flight risk: In addition, a community supervision program will be developed for released detainees, according to Vancouver Observer. Goodale announced the details Monday during a visit to the aging Laval facility. The federal government will also move ahead with plans to expand the range of alternatives to locking up immigrants, with the aim of making detention a last resort, said Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale. The Canada Border Services Agency holds people who are considered a flight risk or a danger to the public and those whose identities cannot be confirmed. Newcomers are often held in provincial jails or police facilities alongside suspected gang members and violent offenders. The Canadian Red Cross Society has found numerous shortcomings at facilities for immigrant detainees, including overcrowding and lack of mental health care. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

goodale: Canada Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale made the $138-million announcement Monday morning at the Laval Immigration Holding Centre, according to CBC. He said the objective is to make detention a last resort. "In my first few months as minister responsible for Canada Border Services Agency, I have certainly heard the concerns about immigration detention, and I've studied those concerns with great care," Goodale said. "The government is anxious to address the weaknesses that exist and to do better." Deaths in CBSA custody renew calls for immigration detention reform Federal government reviewing immigration detention process after string of deaths Samer Muscati, the director of the University of Toronto International Human Rights Program, said it was reassuring to hear Goodale address concerns about excessive use of detention in his remarks today. "He saying the right things and it a positive development that he saying these things, but of course we'll need to see what happens in terms of actions that follow," he said. "The proof will be in the pudding." The government will soon begin consultations with stakeholders with the aim of finding alternatives and ways to minimize the number of minors in detention. ​According to the Canada Border Services Agency, there are, on average, 450 to 500 people who are detained at any given time under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. Immigration detention facilities in Vancouver and Laval, Que., are also set to be replaced. The End Immigration Detention Network says 15 people have died in detention while in CBSA custody since 2000. It should end, not be expanded by throwing over a hundred million dollars at it," said the Network spokesperson Tings Chak. It says reforms are welcome, but the system is inherently unfair. "Immigration detention including in immigration holding centres is imprisonment without charges or trial. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

greece border: Aziz Afzaly migrated from Afghanistan a decade ago, according to Toronto Star. He is now a videographer. Markus Droge, Bishop of the Protestant Church in Germany, has been helping refugees settle and integrate for years. Legal counsellor Boumedien Habibes offers a free session to two Kurdish refugees from northern Syria at the Refugee Church in Berlin. The Bishop of Berlin stood at Greece border with Macedonia last year, watching despair, determination and hope in equal measure as people pressed northward. Order this photo By Mitch Potter Foreign Affairs Writer Mon., Aug. 15, 2016 BERLIN—Markus Droge does his legwork, travelling to the frontiers of Europe and beyond to witness Germany refugee tide at its source. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant detainees: In addition, a community supervision program will be developed for released detainees, according to Hamilton Spectator. The Canada Border Services Agency holds people who are considered a flight risk or a danger to the public and those whose identities cannot be confirmed. The federal government will also move ahead with plans to expand the range of alternatives to locking up immigrants, with the aim of making detention a last resort, said Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale Monday during a visit to the aging Laval facility. But the Canadian Red Cross Society has found numerous shortcomings at facilities for immigrant detainees, including overcrowding and lack of mental health care. The Red Cross said the border agency detained 10,088 immigrants — almost one-fifth of them refugee claimants — in 2013-14 in a variety of facilities, including federal holding centres and provincial and municipal jails. Newcomers are often held in provincial jails or police facilities alongside suspected gang members and violent offenders. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

montreal monday: Goodale is to visit a Montreal centre devoted to preventing radicalization that leads to violence, according to Metro News. He is expected to speak broadly about the program but details aren't expected until a later date. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is to be in Montreal Monday where he is to talk about how the government is moving ahead with a program designed to reach out to those who are vulnerable to radicalization in order to nip in the bud suspected terrorist plots like the one in southern Ontario last week. Last week, he stressed the importance of identifying those who are open to radicalization and finding the right way to prevent situations such as the death of a man in Strathroy, Ont., who was suspected of planning a terrorist attack. He is to visit the existing detention facility in Laval on Monday.A Red Cross investigation in 2014 found numerous shortcomings at facilities for immigrant detainees including overcrowding and inadequate mental health care. Goodale will announce the federal government will replace immigration detention facilities in Laval, Que., and Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

parliament hill: Goodale is to visit a Montreal centre devoted to preventing radicalization that leads to violence, according to Huffington Post Canada. He is expected to speak broadly about the program but details aren't expected until a later date. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is to be in Montreal Monday where he is to talk about how the government is moving ahead with a program designed to reach out to those who are vulnerable to radicalization in order to nip in the bud suspected terrorist plots like the one in southern Ontario last week. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale speaks to the media in the House of Commons foyer on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on June 16, 2016. Goodale will announce the federal government will replace immigration detention facilities in Laval, Que., and Vancouver. Last week, he stressed the importance of identifying those who are open to radicalization and finding the right way to prevent situations such as the death of a man in Strathroy, Ont., who was suspected of planning a terrorist attack. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

patriotism insistence: I observed that moment both with a sense of pride and, admittedly, some laughter as an unassuming immigrant who had lost his son to war challenged the prejudices of a presidential nominee, according to Rabble. But my strongest feeling that night in hearing Mr. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. "Have you even read the U.S. Constitution " The words shot out from Khizr Khan as the crowd roared at the Democratic National Convention only to be outdone by his unconventional yet immensely effective tactic of pulling out a pocket constitution for the world to see. Khan speak and perhaps the most profound takeaway from his address was not his courage, his simple eloquence or his radiating sincerity -- it was his unabated patriotism and insistence on defending the laws and principles set out in the U.S. Constitution. Having lost my father lately, I have become forlorn to a sense of nostalgia. I saw in him what I have seen my entire life from my own parents, themselves immigrants from Pakistan similar to the Khans, of pride in their adopted country and a call to defend its multicultural tenets, whether against outsiders or, at times, their fellow citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

radicalization: Goodale is to visit a Montreal centre devoted to preventing radicalization that leads to violence, according to CTV. Goodale is expected to speak broadly about the program but details aren't expected until a later date. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is in Montreal today where he is talking about how the government is moving ahead with a program designed to reach out to those who are vulnerable to radicalization in order to nip in the bud suspected terrorist plots like the one in southern Ontario last week. Last week, he stressed the importance of identifying those who are open to radicalization and finding the right way to prevent situations such as the death of a man in Strathroy, Ont., who was suspected of planning a terrorist attack. He is to visit the existing detention facility in Laval on Monday. Goodale will announce the federal government will replace immigration detention facilities in Laval, Que., and Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ralph goodale: By Tonda Mac Charles Ottawa Bureau reporter Mon., Aug. 15, 2016 OTTAWA—The federal public safety minister says a $138-million plan unveiled Monday to replace two immigration detention centres in greater Vancouver and Montreal will ease pressure on an overburdened national system, according to Toronto Star. However, Ralph Goodale offered nothing to expand or replace an immigration holding centre in the greater Toronto area. Immigration holding facilities in Vancouver and Laval, Que., will be replaced as part of a $138-million overhaul intended to improve detention conditions for newcomers. And there was nothing that immediately addresses the needs of the more than 200 individuals — about 30 per cent of illegal immigrant detainees in Ontario — who end up in provincial maximum-security jails. Article Continued Below At the time Goodale, the minister responsible Canada Border Services Agency, promised reforms were coming. Immigration detention reforms fall short on oversight, critics say Last month a hunger strike by a group of about 50 immigrants in two Ontario jails highlighted widespread concerns about the length and conditions of their detention. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

week death: Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale is to be in Montreal Monday where he was to talk about how the government is moving ahead with a program designed to reach out to those who are vulnerable to radicalization in order to nip in the bud suspected terrorist plots like the one in southern Ontario last week, according to Toronto Star. Goodale is to visit a Montreal centre devoted to preventing radicalization that leads to violence. By The Canadian Press Sun., Aug. 14, 2016 OTTAWA—The governing Liberals are moving further to reassure Canadians that they have a grip on combating the threat of terrorism in the wake of last week death of a man suspected of plotting an attack. Goodale is expected to speak broadly about the program but details aren't expected until a later date. Goodale will announce the federal government will replace immigration detention facilities in Laval, Que., and Vancouver. Last week, he stressed the importance of identifying those who are open to radicalization and finding the right way to prevent situations such as the death of a man in Strathroy, Ont., who was suspected of planning a terrorist attack. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian troops: The Canada Border Services Agency holds people who are considered a flight risk or a danger to the public and those whose identities cannot be confirmed.___ Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says he will soon announce a plan to send Canadian troops on a long-term mission to Africa, according to Brandon Sun. Sajjan says while no decisions have been made yet on numbers, timing or location, Canada contribution to a United Nations mission will involve more than the military and go beyond what would be considered a traditional peacekeeping role.___EXPERTS SAY RANKED BALLOTS WON' The Conservatives contend the Liberals would "steal" every federal election if Canada adopts a system of ranked ballots, which Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has touted as his preference for replacing the current first-past-the-post system. The federal government will also move ahead with plans to expand the range of alternatives to locking up immigrants, with the aim of making detention a last resort. But political scientists who specialize in the study of voting systems say assuming a Liberal advantage is far too simplistic.___CREA SAYS HOME SALES DOWN 1.3 % The Canadian Real Estate Association says July marked the third consecutive month of fewer home sales as the Vancouver market slowed. However, despite the drop in the number of sales, the national average price for a home sold in July was $480,743, up 9.9 per cent compared with a year ago.___ Jurors at Richard Henry Bain first-degree murder trial are deliberating for a third day. The association said Monday the number of transactions fell 1.3 per cent nationally between June and July as more than half of all markets tracked showed declines in July, including Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant detainees: In addition, a community supervision program will be developed for released detainees, according to The Waterloo Record. The Canada Border Services Agency holds people who are considered a flight risk or a danger to the public and those whose identities cannot be confirmed. The federal government will also move ahead with plans to expand the range of alternatives to locking up immigrants, with the aim of making detention a last resort, said Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale Monday during a visit to the aging Laval facility. But the Canadian Red Cross Society has found numerous shortcomings at facilities for immigrant detainees, including overcrowding and lack of mental health care. The Red Cross said the border agency detained 10,088 immigrants — almost one-fifth of them refugee claimants — in 2013-14 in a variety of facilities, including federal holding centres and provincial and municipal jails. Newcomers are often held in provincial jails or police facilities alongside suspected gang members and violent offenders. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bra shops: The biggest is bra fitting, according to CBC. Bra-fitting services, available throughout North America and many European countries, involve trained salespeople who measure breast size and the circumference of the chest, and provide tips on how to properly adjust and wear the straps, and, if necessary, artfully move breasts inside the bra cups for optimal comfort. But, like donut shops in Canada, bra shops in Italy come with glaring holes. Pati Jo is located in one of Rome oldest neighbourhoods, along Via Paganica. They look nice, but there is no fitting. In Italy, however, a country that offers a dazzling display of cleavage, bra fitting appears to be a blind spot. "There are many stores that sell bras in Italy," says Joanna Grunt, co-owner of Pati Jo, billed as the only boutique in Italy to offer over 200 bra and swimwear sizes. "But basically they are chain stores that have only five sizes so they don't fit well. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canada: It is a more than relevant question, according to Toronto Star. Our nation future depends on it. Doing a better job keeping Canada future newcomers healthy after they arrive was not mentioned. In a short 15 years, Citizenship and Immigration Canada forecasts that 80 per cent of Canada population growth will accrue through migratory increases. New Canadians are today pioneers. Only one in five will arise from natural increase. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

site: By the time the archeologists backfilled the site, located on Centre Ave. and designated to become the home of a giant new provincial courthouse, they had found the foundations of Toronto most important 19th century black church, as well as hundreds of thousands of artifacts from The Ward, the impoverished but vibrant immigrant neighbourhood that existed there from the 1840s to the 1950s, according to Toronto Star. Yet the evidence of this poignant past is in grave danger of disappearing because the two public agencies responsible for the site and its archeological treasures — Infrastructure Ontario and the City of Toronto — seem incapable of coming up with a dignified, accessible and sustainable plan to publicly interpret and commemorate these findings. By John Lorinc Sun., Aug. 14, 2016 Late last fall, a small team of archeologists completed excavating an unremarkable parking lot near Toronto city hall, a painstaking process that had captivated workers in the commercial towers overlooking the site for months. For the past eight months, officials with both bodies — Infrastructure Ontario is an agency of the province responsible for developing new public structures — have dismissed numerous ideas for acknowledging the discoveries, often for dubious or excessively bureaucratic reasons that reveal a troubling tone-deafness to what at stake. Article Continued Below In one corner, archeologists found what they later described as the most extensive collection of 19th century footwear ever discovered in Canada, some of it the handiwork of an African-American cobbler who settled in Toronto in the mid-1850s. As I reported in the Star and Spacing, the crews unearthed everything from handmade toys to tools, commercial bottles, hat forms, and even an arrowhead — a reminder that the site, prior to European contact, stood on the table lands just south of a sacred indigenous river later known as Taddle Creek. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

montreal: Bonne fierté! Happy Pride! @FierteMTLPride #fierteMTL #MTLpride #polcan #cdnpoli @melaniejoly Is Montreal Pride inclusive enough Speaking before the parade, Trudeau acknowledged his fellow politicians, saying it is important that a wide range of political parties are represented, according to CBC. NDP Leader Tom Muclair, Liberal MP Mélanie Joly, Parti Québécois MNA Martine Ouellet, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre, Bloc Québécois MP Mario Beaulieu, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier Philippe Couillard were some of the politicians in attendance at Montreal Pride parade. Trudeau is the first sitting prime minister to take part in the city Pride celebration, according to organizers. Representatives from the federal Conservatives, the Liberal Party of Canada, the New Democratic Party, the Bloc Québécois, as well as provincial and municipal politicians were all in attendance. Trudeau also marched in the Vancouver and Toronto Pride parades earlier this year. Montreal Queer Performance Camp is a rare opportunity Trudeau said the show of solidarity is important now that the world is increasingly looking to Canada to set an example. "We're going to continue to work hard and push the limits of what other countries are doing because we have to get the message across that LGBT rights are human rights that have to be respected," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

police officers: Who commits large-scale acts of violence Overwhelmingly, they're people who struggle, often on multiple fronts, according to CBC. An African-American military veteran pulled the trigger in the recent shootings of white police officers in Dallas. Nationalists may ascribe this solely to religious radicalism — specifically, Islam — yet violence isn't one religion domain. In the terrible aftermath of the Orlando Pulse nightclub massacre, the media trumpeted the shooter religion and affiliation with ISIS. He also appeared to have suffered from mental illness and struggled with gender or sexual orientation identity issues. In 1994, a Jewish American-Israeli physician killed 29 Muslim worshippers and wounded 125 more at the Ibrahimi Mosque at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, West Bank. The Oklahoma City bomber was a U.S. veteran who killed 168 people, including 19 children, and wounded 184 others … but he was neither African-American nor Muslim. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian refugees: The data offer insight into what lies ahead for the nearly 30,000 Syrian refugees who have arrived since November, because the demographics of the two groups share some similarities, researchers say, according to Hamilton Spectator. But the study also reveals that the groups settling Syrians last fall and earlier this year reported many of the same challenges that had already been encountered during the Iraqi experience. The 19,427 Iraqis who arrived between 2009 and 2014 faced numerous barriers, including the trauma of the war, greater medical needs and a relative lack of English and French, the study found. The surge of Iraqi arrivals strained resources, while the complexity of the cases made it hard to provide the right support, researchers were told. All of that has an influence on outcomes, and the fact that lessons appeared to go unlearned suggests governments need to do a better job thinking about how they respond to refugee crises, said Carl Hetu, the Canadian national director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, which has worked with refugees from both Iraq and Syria. "It is always about the now, and things that look good on Twitter on Facebook," Hetu said. "But you need to work at it." The Immigration Department said it did apply some lessons from the Iraqi experience to the Syrian program. Refugees also received little information about what to expect when they arrived and struggled to find affordable housing on income supports that didn't cover the high cost of living in urban centres, the study found. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

university degree: Iraqis: 19,427: number of refugees resettled in Canada between 2009 and 2014. 8,340: number of those who were government assisted 11,087: number who were privately sponsored. 70.2: percentage who reported speaking neither English or French. 30.5: percentage of those under the age of 18. 10: percentage of those with a university degree, according to The Chronicle Herald. Syrians: 29,713: number resettled in Canada since Nov. 4, 2015. 16,129: number of those who are government assisted. 10,762: number who are privately sponsored. 51: percentage who, as of January, reported speaking neither English nor French. 40: percentage refugees who, as of January, were under the age of 14 2: percentage of government assisted refugees, who as of January, had a university degree. Here is a look, by the numbers, of how that group compares to the Syrian one. Immigration Department reports Source Source The Canadian Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian refugees: The data offer insight into what lies ahead for the nearly 30,000 Syrian refugees who have arrived since November, because the demographics of the two groups share some similarities, researchers say, according to Brandon Sun. But the study also reveals that the groups settling Syrians last fall and earlier this year reported many of the same challenges that had already been encountered during the Iraqi experience. The 19,427 Iraqis who arrived between 2009 and 2014 faced numerous barriers, including the trauma of the war, greater medical needs and a lack of English and French compared to others, the study found. The surge of Iraqi arrivals strained resources, while the complexity of the cases made it hard to provide the right support, researchers were told. All of that has an influence on outcomes, and the fact that lessons appeared to go unlearned suggests governments need to do a better job thinking about how they respond to refugee crises, said Carl Hetu, the Canadian national director of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association, which has worked with refugees from both Iraq and Syria."It is always about the now, and things that look good on Twitter on Facebook," Hetu said. "But you need to work at it."The Immigration Department said it did apply some lessons from the Iraqi experience to the Syrian program. Refugees also received little information about what to expect when they arrived and struggled to find affordable housing on income supports that didn't cover the high cost of living in urban centres, the study found. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian interests: When media comes into close co-operation with Communist control, it will follow that locally reported issues will in one way or the other reflect foreign interests rather than Canadian interests, said Gloria Fung, a Toronto-area commentator on Chinese affairs, according to Globe and Mail. This is a threat to media expression in Canada. Critics worry that two sets of standards for a free press are emerging – one for Chinese-Canadian journalists and another for those in the mainstream media. Many others see the partnership as a positive step for bilateral relations and an inventive business model at a time of fiscal austerity. We pick the articles. It a win-win for us, People Daily and our readers, News publisher Herbert Moon said, adding that his paper receives no financial support from its Chinese partner. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

homestead hardship: Sask. homesteaders had difficult road to success Province proclaims 2016 the year of Saskatchewan Ukrainians As the federal government sought to promote agricultural development in the prairies about 100 years ago, it did so with a focus on fulfilling an Anglo-Canadian ideal, according to CBC. Immigrants wanted, with conditions According to Saskatoon historian Bill Waiser, Canada leaders were looking for a certain type of immigrant. "They wanted people that would settle the land, that had some agricultural experience, that would persevere and last and stick it out during those years of homestead hardship, for one or two generations," said Waiser. In the early 20th century, certain ethnic groups were shunned, banned and arranged into an order of preference for immigration. But their search was guided by stereotypes about ethnicities. Jews were not considered good farmers. British labourers were not welcomed because it was believed they would move into cities and take jobs from Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

i dream: Ban met with Syrian refugee families in Calgary earlier in the day and recalled hearing from one mother whose deaf son was shot in the neck, according to CTV. He said the woman told him: "I dream that my kids will do something good for Canada because Canada saved us." Elsewhere in the world, Ban said, refugees have not been welcomed as openly. "All this xenophobia, discrimination, we have to reject." Ban also met with indigenous leaders during his first official visit to Alberta since he became Secretary-General in 2007. In a speech at the University of Calgary, Ban said he was grateful for the "generous and compassionate" commitment of the Canadian government to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. His speech coincided with International Youth Day and focused on three areas where young people can make a difference: tackling unemployment, fostering peace and security and battling climate change. He urged students listening to his speech to show that youth are not a "liability," but an "opportunity." "Young people can break barriers, reach across divisions and forge understanding. He noted that there are 75 million unemployed youth around the world. "This is a massive challenge for the United Nations and for world leaders, but young people can be part of the solution," he said. "Youth can do more than find jobs -- they can create them." Ban said he "outraged" so many young people lives have been uprooted by violence and he concerned about the perception some have that youth are part of the problem. "Violent extremists may prey on young people, but the vast majority of young people want peace," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

paul wells: Yes, Canada is doing relatively well, Harper said at a campaign stop in St, according to Toronto Star. John in 2011, as he began putting a historic thumping on Michael Ignatieff Liberals. By Paul Wells National Affairs Fri., Aug. 12, 2016 Stephen Harper used to call it the Sea of Troubles. But a Sea of Troubles is lapping at our shores. He would repeat the pitch in 2015, but listlessly, inconsistently, the way he did so much else last year. It was, in those days, a feature of every campaign stop. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian refugees: Ban met with Syrian refugee families in Calgary earlier in the day and recalled hearing from one mother whose deaf son was shot in the neck, according to Huffington Post Canada. He said the woman told him: "I dream that my kids will do something good for Canada because Canada saved us.'' UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks to University of Calgary students on International Youth Day Aug. 12, 2016. In a speech at the University of Calgary, Ban said he was grateful for the "generous and compassionate'' commitment of the Canadian government to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. Elsewhere in the world, Ban said, refugees have not been welcomed as openly. "All this xenophobia, discrimination, we have to reject." Ban also met with indigenous leaders during his first official visit to Alberta since he became Secretary-General in 2007. Youth are an 'opportunity' He noted that there are 75 million unemployed youth around the world. "This is a massive challenge for the United Nations and for world leaders, but young people can be part of the solution,'' he said. "Youth can do more than find jobs Ban Ki-moon Is Still A Fan Of Canada Response To Refugees they can create them.'' Ban said he "outraged'' so many young people lives have been uprooted by violence and he concerned about the perception some have that youth are part of the problem. "Violent extremists may prey on young people, but the vast majority of young people want peace,'' he said. His speech coincided with International Youth Day and focused on three areas where young people can make a difference: tackling unemployment, fostering peace and security and battling climate change. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

i dream: Ban met with Syrian refugee families in Calgary earlier in the day and recalled hearing from one mother whose deaf son was shot in the neck, according to Brandon Sun. He said the woman told him: "I dream that my kids will do something good for Canada because Canada saved us."Elsewhere in the world, Ban said, refugees have not been welcomed as openly."All this xenophobia, discrimination, we have to reject."Ban also met with indigenous leaders during his first official visit to Alberta since he became Secretary-General in 2007. In a speech at the University of Calgary, Ban said he was grateful for the "generous and compassionate" commitment of the Canadian government to resettle tens of thousands of Syrian refugees. His speech coincided with International Youth Day and focused on three areas where young people can make a difference: tackling unemployment, fostering peace and security and battling climate change. He urged students listening to his speech to show that youth are not a "liability," but an "opportunity.""Young people can break barriers, reach across divisions and forge understanding. He noted that there are 75 million unemployed youth around the world."This is a massive challenge for the United Nations and for world leaders, but young people can be part of the solution," he said."Youth can do more than find jobs — they can create them."Ban said he "outraged" so many young people lives have been uprooted by violence and he concerned about the perception some have that youth are part of the problem."Violent extremists may pray on young people, but the vast majority of young people want peace," he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.