ontario jails: In fact, 17 of 50 detainees in two Ontario jails who ended a hunger strike in July responded to Goodale invitation conveyed to them by Canada Border Services Agency officials, according to Toronto Star. Syed Hussan, a member of the End Immigration Detention Network, told the Star that many wrote Goodale to make their individual case, and others did not. By Tonda Mac Charles Ottawa Bureau reporter Tues., Aug. 16, 2016 OTTAWA—Advocates for a group of hunger-striking immigration detainees were shocked Monday to hear Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale say none had replied to his request for details of why their detention was unfair. Many of the detainees refused to participate. They didn't know it came from Goodale office, Hussan said, adding many felt that, the onus is not on the detainee to prove why he shouldn't be in there. They didn't know what it was for. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

police officer: Ian Mac Donald says the scam artist presents himself as a police officer and uses caller ID 'spoofing' to display the APD phone number, according to CBC. The suspect then suggests the victim has immigration issues, and requests personal and family information — and eventually looks for payment. "The cash could take the form of a wire transfer, it could be a breach of your credit card information, or they might even try to compel you to buy gift cards for them," Mac Donald said. Const. MacDonald says there have been similar scams where a caller poses as a Canada Revenue Agency officer. "They prey on people who might be vulnerable, in the sense that they might be immigrants to Canada — new and old — and suggests that they could be deported or they could be in trouble with Immigration Canada," Mac Donald said. The victim who picked up the call said a man identified himself as "Steve Miller" and told the victim the family failed to fill out proper paper work when they immigrated to Canada several years ago. Four complaints in one day Mac Donald says police received four complaints on Monday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rights freedoms: Montoya, have immense respect for him, and am thrilled that he and his family will be returning to Canada, according to Toronto Star. But Canada 2008 signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities should mean that all families of differently abled people, and indeed all people, deserve to be considered equally in immigration status reviews. Felipe Montoya family relief from inadmissibility on humanitarian and compassionate grounds misses several important points.I work with Prof. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms also guarantees all people equal rights under the law. These abhorrent side payments are usually calculated based on the estimated life expectancy of the differently abled family member times the average health/services cost of all Canadians. It is illegal and immoral for Canada to require side payments from taxpaying immigrants who have a differently abled family member as a condition for obtaining permanent residency and eventually becoming citizens. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

something: Marketing manager Erik de Vries told Stephen Quinn on CBC The Early Edition the company has three paid internships available for Syrian refugees. "We were looking for talent anyway; why don't we consider hiring people from Syria " he said, according to CBC. De Vries said his coworkers knew the difficulty Syrian immigrants faced getting work and settling into their new lives, so they decided to something themselves. "We wanted to do something for the community that was more than just a one time donation. That why Globalme — a local company specializing in technology and language — is hoping to help Syrian newcomers get a head start. We wanted to do something structural," he said. The company worked with MOSAIC — a local immigrant services agency — to get matched up with skilled Syrian refugees. "It very important that candidates know English. Eric de Vries is the marketing manager of Globalme — a tech start up in Vancouver offering Syrian refugees a three month paid internship. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tahedl: When the Canada Post building was demolished, the mosaic panels were saved and now sit outside the new museum on 104th Avenue, according to CBC. When Tahedl, 74, heard about the planned demolition, she thought her artwork might be destroyed. "I lost a few commissions before and thought, 'Here we go again,' " said Tahedl. "Interestingly, I got an email from the historic department from the city of Edmonton asking if I was still alive." Tahedl moved to Montreal before the panels were ever placed in the post office. She created mosaic panels in 1965 that were installed on the wall of the Canada Post building, which used to occupy the site of the new museum. More than five decades later, she came back to Edmonton to see them installed in their new location. She didn't know a word of English, but said she had no trouble finding work as an artist. Ernestine Tehedl worked on the mosiac panels 50 years ago and is thrilled they were saved and are on display. ) "It terrific, particularly because I feel very strongly they have new life and they have a more vibrant placement than the previous commission," she said. "They're very prominent and somehow have more impact." Tehedl emigrated from Vienna, Austria, not long before she started work on the mosaic. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

irish immigrant: She was exonerated after about 30 years behind bars, according to Guelph Mercury. The script comes from "Away From Her" scribe Sarah Polley and is directed by "American Psycho" Mary Harron. The six-hour miniseries is inspired by the true story of a poor Irish immigrant who was convicted of killing her employers in 1843. Shooting began Aug. 15 in Ontario. "Alias Grace" will be broadcast on CBC in Canada, and will stream on Netflix elsewhere. "Anna is an incredibly versatile performer who always makes complex, unpredictable and fascinating choices in her work," Polley, also an executive producer, said Tuesday in a release. "It always a marvel to watch her and we're thrilled to have her join the cast." By The Canadian Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

opium act: It was a tough economic time, and resentment was growing toward Chinese and other immigrants working for low wages, according to NOW Magazine. After race riots in 1907, Mackenzie King, the deputy minister of labour at the time, visited opium dens in Vancouver and became concerned with apparent increased opium use, particularly by white people and women. The 1908 Opium Act was the first Canadian law that prohibited drugs, and it was at least a partially racist response to Chinese immigrants associated with opium use at the time. That visit is said to have been a catalyst for the Opium Act. Some people point to The Black Candle, a book by so-called and famed feminist Emily Murphy, who linked drug use to specific risks to white women. In 1923, the government added marijuana to the schedule of prohibited drugs in the Opium and Narcotic Control Act. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bedtime stories: I remember all of the bedtime stories being read to me before I closed my eyes to sleep, according to Huffington Post Canada. But I also remember at times not always feeling like I was doing enough to make them proud. I remember the times my dad would take me on bike rides to the library, then we'd scoot over to Baskin Robbins for a scoop of my favourite ice cream. When it comes to most children of immigrant parents, our childhood experience often differs from those of our friends whose parents grew up in Canada. I wanted so badly to make them proud. And for those of us who grew up in a Caribbean household, that sometimes meant we wouldn't regularly hear our parents utter the words we so often craved to hear -- "I'm proud of you." When I was younger I craved the approval of my parents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

breast: People pay attention to that sort of thing," said Bras Across the Bridge spokesperson Aimee Pascua, according to CBC. After the event, the bras will be donated to the YWCA and the Regina Immigrant Women Centre. A menagerie of 900 colourful bras has been strung across the bridge to raise awareness about breast cancer and research of the disease. "I think that it eye-catching. Aimee Pascua and other volunteers were at Regina Albert Street Bridge on Monday to raise awareness of breast cancer. The bras will be donated after the event to women groups in the city. Run for the Cure The aim of the event is to get more people signing up and donating to the Run for the Cure, which takes place Oct. 2 in Regina. "I know personally a couple of women that have been affected by breast cancer, and I just think it just great to get the community involved," Pascua said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

construction jobs: At least that what he says immigration officials had told him, according to Hamilton Spectator. Trouble is, it wasn't true. Decade after decade, the now 77-year-old Mississauga man tried to stay under the radar, working in construction jobs, even living in a motel, fearing if he was picked up by immigration he'd get the boot. Now, Dugalin is fighting to get his life back and collect almost a decade worth of Old Age Security pension payments he missed out on during the years he was trying to lay low. This has ruined my life. If it wasn't for the government mistake, saying I was here illegally, I wouldn't have had to endure the hardship, says Dugalin, who came to Canada as a government-sponsored refugee from Hungary in 1957. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

detainees guards: In addition, a community supervision program will be developed for released detainees, according to Huffington Post Canada. Guards stand outside the gates of an immigrant holding centre in Laval, Que., on August 15, 2016. 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. Goodale announced the details Monday during a visit to the aging Laval facility. The Canadian Red Cross Society has found numerous shortcomings at facilities for immigrant detainees, including overcrowding and lack of mental health care. 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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.