halifax-born hayes: Hayes, who died in hospital this week at age 92, was an advocate for Christian unity and interfaith conversation, as well as a proponent of liturgical renewal, according to The Chronicle Herald. Speaking to The Canadian Press, David Dean, a Roman Catholic teacher at the Atlantic School of Theology, described Hayes as a Pope Francis-style figure, prior to Pope Francis. Archbishop emeritus James Hayes, retired archbishop of Halifax, was widely respected for his liturgical leadership and deeply loved for his pastoral care. He was a common man with a common touch. Halifax-born Hayes was ordained a priest in 1947 at age 23. During his time it was far less common than it is today. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration experts: Although the meetings are by invitation only — more are coming in August — the public can submit ideas by email to the minister, according to Metro News. Since early July, more than 2,500 online submissions have been received. Since the beginning of the summer, Immigration Minister John McCallum and his parliamentary secretary, Arif Virani, have held more than two dozen roundtable meetings across Canada with settlement services organizations, businesses and community groups to get their thoughts. Submissions end Aug. 5. While the final report won't be ready till at least the fall, Torstar News Service interviewed a group of immigration experts to weigh in on the national dialogue by identifying gaps in the system and offering solutions. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will be reviewing the feedback from Canadians to help guide decisions on how many people we will welcome in the coming years and the future of immigration in Canada, said a department spokesperson. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

insight july: Louis: a black mark on Canada history, Insight July 23The negative aspects of Canada 1930s immigration policies related by Nova Scotia author Allison Lawlor , must be contrasted with Canada response half a century earlier to the desperate Jews who were fleeing anti-Semitic pogroms following the 1881 assassination of Czar Alexander II. After joining the broadly based Mansion House Committee in London, High Commissioner Alexander Tilloch Galt with the approval of Sir John A. Macdonald quickly arranged for some 340 impoverished Russian Jews to come to Winnipeg in 1882, according to Toronto Star. There were fewer than 2,500 Jews in the country at the time, and it was an astonishing rescue effort. Louis: a black mark on Canada history, Insight July 23The MS St. Article Continued Below Bernard M.L. Katz, Toronto The Morning Headlines Newsletter Delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up react-empty: 141 (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

job openings: According to the study, nearly 110,000 jobs will open up in 52 transportation and construction occupations across the province by 2025, including management and regular positions in the construction, logistics, marine, rail and trucking sectors, according to Toronto Star. Findings of the Asia-Pacific Gateway Skills Table study show retiring workers are the main reason for the vacancies, but continued expansion of the corridor also plays a role. By The Canadian Press Wed., Aug. 3, 2016 VANCOUVER—A new study shows British Columbia will require thousands of skilled workers over the next decade, just to maintain the needs of the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative. The report warns Lower Mainland and northern B.C. employers to expect ongoing difficulties filling job openings, but the challenge will be especially pronounced between 2019 and 2023. Article Continued Below The federal government website says the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor was created as the best transportation network for trade between North America and Asia and is a growing and vital part of the national economy. The initiative is a non-profit, regional partnership between labour, business, education and training institutions, with a goal of ensuring the Asia-Pacific Gateway has the right workers at the right time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

justices: Ranjan Agarwal, president of the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto and a partner at Bennett Jones LLP, told Metro Morning that the problem is Supreme Court justices tend to come from provincial Courts of Appeal and there are few diverse candidates to choose from at that level, according to CBC. Justin Trudeau outlines selection process for new Supreme Court justices Diversity, he said, must start with the appointment of diverse judges at lower court levels. Not yet, anyway. Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa. For the most part, our Supreme Court justices are elevated from the provincial Courts of Appeal. He acknowledged that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who ultimately makes the appointment, is making an effort to encourage diversity. "You have to remember one structural fact. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

officer i: Phoenix Falling Public servants share stories of pay system pain Phoenix public service pay problems could last until October She said her work, which involves monitoring murderers, sex offenders and gang members at a medium security prison in Grande Cache, Alta., isn't worth the danger if she being underpaid, according to CBC. I could be killed ... I do not want to risk my life for the rate of pay that is reflected on my pay stub"- Bogna Betkowski, correctional officer "I could be taken hostage," said Betkowski, who has been a correctional officer for eight years. "I could be raped. Bogna Betkowski, 50, calls it a "slap in the face" to receive less than half of her usual pay over the past month because of the payroll mess affecting more than 80,000 federal public servants. I could be slashed. She cleaned hotels to make a living back then. "Going to work for $5 or $11 dollars an hour — that not right," said Betkowski. "That absolutely unacceptable. I could be killed...I do not want to risk my life for the rate of pay that is reflected on my pay stub." Due to an error on her paycheques, Betkowski said she brings home the same pay as when she arrived in Canada as a Polish immigrant in 1991. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

olympic games: The 11-year-old kid signed up to run the next day, according to Metro News. Fifteen years later, Kaba is heading to Rio to represent Canada at his first Olympic Games. It wasn't until his family immigrated to Ypsilanti, Mich., that he first saw high school hurdlers training at a track facility. It means a great deal to be able to represent this great country that took me in, says the elite hurdler, who trains at the Ottawa Lions Track and Field Club. As a newly landed immigrant with no English, he was bullied as a kid. But it has been a bumpy road to Rio for Kaba. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

program: Each year up to 400 mostly Mexican workers come to Manitoba under the Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program to work on local farms, according to Rabble. They perform physically strenuous work on vegetable farms and in greenhouses for up to eight months, year after year. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. Workers regularly toil 12 hours per day, six to seven days a week, and they live socially isolated from Canadian society. As such, 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the program which was initially created to temporarily assist farmers in obtaining the workers required to cultivate their crops. The SAWP is the longest-standing Temporary Foreign Worker Program in Canada, dating back to 1966. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shakespeare monologue: The urgency is actually old and recycled, according to Metro News. It contained in anti-immigration calls over centuries, addressed in a Shakespeare monologue that calls for an angry mob to put itself in the foreigner shoes, exemplified by discrimination and hatred shown to Irish, Italians and Polish in North America in decades past. Common, but deceptive. The urgency is apocalyptic. It promises the end is pretty much already nigh, the fears already realized. It signals a swift-stalking doom. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stephen harper: Perhaps this is because they have had so much practice, according to The Chronicle Herald. By my count, Bains is the fourth industry minister to launch an innovation agenda since the turn of the century. Have you submitted yours yet Bains added a link to the website for the federal government Innovation Agenda, which features a one-minute video assuring visitors that, indeed, Canada is a nation of innovators. Jean Chrétien minister Allan Rock had one. Then he appointed a panel on innovation, and then, noticing several years later that he was still prime minister, he appointed another. Stephen Harper sought to contrast with the Liberals by refusing to mention innovation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

party nominee: And if the disaster cannot be stopped, Canada must prepare for the worst, according to The Waterloo Record. Let unpack this. With 100 days to go until the United States presidential election, it is now time for Canada government to consider whether it can do anything to help stop Donald Trump election. The Democratic convention was a methodical display of strategy as theatre. They were more genuinely eager to see the party nominee elected. Its speakers were more prominent than those who spoke at the Republican convention a week earlier in Cleveland. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

re: Altogether, the City of Coquitlam said, 86 residents have been displaced. "They have spent the last six months building the household that they need for their children," Stewart said. "So we're working hard with them now to put them back on their feet." The families are temporarily being housed at Simon Fraser University in some vacant townhouses, but only for a few more days, according to CBC. Immigrant Services Society of B.C. has taken on the responsibility of finding them housing, but the mayor is still asking for help from "We're putting out a call today to our residents for an unused basement suite or any number of other options, two bedrooms, three bedrooms — those kinds of things. Twelve families lost their homes — ten of them were recently arrived Syrian refugees. A bachelor suite doesn't work really well for a family of four." Stewart said cash is also needed, and anyone who wishes to donate can find more information on the City of Coquitlam website. The mayor said he was able to secure emergency funding from the province to help with the accommodation. A firefighter surveys damage to an Coquitlam, B.C. apartment after a fire on Thursday, July 28. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

company: The request for submissions, which closed last week, yielded 13 responses from various entities including several commercial and residential developers, a hotel company, a pharmaceutical company, an immigration law firm, and a company that develops manages casinos, according to The Chronicle Herald. Department spokesperson Brian Taylor said the staff will evaluate the submissions in the coming weeks , and from there, government will make a decision on next steps. The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal announced in mid-June that it was seeking submissions for innovative and creative ideas to develop the seven-storey Dennis Building site on Granville Street which includes the three-storey Hansard Building and the adjacent parking lot. Joe Ballard, President of the Historic Trust of Nova Scotia said the province should not have lumped the two buildings together in seeking proposals as it limits the number of developers that have the ability to seriously respond to projects of that scale. Ballard organization provided was one of the 13 that responded to the province, but he said the aim of the submission was to provide information to the province and outline their position. We know there are individuals that are interested in just one of the buildings, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

history anything: And when he fires his first arrow, the words of the country greatest astronaut will be foremost in his mind."When I was talking to Chris Hadfield, he said a quote that really resonated with me: 'anything that has happened before this moment is history; anything that can happen more than 15 seconds in front of us is theoretical; the only things you can control are within the next 15 seconds'," the Scarborough archer tells Metro, having met — and performed a David Bowie song with — Hadfield during an Olympic excellence speech earlier this year."He was referring to being in the spacecraft and not dying... but it so true, according to Metro News. What happened before, I got a medal, great. The third Olympic odyssey of Crispin Duenas life will start Thursday in Rio de Janeiro — before the 2016 games even officially begin. But it in the past, what am I going to do in the next 15 seconds that going to affect my chance at winning again."The medal Duenas refers to was of the world championship variety. You could say third time lucky, but you get the impression the 30-year-old doesn't put much stock in luck. torstar news service Archer Crispin Duenas is aiming to add an Olympic medal to his quiver. Having competed in the Beijing and London games, he regarded as one of Canada live prospects in Brazil. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration system: Andrew Griffith Debbie Douglas Harald Bauder Jeffrey Reitz Michael Bloom Kareem El-Assal By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Tues., Aug. 2, 2016 Having inherited an immigration system plagued with backlogs and heavy-handed enforcement, the Liberal government says it keen to hear what you think needs to be done about Canada immigration future, according to Toronto Star. Since the beginning of the summer, Immigration Minister John McCallum and his parliamentary secretary, Arif Virani, have held more than two dozen roundtable meetings across Canada with settlement services organizations, businesses and community groups to get their thoughts. Bowen uncle, aunt and two cousins were four of the 37 people from 18 different countries who became Canadians during the Canada Day celebration. Although the meetings are by invitation only — more are coming in August — the public can submit ideas by email to the minister. Submissions end Aug. 5. Since early July, more than 2,500 online submissions have been received. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

isna mosque: But a chronic delay in processing time for child benefits has been a hardship for the El-Muhammeds and many other Syrian refugees without private sponsors to fill the gap, according to Metro News. The family from Aleppo, who moved out of the shelter at the Toronto Plaza Hotel on March 21, has spent the last of a one-time federal grant of $5,400 to cover first- and last-months' rent and other start-up costs for their new life in Canada. That is because his five children, ages 13, 11, 9, 7 and 5, were eligible for about $2,000 a month in federal and provincial child benefits. But for weeks, the El-Muhammeds have lived on the edge, counting on the food basket they pick up once a month from the ISNA mosque while running grocery bills on a credit card that has a $1,000 cap. We feel peace and safe here, said El-Muhammed, 36, who owned a small oil distribution agency back home. We are very grateful to Canada and its people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

killam vice-president: When ISANS needs to find stable housing for its clients, Killam answers the call and offers up units at a discounted rate, according to The Chronicle Herald. That relationship was put to the test this year, as hundreds of immigrants arrived in Nova Scotia due to the Syrian refugee crisis. Over the years, Killam and ISANS have developed a pretty important relationship. But like always, Killam rose to the occasion. On top of his role with Killam, Jackson is also president of the Investment Property Owners Association of Nova Scotia. We are a longstanding supporter of ISANS, said Jeremy Jackson, Killam vice-president of marketing and program development. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minister office: However, he arranged to have publication of his thesis delayed until a few days ago, on July 28 — well after last fall federal election. "The fact that people with similar interests are communicating online and organizing around specific causes is advantageous to the prime minister director of communications," he writes. "A sympathetic and receptive audience is only a Google search away for a director of communications seeking to promote a particular policy." Style has come to trump substance, which has directly impacted the strategies that the Prime Minister Office and its director of communications develop for interacting with television reporters.'- Dimitri Soudas Soudas says Canadian political actors are trailing their counterparts in the United States and have yet to realize the full potential of social media to engage with voters rather than just transmit information. "The first party to recognize the potential of social media and employ it to its fullest potential will achieve a decisive advantage over other parties while they struggle to adapt." Soudas 74-page thesis "Media and Government: The Role of the Director of Communications" is a fascinating glimpse inside the corridors of power, according to CBC. Part analysis, part how-to guide, it outlines how governments, including Harper administration, have effectively "manipulated" public opinion and the media over the years, arguing that directors of communication are now key players in successful governments. Soudas successfully defended his thesis in January 2015 and received his master degree from Simon Fraser University in June 2015. A longtime political animal, Soudas arrived in Ottawa in 2003 as press secretary to Harper, then leader of the Opposition. In 2014, he served briefly as executive director of the Conservative Party of Canada before a dispute over his attempts to help his then fiancée, MP Eve Adams, win the party nomination in the riding of Oakville North Burlington led to his departure. ​Dimitri Soudas fired as Conservative Party executive director Inside Dimitri Soudas last days atop the Conservative Party Bureaucrats told to 'harperize' government message In 2015, Soudas joined the Liberal Party after Adams crossed the floor to join Justin Trudeau caucus. Known as a fierce Harper loyalist, he rose through the ranks to become Harper director of communications in 2010 before leaving in September 2011. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nicola: Nicola was a well-known basketball player at Catholic Central high school before being detained by immigration officials, according to CTV. Teachers and classmates thought he was 17 years old. Jonathan Nicola was arrested in April for allegedly misrepresenting the material facts on his application for a study permit in this country. A spokesperson for the Immigration and Refugee Board sent an e-mail stating the Canada Border Services Agency asked to withdraw its request for a hearing. Nicola was granted release from jail in May. The file is now closed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

official date: August 2 is the official date designated by the worldwide Roma community to commemorate the Devouring, the genocide suffered by the Romani people during the Second World War, according to Rabble. It is not yet recognized by Canada or the United Nations. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. My name is Gilda. I came to Canada with my mother, my father, and my brother five years ago. I am 17-years old and I am Roma. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

processing time: Order this photo By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Mon., Aug. 1, 2016 Bedrettin El-Muhammed didn't worry about signing a $1,735 monthly lease for a three-bedroom apartment in March, even though his family of seven would be receiving an allowance of just $1,600 a month as government-assisted Syrian refugees, according to Toronto Star. That is because his five children, ages 13, 11, 9, 7 and 5, were eligible for about $2,000 a month in federal and provincial child benefits. They are shown with children, from left, Hussan, 11, Hanan, 13, Azam, 9, Rahaf, 5, and Muhammed, 7. But a chronic delay in processing time for child benefits has been a hardship for the El-Muhammeds and many other Syrian refugees without private sponsors to fill the gap. But for weeks, the El-Muhammeds have lived on the edge, counting on the food basket they pick up once a month from the ISNA mosque while running grocery bills on a credit card that has a $1,000 cap. The family from Aleppo, who moved out of the shelter at the Toronto Plaza Hotel on March 21, has spent the last of a one-time federal grant of $5,400 to cover first- and last-months' rent and other start-up costs for their new life in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

services programming: According to a tender notice posted on a government website by Canada Border Services Agency, the successful bidder must also be able to enforce bail conditions, offer substance abuse programs, provide accommodation and hook up clients with jobs and education, according to Toronto Star. The CBSA has been engaged in discussion with stakeholders on program renewal for alternatives to detention, said CBSA spokeswoman Line Guibert-Wolff. By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Mon., Aug. 1, 2016 Wanted: An operator who can supervise migrants released from detention. Our goal is to identify non-government areas of interest and expertise that may be able to provide enhanced alternatives to detention in the form of community-based services and programming. More than 50 immigration detainees at Lindsay Central East Correctional Centre and Toronto East began a hunger strike on July 11 demanding a meeting with Goodale. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale has been under fire in recent months after a series of deaths of detainees held in immigration custody, including Chilean Francisco Javier Romero Astroga, 39, at Maplehurst Correctional Complex in Milton; Melkioro Gahungu, 64, a Burundian migrant at Toronto East Detention Centre, and an unnamed 24-year-old man in Edmonton Remand Centre. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

zimbabwe kanyambali: If all goes as planned, Quinn will help privately sponsor a family of seven currently living in a refugee camp in Zimbabwe, according to CBC. Kanyambali fled his home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and lived for three years in a refugee camp in Zimbabwe. I knew he was also supporting his family in Africa but I didn't know the details of his story," said Kaleigh Quinn, an English as a second language instructor at Red River College. He and his wife came to Canada in 2013 as government sponsored refugees, but his wife brother, sister-in-law and five nieces and nephews were left behind. Now they stopped and tried to give people money," said Kanyambali. Since arriving in Canada, conditions in the camp have worsened. "Before you went and they give you 10 kilograms of meal and two kilograms of rice, two kilograms of beans and two small bottle of cooking oil. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

square feet: Schreiter opened on King Street in 1892 and moved to it current location at 27 Gaukel St, according to The Waterloo Record. Members of the Schreiter family were not available for comment Tuesday, and it is not known where the historic business will move. "We are converting that to office with potentially some ground-floor commercial," Tom Rakic, president of Vanguard, said of the company plans for the building. Vanguard Development Corp. deal for the building at Gaukel and Charles streets in downtown Kitchener is slated to close later this month. The phone started ringing at Vanguard as word spread that it was buying the three-floor building containing 21,000 square feet of space. "We have had some soft inquiries from companies," Rakic said. "That location is phenomenal. He came to Kitchener, known as Berlin at the time, and opened a furniture business at 52 King St. It is truly brick-and-beam with tons of glazing, one block from City Hall, two blocks from the Tannery." Alvin G. Schreiter started in the furniture business in Boutzin, Germany in 1873. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ashin wirathu: Human rights activists claim Wirathu and his group, called 969, are the main forces behind riots that have killed scores and displaced thousands of Rohingya since 2012, according to Toronto Star. Disturbingly, evidence suggests his hate movement has significant support in the country and even the acquiescence of the government. By Faisal Kutty Mon., Aug. 1, 2016 They are trying to transform Myanmar into a Muslim state, says Ashin Wirathu, a Buddhist monk dubbed by Time as the The Face of Buddhist Terror. In fact, decades before Wirathu, described by some as the Buddhist Bin Laden, came on the scene, various state policies existed singling out the Rohingya. Among the 12 recommendations are: Reassess the effectiveness of economic sanctions against the military, demand that authorities repeal discriminatory laws, restore full citizenship and rights to the minority, and calling on the government to end its complacency and allow humanitarian groups access. The Canadian government may be finally forced to take a serious look.A few weeks ago, a Parliamentary Subcommittee on International Human Rights issued a report titled Sentenced to a Slow Demise highlighting the plight of these stateless persons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

i m: Typecasting," Atwood said with a laugh during an interview discussing her upcoming graphic novel "Angel Catbird" and novel "Hag-Seed." Atwood recently visited the set for the series, where she was placed in a corset and had her measurements taken, according to CTV. She said she slated to film her role on Aug. 16. "By that time, they'll have my disapproving bonnet and dress ready for me," she said. "Once you put on one of those things, you realize why everybody in Victorian pictures looks like this," Atwood added, stiffening her spine to sit upright. "You don't bend.... No slumping." Atwood was impressed by the level of detail being paid to translate the story to screen. "It was easy for me as a writer. She was exonerated after about 30 years behind bars. "I'm going to be a disapproving lady in a church. All I had to say was: 'He got on the train.' They have to say: 'What kind of train What did the train look like What did the train look like from inside "' Extensive work was done researching the clothing for the series, which takes place over three different periods, spanning from the time of the murders to Marks release, Atwood noted. "It quite a difference in fashion, and the fashions changed during those periods. So that when she made it into a six-part miniseries.... Who would have predicted in the '50s and '60s that daytime soaps would have morphed into such an expressive and well-produced kind of thing," she added. "We've had some riveting ones -- miniseries and longer series of which the production quality has been very high, and the acting has been spectacular." Atwood was also impressed by the range of Toronto actor Gadon. "She has a very plastic face, by which I mean ... it mobile, and she can do innocent-looking, and she can also do chillingly cold-looking and sinister, sort of cunning. We think Victorian, but you have to say: 'What moment of Victorian ' And they've just got that so well done." Atwood recently met with "Alias Grace" writer-producer Sarah Polley and star Sarah Gadon, and had high praise for their contributions to the project. "She a pretty brilliant writer," Atwood said of Polley. "I saw the first script she did which was a movie.... Then, she said it just not long enough to get in all the levels of nuance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.