canadian government: The prison authorities have said he is likely reoffend or even kill, according to Toronto Star. Are we waiting for a innocent life to be taken away or many more young women be the victims of this beast The authorities have indicated clearly he should not be released from prison if released he should be stripped of his Canadian Citizenship and deported immediately to his country where he came from. Interesting to note that this offender, despite having served his sentence for his criminal behaviour, is not rehabilitated to live in our society. The Canadian government should exercise all the legal power to deport this individual, with no chance to return. Article Continued Below Kingsley George, Markham Why is deportation not mandatory upon conviction and the order served at that time. We live in a multi-cultural society with a lot of pride being a Canadian in our peace loving country and do not need this rapist to be amongst us. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chanie wenjack: But to mark the country's 150th birthday, they also want pitches that reflect a fresh vision to capture new audiences, according to Metro News. We asked some Canadian directors and producers who they think should be considered Tracey Deer creator of TV series Mohawk Girls The pick Ellen Gabriel, a young Mohawk activist and spokeswoman for the Kanesatake Mohawk during the 1990 Oka Crisis. Historica Canada says they'll produce two new one-minute films this year that join recent additions like the stories of Viola Desmond and Chanie Wenjack. Her story As a longtime human rights advocate, Gabriel has been a voice for Canada's indigenous community. Why Here was this young woman who stepped to the forefront as a voice of the Mohawk people and was an advocate of a peaceful solution, Deer says. She has also participated at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

donald trump: We have seen here a rise in that type of response, the 'go home', the 'speak English here'. We don't want this kind of things, that kind of responses, that we never saw here in Newfoundland ever, said Jose Rivera, the organization's executive director, according to CBC. People are coming to us more and more with complaints that racism's happening. It's permeating. Rivera said he believes the election of Donald Trump, his comments about Mexican immigrants being rapists and murderers, and his calls to ban Muslims may not have changed people's minds in this province, but now they may feel it's more acceptable to express that view. U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and Mexico's President Enrique Pena Nieto shake hands at a press conference. What we see as the first impact is the empowerment of racism and discrimination because of what's happening in the United States, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

chanie wenjack: But to mark the country's 150th birthday, they also want pitches that reflect a fresh vision to capture new audiences, according to Brandon Sun. We asked some Canadian directors and producers who they think should be considered Tracey Deer creator of TV series Mohawk Girls The pick Ellen Gabriel, a young Mohawk activist and spokeswoman for the Kanesatake Mohawk during the 1990 Oka Crisis. Historica Canada says they'll produce two new one-minute films this year that join recent additions like the stories of Viola Desmond and Chanie Wenjack. Her story As a longtime human rights advocate, Gabriel has been a voice for Canada's indigenous community. Why Here was this young woman who stepped to the forefront as a voice of the Mohawk people and was an advocate of a peaceful solution, Deer says. She has also participated at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

french-speaking universities: A research team based at the Universit du Qu bec Montr al surveyed 9,284 people who work or study at six of the province's French-speaking universities, according to CBC. How recent campus controversies forced a debate about rape culture in Quebec They found that more than 3,400 respondents or 36.9 per cent reported being a victim of some form of sexual violence by someone linked to their university. The violence ranged from verbal sexual harassment to sexual assault. Among those who reported being victims, almost 42 per cent said they experienced two or three forms of sexual victimization. Thousands gather across Quebec to denounce rape culture For the general population, yes it's shocking. The lead author of the study, Manon Bergeron of the department of sexology at UQAM, said the prevalence of sexual victimization on campus wasn't surprising to her researcher team. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ignatieff: We demanded adherence to single national identities from Ignatieff and Jean, anything beyond simply Canadian' raised suspicions of their loyalties, but of Boyden we seem to have a shifting line in the sand, according to Toronto Star. Only Boyden knows the truth about his heritage. Tanya Talaga / Toronto Star By Shree Paradkar Columnist Mon., Jan. 16, 2017 Remember Michael Ignatieff, whom Canadians rejected for being an out-of-touch American Ivy League elitist Remember the furor over former governor-general Micha lle Jean's dual Canadian/French citizenship To that mix add the controversy of Giller Prize-winning author Joseph Boyden's questionable indigenous ancestry. On record are claims he has made over the years to various indigenous communities. Is a person Christian because they go to church Or is it because they behave in a Christian manner Can they be Christian because they believe they are Or do they have to be formally accepted by a designated leader A statement by Boyden on Wednesday did not make matters any clearer. An investigation by APTN found none could be backed up or verified, meaning the media's favourite indigenous spokesman is likely a privileged white guy who used up space and awards and grants earmarked for indigenous artists all of which he recently denied . Article Continued Below Racial and ethnic identities are like religious identity, a tricky, fluid business. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

self-control mr: Today, the self-control Mr, according to Globe and Mail. Le Pen lamented has been breached at the highest levels, with unknown consequences for societies that depend upon accommodation for social peace. In the 1980s, Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's National Front, alluded to Muslim immigration on large billboards that proclaimed, Le Pen says aloud what everyone thinks to himself. Sarah Kendzior Donald Trump's shakedown of the American dream The Trump Show What makes the man who will become president tick Subscribers Will history be the greatest enemy of Trumponomics The liberal triumphalism of the 1990s after the fall of the Soviet Union may partly account for our inattention, but there may be a more pertinent cause. We matured in the postwar era, as the international community created a multitude of protective institutions such as the United Nations. Few in the world today were reasoning adults when the Second World War ended in 1945. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

league soccer: Bernier, the team captain, has been a stalwart on and off the field since returning to the Impact when the club joined Major League Soccer in 2012, according to Hamilton Spectator. It's a special year because it's my last, said Bernier, who will turn 38 on Sept. 23. The native of Brossard, Que., a young star in the defunct A-League in the early 2000s who later played nine years in Europe, signed a deal Monday to compete one final season with the Impact before joining the club's academy as a coach next year. It's been my aim for a while to finish when I was 38 and this contract lets me end my career here. Despite his age, he ended last season in the team's starting 11 as it surged to the Eastern Conference final. The five-foot-10 midfielder is one of the best players ever to come out of Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

middle class: Trudeau responded by saying both Canadian and American middle-class jobs depend on a good relationship between the prime minister and the U.S. president, according to CTV. As different on some levels as my approach is from the incoming president ... we both got elected on a commitment to help the middle class and we're going to be able to find common ground on doing the kinds of things that will help ordinary families right across the continent, he said. Talking in the centre of a hockey rink before about 3,000 people in Halifax on Monday, Trudeau responded to a question from an audience member who asked whether he expects he'll have to resist some of the Republican president's policies. He also said it will remain important for him to remind the American administration that Canada will retain certain policies such as openness to refugees and a gender-balanced cabinet. The town hall began more than 40 minutes late to allow people time to be seated. We're going to stay true to who we are. ... Is it going to be a challenge Sure, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minister theresa: The article, Trump's first U.K. interview since being elected, was published online on Monday, according to Hamilton Spectator. Britons voted to leave the EU at a referendum in June over issues including high levels of immigration. Trump told the Times of London that he will meet with British Prime Minister Theresa May soon after his inauguration. May has said she will trigger the process of leaving the bloc by March. We're gonna work very hard to get it done quickly and done properly. I love the U.K., Trump told the Times of London in an interview at Trump Tower in New York. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nicole kuczynski: In all, 14 ethnic groups participated, including Sudanese, Vietnamese, Mexican, Slovenian, Italian, and Eritrean, according to Hamilton Spectator. It's a good way to show each other our cultures, said Nicole Kuczynski, 19, in traditional Polish dress of the Krakowiak region of her parents' birth. The diverse parishes of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hamilton gathered for their 15th annual multicultural mass and celebrations. You see the differences, but we come together as one. This is a celebration of the beauty of being Canadian, and of course, Roman Catholic. Krystyna Pagoda, whose son was also dressed in the tradition of the same region, said Although we're Canadian, it's still my heritage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

points-based system: Immigrants are welcome in Canada because our immigration policy is based on economic self-interest rather than compassion, and because the points-based system ensures that no one ethnic group dominates others, according to Globe and Mail. And although the Ontario manufacturing sector has shed hundreds of thousands of jobs since 2000, the province as a whole is prospering, powered by the service-sector economy of Greater Toronto, the high-tech sector centred in Kitchener-Waterloo, and new, smaller, manufacturers springing up in Southwestern Ontario. Harper Conservatives also join other Canadians six-in-10, according to most polls in endorsing high levels of immigration. I reported on the Southwestern Ontario economy last February. If citizens trust their government to spend tax dollars on needed services, their police to treat them fairly, their central bank to protect a sound currency and so on, then populist uprisings will be few and weak. In this context, another word for happiness is trust. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sponsorship project: We wanted a practical project that we could achieve together, Amr Henni, from the group, explained Sunday, according to CBC. He said some of the family members they supported had not seen each for four years, having been displaced to different camps in Jordan and Lebanon. The Regina Multi-Faith Forum began their sponsorship project about 15 months ago. The most-recent family members arrived in Regina in mid-December. Today is a special one because we sponsored a Syrian refugee family and they arrived Dec. 16. On Sunday, during the group's event for World Religion Day, the family was introduced to the community. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

york centre: Though some have won their races, several high-profile Conservatives have not, according to CTV. Oliver, the former MP for Eglinton-Lawrence, was vying to become the PC candidate for York Centre ahead of the June 2018 Ontario election, but was defeated Sunday by lawyer Roman Baber. Oliver was one of several former Conservative MPs who were defeated in 2015 and have been trying to secure provincial nominations, attempting to hitch their wagons to a party doing well in the polls, and one that is helmed by their former caucus colleague. Though his victory may have surprised political observers, Baber suggested it didn't come as a huge shock to himself. Baber said before the nomination race the riding association had only about 100 members, and his campaign signed up 1,314 new members. I think it was generally known that we've been working very hard at this and made significant outreach efforts around York Centre, so we're happy those efforts paid off, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

climate change: Or three, according to Brandon Sun. Or 10. Or two. When throngs of women from around the nation converge on Washington for a march on the day after Donald Trump's inauguration, they will arrive driven by a multitude of motivations. We are not going to give the next president that much focus, says Linda Sarsour, a national march organizer and executive director of the Arab American Association of New York. Gay rights, gun control, immigrant rights, equal pay, reproductive freedom, racial justice, worker rights, climate change, support for vaccinations They all make the list of progressive causes that are attracting people to the Women's March on Washington and its sister marches across the country and the world this coming Saturday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lauren ravon: Oxfam released the report ahead of the World Economic Forum, which starts on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland, according to National Observer. The report is based on global wealth data from Credit Suisse and the Forbes billionaire list. Around the world, the gap between rich and poor is continuing to widen The world's eight richest people are as wealthy as the poorest half of the world down from 62 people the year before, Oxfam reported. What we're concerned about is that we're realizing the problem is getting worse, Lauren Ravon, Oxfam Canada's director of policy and campaigns told National Observer. The bottom 10 per cent saw just 3 per cent of the total, Oxfam reported. The income gap is getting worse Between 1988 and 2011, as incomes across Canada rose, 29 per cent of the total increase went to the wealthiest 10 per cent of Canadians. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

league soccer: Bernier, the team captain, has been a stalwart on and off the field since returning to the Impact when the club joined Major League Soccer in 2012, according to The Waterloo Record. It's a special year because it's my last, said Bernier, who will turn 38 on Sept. 23. The native of Brossard, Que., a young star in the defunct A-League in the early 2000s who later played nine years in Europe, signed a deal Monday to compete one final season with the Impact before joining the club's academy as a coach next year. It's been my aim for a while to finish when I was 38 and this contract lets me end my career here. Despite his age, he ended last season in the team's starting 11 as it surged to the Eastern Conference final. The five-foot-10 midfielder is one of the best players ever to come out of Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

middle class: Trudeau responded by saying both Canadian and American middle-class jobs depend on a good relationship between the prime minister and the U.S. president, according to The Waterloo Record. As different on some levels as my approach is from the incoming president ... we both got elected on a commitment to help the middle class and we're going to be able to find common ground on doing the kinds of things that will help ordinary families right across the continent, he said. Talking in the centre of a hockey rink before about 3,000 people in Halifax on Monday, Trudeau responded to a question from an audience member who asked whether he expects he'll have to resist some of the Republican president's policies. He also said it will remain important for him to remind the American administration that Canada will retain certain policies such as openness to refugees and a gender-balanced cabinet. While Trudeau spoke of supporting the middle class, some in the audience expressed concerns about the basic problems in their day-to-day lives, such as the crumbling infrastructure in local hospitals. We're going to stay true to who we are. ... Is it going to be a challenge Sure, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

york centre: Though some have won their races, several high-profile Conservatives have not, according to The Waterloo Record. Oliver, the former MP for Eglinton-Lawrence, was vying to become the PC candidate for York Centre ahead of the June 2018 Ontario election, but was defeated Sunday by lawyer Roman Baber. Oliver was one of several former Conservative MPs who were defeated in 2015 and have been trying to secure provincial nominations, attempting to hitch their wagons to a party doing well in the polls, and one that is helmed by their former caucus colleague. Though his victory may have surprised political observers, Baber suggested it didn't come as a huge shock to himself. Baber said before the nomination race the riding association had only about 100 members, and his campaign signed up 1,314 new members. I think it was generally known that we've been working very hard at this and made significant outreach efforts around York Centre, so we're happy those efforts paid off, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

coast guard: Only eight bodies have been recovered, according to Brandon Sun. In his noon blessing, Francis recalled that the theme of the church's World Day of Migrants celebrated Sunday concerned the particular vulnerability of young migrants our young brothers who often flee home alone and face so many dangers. Italy's coast guard said only four people survived the sinking of a migrant ship carrying around 100 people that went down 30 miles 50 kilometres off the Libyan coast on Saturday. We must adopt every possible measure to guarantee young migrants protection and defence, as well as integration, he said. Aid groups say if these young people survive the crossing, they are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and abuse by land-based traffickers once they reach Europe. The U.N. refugee agency has reported a sharp increase in the number of unaccompanied minors reaching Italy 25,846 last year, more than double the previous year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

i need: Four buses will leave Toronto Friday night to join them, according to CTV. At least three women from Waterloo will be part of that convoy, including Sara Bingham. The following day, thousands of women will march on Washington, D.C. in support of women's rights and to show solidarity with other marginalized communities. When I heard there was one bus going from Toronto to D.C., I knew immediately that I needed to be on there, Bingham said Sunday. Sunday's event has been dubbed the Women's March on Washington. If I can march for the future generations of women and girls, it's what I need to do. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

irish: When he described himself, I felt an immediate kinship, according to Hamilton Spectator. Boyden was raised in Toronto and he described his background as mostly Celtic his dad, Raymond, a Second World War hero, was Irish and his mom, Blanche, Scottish and Anishinaabe. Boyden spoke for nearly an hour, played the harmonica and held the crowd captive as he spoke of his battle with depression and attempted suicide when he was a teen. While I'm not Irish, I was raised outside of Toronto, my father was Polish Canadian, and my maternal grandmother, Margaret Dyck, is indigenous. She never lived on the reserve but in the bush, in Graham and Raith, places so small you would be pressed to find them on a map. She carries an Indian status card and her community is Fort William First Nation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jahangir alam: Details of the arrest procedures were not clear, according to CBC. The July 1 attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery, a popular restaurant frequented by foreigners and wealthy Bangladeshis, left 20 hostages, including 17 foreigners, dead. The suspect, Jahangir Alam, was picked up on Friday night in a raid in Tangail district, 120 kilometres north of the capital, Dhaka, said Monirul Islam, head of the Counterterrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police. U of T student cleared in deadly Bangladesh attack Five young men belonging to the domestic militant group Jumatul Mujahedeen Bangladesh, or JMB, stormed the restaurant, sprayed bullets and threw grenades, and slaughtered the hostages. ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack, but the government of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has denied that the Sunni extremist group has any presence in the country. Bloody crackdown The attack by the group, which is thought to be inspired by ISIS militants, demonstrated the rising threat of radical Islam in the South Asian country governed by largely secular laws. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

justice: We don't want to just be looking backward, but a lot of the issues that are so urgent today how we treat immigrants, racial justice issues are issues we have been working on for nearly our entire history, Cretin said, according to The Chronicle Herald. We don't believe peace is a destination. General Secretary Shan Cretin hopes both aspects of the exhibit inspire visitors. We believe it's a path. Founded by Quakers during World War I, the organization has been promoting peace and justice as an expression of faith in action. We always have to be working toward peace and justice in our lives. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minute drive: The electric Vancouver Whitecaps midfielder/forward, a native of the Gambia, had been living in Point Roberts, Wash., in order to build up the residency needed to qualify for American citizenship, according to Hamilton Spectator. Point Roberts is part of the U.S. but is not physically connected to it. Kekuta Manneh's days of commuting to work from the U.S. are over. The 1,200-hectare enclave is located on the southern tip of the Tsawwassen Peninsula, below the Vancouver suburb of Delta. But who wants to cross the border to get to work Some tips for international commuting. Depending on the traffic, it's about a 45-minute drive to Vancouver. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mr trump: I just feel that a lot of women and minorities are not respected by the Trump administration, or Mr, according to CBC. Trump himself, obviously. But she feels compelled to be part of the Women's March on Washington later this week. And I just felt very strongly that if there was any march or protest, I'd be very happy to join that, she said. It's billed as a demonstration in support of human rights. The march, planned for Saturday the day after Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. President is expected to draw tens of thousands of people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.