoring the situation in Fort McMurray and "assessing whether and when special measures will be necessary to address the needs of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents in the region."The Fort McMurray area has been a popular destination for temporary workers for the past several years, according to the Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights Canada. They say many of them could face an immediate accommodation crisis, since they often lack friends or family in the area to put them up.A more pressing concern, however, is whether or not they will be allowed to stay in Canada once the blaze is extinguished. The group Alberta spokesman, Marco Luciano, said temporary workers don't usually get jobs in the oil fields around Fort McMurray, but they are often employed in the various lodges and restaurants the oilpatch workers frequent, as well as providing childcare for local families. Already 18 people have made it to Edmonton, and Luciano said their plight is grim."They evacuated only with their working uniform on," he said. "They had no time to pick up anything from their homes, and they came directly to Edmonton yesterday ... They don't know what to do."The displacement is a new and serious obstacle for migrants who must already stumble through the rocky terrain of the country foreign worker program. While he said the exact number of temporary foreign workers in the area was not known before the fire broke out, he expects dozens to reach out for help in the coming days. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: Even a simple stroll in the park was out of the question, according to The Chronicle Herald. Nobody was hurt when the bullet hit their fridge. For nearly five years the Badour family watched helplessly as Syria brutal civil war engulfed their home city of Homs: gunfire, bombings, kidnappings, and attacks on schools that forced their children to stay home. But Syria civil war had literally come home for the Badours. We didn't really know who was doing what. Toufic fled to Beirut, taking his wife Najwa and their four children — Diana, 18, their 16-year-old son Yarob, nine-year-old Yara, and their youngest daughter Jewel, aged one — with him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

technology: What is blockchain A: We have spent two years researching this technology and have concluded, unequivocally, that blockchain technology is the second generation of the digital revolution, according to Toronto Star. The first generation brought us the Internet of Information. Order this photo By thestar.com8:21 PM, Fri., May 6, 2016 Q: Blockchain seems to have come out of nowhere to become a hot topic in technology and finance but few people seem to truly understand it. The second generation – powered by blockchain – is bringing us the Internet of Value. It does this by distributing trust from powerful intermediaries to a large global network, which through mass collaboration, clever code and cryptography, enables a tamper-proof public ledger of every transaction that ever happened on the network. So what is it Blockchain is the ingeniously simple, revolutionary protocol that allows transactions to be simultaneously anonymous and secure, peer-to-peer, instant and frictionless. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Fort McMurray: By Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press Fri., May 6, 2016 Advocacy groups say temporary foreign workers displaced by the raging wildfire engulfing Fort McMurray are at even greater risk than the rest of those who were forced to flee the northern Alberta city, according to Toronto Star. They say many of them could face an immediate accommodation crisis, since they often lack friends or family in the area to put them up.A more pressing concern, however, is whether or not they will be allowed to stay in Canada once the blaze is extinguished. Fort McMurray has been a destination for temporary workers for the past several years, according to the Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights Canada. Advocates say those who obtain a temporary foreign worker permit are tied to a single employer whose name is listed on the document, and if that employer no longer has work to offer, the migrants will have no choice but to leave the country. McMurray wildfire Article Continued Below They're calling on the federal government to make allowances for those workers under the Refugees and Citizenship Canada said they are closely monitoring the situation in Fort McMurray and assessing whether and when special measures will be necessary to address the needs of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents in the region. More on the Ft. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prime minister Stephen Harper: He did not elaborate, according to Hamilton Spectator. Outside the transit yard where Trudeau was speaking, a handful of protesters from the War Resisters Support Campaign quietly held up a banner and signs calling on the government to let them stay. Trudeau, however, gave no commitments that Ottawa might smooth the path to permanent residency for the conscientious objectors, some of whom have been forced to return to the U.S. to face prison terms, but said the issue was a live one. "It one that we are looking into actively as a government," Trudeau said after a transit-funding announcement in Toronto. Last summer, a campaigning Trudeau criticized the Conservative government under prime minister Stephen Harper for acting in a way he called "lacking compassion and lacking understanding" when it came to U.S. soldiers. "I am supportive of the principle of allowing conscientious objectors to stay," Trudeau said at the time. In an email to The Canadian Press last month, a spokesperson for Immigration Minister John McCallum said he had "no indication that a decision was made or is about to be made" on the issue. He called it "problematic" and "disappointing" and unworthy of Canada that Conservative MPs had cheered in the Commons in 2012 amid word that one of the Americans, a mother of four, had been arrested after deportation to the U.S., where she was later court-martialled and gave birth in prison. "I am committed … to restoring our sense of compassion and openness and a place that is a safe haven for people to come here." However, little appears to have happened since the Liberals took office last fall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

economic models: He bemoaned that the continent people "are tempted to yield to our own selfish interests and to consider putting up fences." And he said youth unemployment was sapping the continent of its dynamism, and he called for new economic models that are "more inclusive and equitable." "There is an impression that Europe is declining, that it has lost its ability to be innovative and creative, that it is more concerned with preserving and dominating spaces than with generating processes of inclusions and change," Francis said, according to CTV. He urged Europeans to undergo a "memory transfusion," citing a phrase by Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, to remember Europe fractured past when confronting issues that threaten again to divide it. "A memory transfusion can free us from today temptation to build hastily on the shifting stands of immediate results, which may produce quick and easy short-term political gains, but do not enhance human fulfilment," he said. I dream of a Europe of which it will not be said that its commitment to human rights was its last utopia." The pontiff, the son of European immigrants to Argentina, accepted the prestigious International Charlemagne Prize, for his "message of hope and encouragement." Echoing the famous "I have a dream" speech by U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., Francis offered his vision of a Europe that cares for children, the elderly, the poor and the infirm, as well as "those newcomers seeking acceptance because they have lost everything and need shelter." Merkel praised Francis for sending "very clear messages." She said his comments were a call "for us to act and keep Europe together -- be it regarding the currency, or the protection of our external border, and above all not to forget the humanity and humanitarian duty of Europe." Notwithstanding the prize underlying positive message, the pope tacitly acknowledged a backdrop of a Europe engulfed in a crisis of confidence, prompted by the threat of terrorism and surge of migrants, and giving strength to nationalistic sentiments that seek to undermine the notion of a united continent. The pope said the Roman Catholic Church can play a role in "the rebirth of a Europe, weary, yet still rich in energies and possibilities." Before the ceremony in the frescoed Sala Regia, Francis met privately with Merkel, as well as with European parliament president Martin Schulz, a previous Charlemagne Prize recipient, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and EU Council President Donald Tusk, who also attended the ceremony. The Charlemagne prize, consisting of a medal and a citation, is awarded annually by the German city of Aachen for contributions to European unity. Juncker, in his remarks, praised the pope for taking three Syrian refugee families to Rome with him at the end of his recent visit to Greece. "When you take in 12 refugees, in proportion to the population of the Vatican that is more than any EU member state -- you fill our hearts with new courage," Juncker said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Labour Party: Like many Londoners, he the son of immigrants, born to parents who came to Britain from Pakistan, according to Toronto Star. Like more than 1 million of the city 8.6 million residents, he Muslim. The city new mayor appealed to voters as a true child of Britain diverse and dynamic capital. And on Friday, the 45-year-old Labour Party politician became the first person of Islamic faith to lead Europe largest city. Khan, a former human rights lawyer, accused Goldsmith of trying to divide Londoners, and pointed out that he had often shared platforms with people he disagreed with. Khan won despite a concerted, and controversial, campaign by Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith to taint him with ties to Islamic extremists, claiming Khan had shared a platform with a radical London imam. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Labour Party: Labour Party candidate Khan received more than 1.3 million votes — 57 per cent of the total — to Conservative rival Zac Goldsmith 43 per cent , after voters' first and second preferences were allocated, according to Metro News. Turnout was 45.6 per cent , up from 38 per cent in 2012. Khan hailed his victory as the triumph of "hope over fear and unity over division."His victory was the most dramatic result in local and regional elections that produced few big changes but underscored Britain political divisions ahead of a referendum on whether to remain in the European Union. The official announcement came past midnight — more than 24 hours after polls closed — after delays due to what officials called "small discrepancies" in the count. Goldsmith, a wealthy environmentalist, called Khan divisive and accused him of sharing platforms with Islamic extremists — a charge repeated by Prime Minister David Cameron and other senior Conservatives. Khan was elected to replace Conservative Mayor Boris Johnson after a campaign marked — and many said marred — by U.S.-style negative campaigning. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Sri Lankan civil war zones: On Wednesday night, Hot Docs unveiled Brothers In The Kitchen, a live documentary about the long, perilous journey of Tamil refugees from Sri Lankan civil war zones to the back of your favourite souvlaki spots, according to NOW Magazine. The performance at the Centre for Social Innovation had two women standing in a kitchen preparing payasam, a Tamil dessert similar to rice pudding, for a limited audience of about 70. He isn't alone in that observation. At the intimate and interactive gathering, speakers shared traumatic memories, with support from video installations, a live band and dancers whose fluid Bharatanatyam movements channelled the show poetry, and on occasion, horror.A few technical glitches during the experimental production were welcomed as part of the collaborative process, and the audience was sometimes called on to read archival newspaper clippings aloud. Author Amarnath Amarasingam remembered the strangers who'd aggressively knock on his door in Toronto, collecting money for the Tamil Tigers from Tamil families weighed down by guilt over what they'd left behind. The CBC Manjula Selvarajah hid at a bar until it was her turn to grab the mic and tearily offer a heartbreaking childhood memory of rioters trying to break into her house during Black July, the anti-Tamil pogrom that killed thousands and displaced many more. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: Related Items Articles'Lucky to get out:' Fort McMurray fire evacuees get first view of burned city End Related Items A more pressing concern, however, is whether or not they will be allowed to stay in Canada once the blaze is extinguished, according to Brandon Sun. Advocates say those who obtain a temporary foreign worker permit are tied to a single employer whose name is listed on the document, and if that employer no longer has work to offer, the migrants will have no choice but to leave the country. They say many of them could face an immediate accommodation crisis, since they often lack friends or family in the area to put them up. They're calling on the federal government to make allowances for those workers under the circumstances. The group Alberta spokesman, Marco Luciano, said temporary workers don't usually get jobs in the oil fields around Fort McMurray, but they are often employed in the various lodges and restaurants the oilpatch workers frequent, as well as providing childcare for local families. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada said they are closely monitoring the situation in Fort McMurray and "assessing whether and when special measures will be necessary to address the needs of Canadian citizens, permanent residents and temporary residents in the region." The Fort McMurray area has been a popular destination for temporary workers for the past several years, according to the Coalition for Migrant Workers Rights Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel TORONTO - The Liberal government is reviewing Canada stance on American war dodgers who have sought refuge in this country rather than fight in Iraq, Prime Minister Trudeau said Friday, according to Brandon Sun. Trudeau, however, gave no commitments that Ottawa might smooth the path to permanent residency for the conscientious objectors, some of whom have been forced to return to the U.S. to face prison terms, but said the issue was a live one. "It one that we are looking into actively as a government," Trudeau said after a transit-funding announcement in Toronto. Trudeau said his government was looking into government policy toward American conscientious objectors who have sought refuge in Canada rather than fight in Iraq. He did not elaborate. Last summer, a campaigning Trudeau criticized the Conservative government under prime minister Stephen Harper for acting in a way he called "lacking compassion and lacking understanding" when it came to the American soldiers. "I am supportive of the principle of allowing conscientious objectors to stay," Trudeau said at the time. Outside the transit yard where Trudeau was speaking, a handful of protesters from the War Resisters Support Campaign quietly held up a banner and signs calling on the government to let them stay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prime minister Stephen Harper: He did not elaborate, according to Guelph Mercury. Outside the transit yard where Trudeau was speaking, a handful of protesters from the War Resisters Support Campaign quietly held up a banner and signs calling on the government to let them stay. Trudeau, however, gave no commitments that Ottawa might smooth the path to permanent residency for the conscientious objectors, some of whom have been forced to return to the U.S. to face prison terms, but said the issue was a live one. "It one that we are looking into actively as a government," Trudeau said after a transit-funding announcement in Toronto. Last summer, a campaigning Trudeau criticized the Conservative government under prime minister Stephen Harper for acting in a way he called "lacking compassion and lacking understanding" when it came to the American soldiers. "I am supportive of the principle of allowing conscientious objectors to stay," Trudeau said at the time. In an email to The Canadian Press last month, a spokesman for Immigration Minister John McCallum said he had "no indication that a decision was made or is about to be made" on the issue. He called it "problematic" and "disappointing" and unworthy of Canada that Conservative MPs had cheered in the Commons in 2012 amid word that one of the Americans, a mother of four, had been arrested after deportation to the U.S., where she was later court-martialled and gave birth in prison. "I am committed...to restoring our sense of compassion and openness and a place that is a safe haven for people to come here." However, little appears to have happened since the Liberals took office last fall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Mark Mac Millan: Money raised will help the Badour family start a new life in Halifax, all of whom are currently refugees in Beirut after fleeing their devastated home city of Homs, according to The Chronicle Herald. The family is expected to arrive in Canada by the end of the year. Agnes Church on Mumford Road. This shred-a-thon is simply the easiest, most convenient and secure option Haligonians will have for destroying the sensitive papers and documents taking up space in their basements, closets and attics and — they will also be helping a Syrian refugee family start a new and better life in Halifax, said Mark Mac Millan, a St. Identity criminals want your name, address, birth date, social insurance number and whatever else you give them so they can profit from their crimes and make your life miserable, Detective Const. Agnes parishioner and mobile document destruction industry veteran. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Kitchener butcher shop: Ammar and Bashar Al-Hendi, the brothers who founded the shop, are themselves Syrian immigrants to Canada, according to CBC. Now, alongside veal and Turkish delight, they offer translation help, advice on where to find a mosque and they're even hiring newcomers to work in their shop. But the Kitchener butcher shop also has another role - helping Syrian newcomers to Waterloo Region. CBC Radio Andrea Bellemare paid a visit recently and found out how being helpful has also been good for business. LISTEN to Andrea Bellemare visit to Kitchener Ammas Halal Meats (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Syrian refugees in Canada: The government had resettled 25,000 Syrian refugees in Canada between November and the end of February by deploying hundreds of staff overseas to process applications, including members of the Canadian Forces who helped handle medical and security screening, according to Globe and Mail. What role the military could play in the second round hasn't been decided, Mr. The fact that it was now going to take more than a year to bring people over left many groups frustrated. McCallum said. Officials at the Department of National Defence said they couldn't comment on what they're prepared to contribute. I don't know if military people will go back or not but we're in close conversation with them, and certainly people from my department, and some retired people, are going to be going back certainly this month, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.