nhl hall: This is the most meaningful career event of my life, according to The Chronicle Herald. I always wanted to write music, and I always wanted to touch people with what I did. There nothing that comes close to it, said the Montreal-born singer-songwriter. To be recognized by my country for my body of work and what I've accomplished in my lifetime is beyond humbling. Joining Hart in the 2016 class were NHL Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler, actor-director Jason Priestley, filmmaker Deepa Mehta, veteran fashion entrepreneur and journalist Jeanne Beker, and the late stage and screen icon Al Waxman. The Sunglasses at Night hitmaker was among six honourees celebrated at the Walk of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nhl hall: Joining Hart in the 2016 class were NHL Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler, actor-director Jason Priestley, filmmaker Deepa Mehta, veteran fashion entrepreneur and journalist Jeanne Beker, and the late stage and screen icon Al Waxman, according to CTV. For Priestley, who catapulted to international fame on "Beverly Hills, 90210," he sees the Walk of Fame as an inspirational symbol for Canadian youth of the ability to aspire to and achieve their loftiest goals. "So you're from Thunder Bay, so you're from Bella Coola, British Columbia - it doesn't matter," said the Vancouver-born star. "You can become a famous artist, you can become a famous musician, you can write a New York Times bestselling novel. To be recognized by my country for my body of work and what I've accomplished in my lifetime is beyond humbling." The "Sunglasses at Night" hitmaker was among six honourees celebrated at the Walk of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday. Don't be afraid to chase your dreams and don't be afraid to dream big. She recalled how her father, a Holocaust survivor, started a slipper factory in 1950s - the same building which now houses the Walk of Fame office. "My parents proved to me that anything is possible in this country," said Beker. "Dreams can come true, if you really believe and you're fearless and you're tenacious. ... "To be celebrated at home like this is really something." Sittler, a former Toronto Maple Leafs captain, said it was "pretty neat" to have his newly minted star in the same city where he is also featured on the Legends Row monument with other former Leafs greats outside the Air Canada Centre. That what the Walk of Fame is really all about." For Beker, who hosted the long-running and internationally syndicated "Fashion Television," there was an air of serendipity around the honour. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

right path: The survey also suggested more Canadians actually take a tougher line than Americans when it comes to believing that minority groups should assimilate or "try to change" once they arrive in their new country, according to Hamilton Spectator. Worse, that view seems to have hardened over the last two decades, according to the pollsters. For days my email inbox was flooded with angry, anti-immigrant rhetoric from readers who believe Leitch, who is seeking the federal Conservative leadership, is on the right path with her call for tighter screening to weed out potential newcomers and refugees found to hold "anti-Canadian values." The emails arrived at the same time as the release of a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute conducted for the CBC that found 68 per cent of those surveyed want to see minorities doing more to "fit in" to mainstream society. Taken together with polls earlier this year that indicate nearly half of Canadians opposed Ottawa plan to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees, the latest poll and the emails to me make it clear that Canada is not as warm to and accepting of immigrants as many would like to believe. And regrettably, some politicians like Leitch are trying to exploit that backlash for their own political gains. Indeed, a backlash against more immigration appears to be spreading — and especially against refugees from war-torn areas such as Syria and other Muslim-dominant countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

rights abuses: Joe Fiorante, one of the lawyers representing the group, said this is the first time foreign claimants have been able to file a lawsuit in Canada against a Canadian company over allegations of human rights abuses that took place abroad. "From the plaintiffs' perspective, it is a big victory," he said in an interview. "For us, this is a green light to proceed with the case on the merits, and this will give our clients the chance to pursue the allegations in court and a chance to vindicate their rights." None of the allegations has been proven in court, according to Hamilton Spectator. Nevsun did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a judgment released Thursday, the Supreme Court of British Columbia gave the go-ahead for three refugees to proceed with a civil lawsuit against Nevsun Resources, which owns a controlling interest in the Bisha gold mine in the tiny East African country of Eritrea. Earlier in the day, the company issued a statement saying it studying the decision and is considering filing an appeal. "The judgment makes no findings with respect to the plaintiffs' allegations, including whether any of them were in fact at the Bisha Mine," the statement reads. The judgment dismissed the workers' application to have their allegations heard as a single case, and instructed them instead to file three separate claims. The company said it is confident that its subsidiary operates the mine according to international standards of governance, workplace conditions, health, safety and human rights. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wonky book: The draft alarmed Trump aides, according to Hamilton Spectator. They demanded Shiflett come to Trump Tower for a meeting, where he said they told him to "turn the temperature down a few notches" by making the businessman sound less strident and more "inclusive." The result was a relatively restrained and wonky book, with chapters on Social Security and foreign policy. Hired in 1999 to ghostwrite "The America We Deserve," Shiflett spent days with the real estate magnate, channeling his voice and temperament into the pages of a manuscript. Trump ultimately withdrew his prospective 2000 candidacy and promptly returned to the unfiltered person whose inflammatory statements have defined his image ever since — endearing him this year to many Republican presidential primary voters but emerging in the general election campaign as a focal point for critics, including Democrat Hillary Clinton, who say he is temperamentally unfit for the White House. Trump has declared that he has a "winning temperament." He argued in the first debate that "my strongest asset, maybe by far, is my temperament." Surveys, though, suggest it is one of his biggest political weaknesses. On Sunday, when he faces off for the second time in a debate against Clinton, a major question will be which version of Trump shows up: the unfiltered provocateur Americans have come to know, or a carefully managed candidate whose words were once delivered to the electorate with a ghostwriter gloss. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

entrance exams: Concerned I was not being sufficiently challenged at school, my mother insisted that I apply to a large number of Toronto best private high schools, according to NOW Magazine. A public school teacher, and a Jamaican immigrant who was part of the first generation in her family to attend university, she has always been a true believer in the power of education. I was 11 years old and soon to enter ninth grade. And so, despite the fact that we couldn't possibly afford the cost of tuition, she scraped together the money for the entrance exams and I applied to UCC. One day I came home from school, and a big envelope was sitting on the kitchen table. More importantly, my tuition would be almost entirely covered thanks to the generosity of a family who'd established a scholarship in their son name. I had aced the entrance exams and the interviews and had been accepted. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nhl hall: Joining Hart in the 2016 class were NHL Hall of Famer Darryl Sittler, actor-director Jason Priestley, filmmaker Deepa Mehta, veteran fashion entrepreneur and journalist Jeanne Beker, and the late stage and screen icon Al Waxman, according to Guelph Mercury. For Priestley, who catapulted to international fame on "Beverly Hills, 90210," he sees the Walk of Fame as an inspirational symbol for Canadian youth of the ability to aspire to and achieve their loftiest goals. "So you're from Thunder Bay, so you're from Bella Coola, British Columbia — it doesn't matter," said the Vancouver-born star. "You can become a famous artist, you can become a famous musician, you can write a New York Times bestselling novel. To be recognized by my country for my body of work and what I've accomplished in my lifetime is beyond humbling." The "Sunglasses at Night" hitmaker was among six honourees celebrated at the Walk of Fame induction ceremony on Thursday. Don't be afraid to chase your dreams and don't be afraid to dream big. She recalled how her father, a Holocaust survivor, started a slipper factory in 1950s — the same building which now houses the Walk of Fame office. "My parents proved to me that anything is possible in this country," said Beker. "Dreams can come true, if you really believe and you're fearless and you're tenacious. ... "To be celebrated at home like this is really something." Sittler, a former Toronto Maple Leafs captain, said it was "pretty neat" to have his newly minted star in the same city where he is also featured on the Legends Row monument with other former Leafs greats outside the Air Canada Centre. That what the Walk of Fame is really all about." For Beker, who hosted the long-running and internationally syndicated "Fashion Television," there was an air of serendipity around the honour. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

referendum strategy: The winner — to be announced Friday night on the heels of an all-members vote — will inherit a fractured party, short on new blood and rife with personal and policy divisions, according to The Waterloo Record. Far from reconciling the various factions that make up what is left of the PQ coalition, the leadership campaign has exacerbated differences on referendum strategy and highlighted divisions on the party approach to the accommodation of religious minorities. But that is the fate that awaits the next leader of the Parti Québécois, whoever he or she might be. This week vote is not expected to resolve those issues. Former provincial minister Martine Ouellet made the holding of a referendum on Quebec independence at the first opportunity the mantra of her campaign. On the contrary, it could lead to more showdowns and possibly a party schism on the road to a general Quebec election scheduled for 2018. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

skills: The centre will focus on "emerging skills" such as cognitive computing, artificial intelligence and data-visualization, he said. "These jobs that we're bringing here, these will be software engineering jobs, they'll be data science jobs, and this will be a place where we build software-enabled tools and products that we use around the world in all of our businesses," Smith said. "What we're looking for here are the skills that are helping technology reshape the way all of us work and live each and every day." The prime minister, premier and Toronto mayor were all on hand for the announcement Friday, with Justin Trudeau touting the company commitment as one that required no government funding or tax incentives, according to The Waterloo Record. All that is being provided by the federal government is help to ensure smooth immigration for Thomson Reuters' top employees, including Smith. "This was about smoothing red tape processes that we were happy to do for Thomson Reuters, but indeed we're happy to do in general to draw in top-notch global companies who are creating great jobs for Canadians," he said. Related Stories Thomson Reuters to expand in... Hiring is set to begin in December, with the potential for up to 1,500 jobs, said Thomson Reuters' president and CEO Jim Smith. Thomson Reuters chose to locate the centre in Toronto, in order to access the technology workers within the region, Smith said. "What we found in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor is a very rich vein of talent: 200,000 high-tech workers, a network of 16 universities, graduating 4,500 high-tech enabled people each and every year, an incredibly diverse community and an established network of public-private partnerships that can come up with things like Communitech, DMZ, and MaRS." Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne credited her government policies for creating the conditions that attracted Thomson Reuters. "Thomson Reuters came, looked at what was happening here in Ontario, saw the talent, saw the ecosystem and saw the opportunity to expand their operations here," she said. Thomson Reuters originated in Canada and owned a national chain of newspapers before it diversified and evolved into an information services provider to the financial, legal and other professional communities. The provincial government has spent much effort and money fostering the innovation sector in the Toronto-Waterloo corridor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

washington post: On Friday afternoon, The Washington Post and NBC News released a 2005 video on which Trump describes trying to have sex with a married woman, according to Brandon Sun. He also brags about women letting him kiss and grab them because he is famous."When you're a star they let you do it," Trump says. "You can do anything."He adds seconds later, "Grab them by the p----. You can do anything."Within hours, the shock of the video led to widespread condemnation from inside Trump own party. Bill Clinton has actually abused women."Turning to his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Trump accused her of having "bullied, attacked, shamed and intimidated" her husband "victims."Related Items Articles Republicans tell Trump to quit, billionaire vows to press on Tolls rises as Haiti digs out from Hurricane Matthew Trump 90-second statement capped a jarring day that threatened to sink his presidential campaign and sent Republicans into a panic with early voting well underway in several states and a little more than a month until Election Day. House Speaker Paul Ryan said he was sickened by Trump comments, while a one-sentence response from GOP chairman was devastating."No woman should ever be described in these terms or talked about in this manner. Ryan added tartly that Trump was "no longer attending" a joint campaign appearance set for Saturday in Wisconsin. Ever," said Reince Priebus, who had stood by Trump through his past provocative comments. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian values: For days my email inbox was flooded with angry, anti-immigrant rhetoric from readers who believe Leitch, who is seeking the federal Conservative leadership, is on the right path with her call for tighter screening to weed out potential newcomers and refugees found to hold anti-Canadian values, according to Toronto Star. The emails arrived at the same time as the release of a new poll by the Angus Reid Institute conducted for the CBC that found 68 per cent of those surveyed want to see minorities doing more to fit in to mainstream society. Bob Hepburn writes his inbox was flooded with "angry, anti-immigrant rhetoric from readers," after writing about Conservite MP Kellie Leitch desire to screen immigrants for "Canadian values." By Bob Hepburn Politics Thu., Oct. 6, 2016 I was saddened and appalled when the emails from readers began to pour in after I wrote last week about how it would be wrong to dismiss Kellie Leitch plan to screen potential immigrants as silly or unpopular. The survey also suggested more Canadians actually take a tougher line than Americans when it comes to believing that minority groups should assimilate or try to change once they arrive in their new country. Article Continued Below Taken together with polls earlier this year that indicate nearly half of Canadians opposed Ottawa plan to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees, the latest poll and the emails to me make it clear that Canada is not as warm to and accepting of immigrants as many would like to believe. Worse, that view seems to have hardened over the last two decades, according to the pollsters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadians people: It makes sense for a young country like Canada, which is made up of newcomers , to prioritize inclusiveness and to offer lessons to other countries on how to do this successfully, according to Huffington Post Canada. I enjoyed learning more about inclusiveness at 6 Degrees, particularly given that I work for Canada largest airport. Our country is known for its commitment to welcoming newcomers -- consider the arrival of 30,862 Syrian refugees to date. In fact, the area that surrounds the airport is home for many communities of new Canadians: people with energy and enthusiasm who are looking for employment opportunities -- not just to earn a living, but also to build connections within their new home. After all, our surrounding communities rely on one another to grow and thrive, and without one, we do not have the other. I happen to believe that airports have a unique opportunity to engage those around us and welcome newcomers to the neighbourhood. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

family: Her mom flew into Vancouver after learning of the shocking assault committed Tuesday morning in the Salish House residences, according to CTV. Hare said the family was completely caught off guard by what happened. "She was doing really well at UBC up to then, and we had no apprehension for her safety," he said. Oregon resident Michael Hare told CTV News his daughter, Mary, has been released from hospital after being treated for a gash on her neck, and is being looked after by her family. Witnesses said they were studying in the dorms when they heard screaming, and rushed over to find the victim being held with a knife to her throat. The RCMP university detachment has suggested the incident was not random, and that the victim and suspect knew each other, but the young woman father said the accused was no more than "a nodding acquaintance" to his daughter. "She said that she may have spoken to him once or twice, but she didn't really recall that even," Hare said. "He was certainly not in their friend group." The victim is staying at a hotel, rather than returning to campus. A Good Samaritan with martial arts training helped apprehend a suspect and hold him down until Mounties arrived. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jon belmar: Officer Blake Snyder, 33, was shot point-blank after encountering the man accused of causing the disturbance, Police Chief Jon Belmar said, according to CTV. The 18-year-old man who shot Snyder was inside a car, and a second officer who arrived moments later fired at the suspect, hitting him several times, Belmar said. Louis County police officer was shot and killed Thursday, moments after responding to an early-hour disturbance call in a normally quiet, middle-class neighbourhood. The suspect, whose name was not immediately released, is white. The white officer who shot him was not hurt. He was hospitalized in critical but stable condition. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minister trudeau: Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived on Parliament Hill on September 22 to continue talks with Prime Minister Trudeau, during which an agreement was signed by the two countries to begin exploratory talks on a Free Trade Agreement, according to Rabble. Discussions of a proposed extradition treaty also continued, which provoked swift outcry in Canada after its announcement on September 13. We, the undersigned organizations and supporters, call on the Canadian government to put human rights, especially free expression and press freedom, at the heart of the "renewed" Canada-China relationship. China is one of the worst perpetrators of crimes that silence the voices of activists, journalists, artists and others who exercise their right to freedom of expression. China has one of the highest numbers ofimprisoned journalists in the world and is among the top 10 most-censored countries in the world, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The country culture of impunity, where rights violations go unpunished, is systematic, endemic and ever-growing. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minority communities: The perception that law enforcement officers are rarely, if ever, punished for what some consider unethical behaviour , brutality and even criminal acts against black Americans has led to the rise of new social and civil rights movements like Black Lives Matter, according to Metro News. Police in turn have complained of being unfairly stereotyped as the enemy by minority communities in which they serve. The increasing number of graphic photos and videos depicting the deaths of black men, women and children at the hands of police officers has sparked unrest around the nation. They have noted that they've increased monitoring of officer behaviour through cameras placed in their vehicles and carried by officers during interactions with the public and increased training for officers and personnel.___WHERE THEY STANDHillary Clinton has been criticized by activists for some of her positions — she once, for example, supported "superpredator" laws that were meant to combat a supposed wave of lawless children. She also expressed regret for talking about superpredators in the past. During the Democratic primary she used the phrase "All Lives Matter" — words that some have invoked as pushback against the concerns of Black Lives Matter while others have uttered the phrase without intending to challenge the movement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

officers: Federal regulators had said 122 "detention officers" who monitored immigrant detainees were wrongly classified as "operations counsellors ."Detention officers made $30.97 an hour, according to Metro News. Counselors made $11.29 an hour.CEC says it feels the employees worked under a collective bargaining agreement and didn't have the duties or skill sets of "detention officers."County officials say they're happy an amicable resolution was reached. The U.S. Labor Department says in a statement dated Sept. 29 that Essex County and Community Education Center, Inc. paid workers at Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark lower wages than is legally required.CEC provides re-entry and in-detention treatment services. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

olympic stadium: It turns out that St-Pierre, who is preparing for a return to the octagon after a three-year hiatus, is a big supporter of gymnastics and has practised it in the past. "I love gymnastics," the 35-year-old said. "To make a parallel with martial arts, it not a sport, it a discipline of life. "Whatever you do — you roll over, or your cat is in a tree and you have to climb up — it gymnastics, according to Hamilton Spectator. It is everything that has to do with movement. The two athletes were announced on Wednesday as ambassadors for the 2017 world artistic gymnastics championships, to be staged in October, 2017 at Olympic Stadium. And when you do it at a young age, it helps build the foundation that can translate to any other sport. To have him support the championships and gymnastics in Canada is super cool." The world championships, which coincides with the city 375th anniversary celebrations, is to be held in a 10,000-seat "theatre" arrangement inside the 55,000-seat Olympic Stadium. That why I think it so important." Canadian Olympic gymnast Scott Morgan of North Vancouver, B.C., said St-Pierre is no stranger to the sport. "We've been here for a few training camps over the years and he popped in a couple of times and chatted with us," said Morgan. "He wanted to meet us. "He a great guy, really humble and a huge advocate for the sport. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

council president: Russia U.N. Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, the current council president, expressed hope that the council will recommend Guterres by "acclamation" to the 193-member General Assembly, which must approve a successor to Ban Ki-moon, whose second five-year term ends Dec. 31, according to The Waterloo Record. Guterres topped all six informal polls in the council after receiving high marks from almost every diplomat for his performance in the first-ever question-and-answer sessions for candidates in the General Assembly. The Security Council is scheduled to meet behind closed doors Thursday morning for a formal vote on Guterres' candidacy. He was the only candidate of the 10 in the race to receive no "discourage" votes in Wednesday poll, which was the first to use colored ballots to distinguish the votes of the five veto-wielding permanent members — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France. Guterres will almost certainly select a woman as deputy secretary-general and he said in the interview that one of the things that is "crucial" at the male-dominated United Nations is "to have gender parity." He said that his 10 years as the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, which ended in December, were "excellent preparation" for a secretary-general who needs to be an honest broker and be seen by countries as independent in order to promote consensus and overcome crises. "I think we are living in a world where we see a multiplication of new conflicts, and you see an enormous difficulty in solving the conflicts," Guterres said. "There is a clear lack of capacity in the international community to prevent and to solve conflicts." What needed, he said, is a new "diplomacy for peace" which requires discreet diplomatic contacts and shuttling among key players in conflicts and disputes. The result disappointed campaigners for a woman or East European to be the world top diplomat for the first time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mike pence: Mike Pence, R-Indiana, had to defend the indefensible Donald Trump, according to The Waterloo Record. To a large extent, he did so by conjuring up a candidate who does not exist — a Reaganesque supporter of a muscular foreign policy, small government and traditional Christian values. In that sense, it was an unfair fight: Gov. It was as if he was defending the running mate he wished he had. When Sen. To the extent that Pence succeeded Tuesday evening, it was in landing blows on Hillary Clinton while declining to defend Trump proposals and record. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minority communities: The perception that law enforcement officers are rarely, if ever, punished for what some consider unethical behaviour, brutality and even criminal acts against black Americans has led to the rise of new social and civil rights movements like Black Lives Matter, according to Brandon Sun. Police in turn have complained of being unfairly stereotyped as the enemy by minority communities in which they serve. The increasing number of graphic photos and videos depicting the deaths of black men, women and children at the hands of police officers has sparked unrest around the nation. They have noted that they've increased monitoring of officer behaviour through cameras placed in their vehicles and carried by officers during interactions with the public and increased training for officers and personnel.___WHERE THEY STANDHillary Clinton has been criticized by activists for some of her positions — she once, for example, supported "superpredator" laws that were meant to combat a supposed wave of lawless children. She also expressed regret for talking about superpredators in the past. During the Democratic primary she used the phrase "All Lives Matter" — words that some have invoked as pushback against the concerns of Black Lives Matter while others have uttered the phrase without intending to challenge the movement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

olympic stadium: It turns out that St-Pierre, who is preparing for a return to the octagon after a three-year hiatus, is a big supporter of gymnastics and has practised it in the past. "I love gymnastics," the 35-year-old said. "To make a parallel with martial arts, it not a sport, it a discipline of life. "Whatever you do — you roll over, or your cat is in a tree and you have to climb up — it gymnastics, according to The Waterloo Record. It is everything that has to do with movement. The two athletes were announced on Wednesday as ambassadors for the 2017 world artistic gymnastics championships, to be staged in October, 2017 at Olympic Stadium. And when you do it at a young age, it helps build the foundation that can translate to any other sport. To have him support the championships and gymnastics in Canada is super cool." The world championships, which coincides with the city 375th anniversary celebrations, is to be held in a 10,000-seat "theatre" arrangement inside the 55,000-seat Olympic Stadium. That why I think it so important." Canadian Olympic gymnast Scott Morgan of North Vancouver, B.C., said St-Pierre is no stranger to the sport. "We've been here for a few training camps over the years and he popped in a couple of times and chatted with us," said Morgan. "He wanted to meet us. "He a great guy, really humble and a huge advocate for the sport. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people: That he shouts and talks right over people, according to Huffington Post Canada. No, believe it or not, that the least of it. That he rarely, if ever, tells the truth. What much worse is, his lack of manners, his disdain for minorities, immigrants, women, rules, the law and just about everyone who dares to disagree with him is contagious. It everywhere. It catching on. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

policy divisions: By Chantal Hébert National Affairs Columnist Thu., Oct. 6, 2016 MONTREAL—It is hard enough to be an opposition leader without starting out with knives sticking out of one back, according to Toronto Star. But that is the fate that awaits the next leader of the Parti Québécois, whoever he or she might be. He believes the charter episode has cut off the party not only from more recent Quebecers but also from younger voters, writes Chantal Hébert. The winner — to be announced Friday night on the heels of an all-members vote — will inherit a fractured party, short on new blood and rife with personal and policy divisions. This week vote is not expected to resolve those issues. Far from reconciling the various factions that make up what is left of the PQ coalition, the leadership campaign has exacerbated differences on referendum strategy and highlighted divisions on the party approach to the accommodation of religious minorities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

population targets: Currently, Canadians 65 and over account for 16 per cent of the total population, but the ratio is expected to rise to 24 per cent in the next two decades, according to the report by the Conference Board of Canada, released Thursday, according to Toronto Star. With a birth rate hovering around 1.55 children per woman and a longer life expectancy, researchers examined five scenarios of population targets between now and the year 2100, and their impact on labour force growth and government expenditures for health care and old age security benefits. By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Thu., Oct. 6, 2016 Ottawa will need to raise its annual immigration level by one-third to 407,000 by 2030 to sustain its economic growth amid an aging population, says a new report on Canada demographic trends. The aging of Canada population will have a significant impact on Canada potential economic growth. Weaker economic growth over the long term will limit the amount of revenue that governments in Canada collect over the forecast period at a time when the aging of Canada population will require significantly more expenditures. . . Higher immigration can increase the growth of Canada labour force over the long term and generate higher economic growth. Weaker labour force growth will have a negative impact on household spending, while a more slowly expanding economy will engender less investment spending, warns the 54-page report. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

referendum strategy: The winner — to be announced Friday night on the heels of an all—members vote — will inherit a fractured party, short on new blood and rife with personal and policy divisions, according to The Chronicle Herald. Far from reconciling the various factions that make up what is left of the PQ coalition, the leadership campaign has exacerbated differences on referendum strategy and highlighted divisions on the party approach to the accommodation of religious minorities. But that is the fate that awaits the next leader of the Parti Québécois, whoever he or she might be. This week vote is not expected to resolve those issues. Former provincial minister Martine Ouellet made the holding of a referendum on Quebec independence at the first opportunity the mantra of her campaign. On the contrary, it could lead to more showdowns and possibly a party schism on the road to a general Quebec election scheduled for 2018. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.