refugee protection: Goodale told CBC radio his American counterparts will be fully informed of the circumstances that Canada is dealing with and fully apprised of the consequences that we're dealing with on our side of the border, according to Hamilton Spectator. What Mr. Mr. Goodale hasn't told Canadians is what Ottawa expects the U.S. to do about the situation. It requires claimants to seek refugee protection in the first safe country where they arrive. Nor has he been decisive about how Ottawa is going to manage the influx of refugee claimants more than 100 people in 2017 alone . The Safe Third Country Agreement between Canada and the U.S. hasn't been much use here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lars hagberg: A smaller community makes the transition easier, according to Toronto Star. There is no hustle and bustle, and people here do have time for me. Lars Hagberg for the Toronto Star By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Sun., March 5, 2017 Richard Joseph had never heard of Belleville, but the immigrant from India is now calling it home and loving it. It would have taken me much longer to settle down in a big city like Toronto, said the 35-year-old from Bangalore, a metropolitan city in India with a population of nine million. The salaries are not as high as in the big cities, but the cost of living is lower. There are more opportunities and less competition here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

naturalization test: Escobar took the exam earlier in the week in Miami, according to Metro News. The greatest thing that can happen to you is to be a citizen of this great country, Escobar said Sunday through a translator. More than a decade after his harrowing escape from Cuba, Los Angeles Angels third baseman Yunel Escobar has passed his naturalization test to become a U.S. citizen. Escobar fled Cuba in 2004 at age 21, leaving on a boat. Escobar said the toughest part of the process was studying for the test. He said giving up his Cuban citizenship was difficult, but I also know this is the country that is providing for me now and in the future. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

per-cent increase: Proponents say micro loans speed up the process and pay off big time for the federal treasury, yet they can't keep up with a demand that will likely grow with the Liberal government's plan to welcome more economic immigrants to the country in 2017, according to CBC. Jean-Bruno Villeneuve, spokesperson for Patty Hajdu, the minister of employment, workforce development and labour, said a three-year pilot that was launched in 2011 under the Conservatives demonstrated that loans sped up the credential recognition process, led to a 47-per-cent increase in full-time employment and eased reliance on government income assistance. One of the biggest barriers for newly arrived doctors, dentists, engineers and high-tech professionals is coming up with the cash to pay for the required licensing fees, exams and training upgrades. We were very pleased with the results of the pilot, and we're working hard on a framework for a more permanent policy, he told CBC News. Can't tip our hand here either way, the official said. Syrian doctors face years of retraining Skilled immigrants struggle to find jobs Fund helps foreign-trained workers get jobs A spokesperson for Finance Minister Bill Morneau would not say if a new foreign credentials loan program would be included in this year's budget. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

wounds: A seriously ill 16-year-old boy died being helped on board, police said, according to Metro News. The agency said the migrants 358 men, 29 women and 116 children, including babies sailed from Libya last week in rubber dinghies and wooden boats. The Norwegian Police Service says the Siem Pilot arrived Sunday in the Sicilian port of Catania with 503 migrants on board. It said many of them were injured, some with gunshot wounds, burn injuries and head wounds. Police said two people on board suspected of being human traffickers were detained and handed over to Italian authorities for further investigation. It did not explain the reasons for the wounds or injuries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

phoebe philo: Those include Britain's Phoebe Philo at Celine, Italy's Maria Grazia Chiuri at Dior, Japan's Yoshiyuki Miyamae at Issey Miyake, Georgia's David Koma at Mugler and Lebanon's Elie Saab, according to Brandon Sun. On the immigration front, France's culture minister told The Associated Press that the Parisian fashion industry which relies heavily on foreign talent is under threat owing to the rise of nationalism. Here are some highlights from Sunday's star-filled Paris shows including how a 9-year-old fashionista turned heads at Valentino.BLUE IS Colour OF SEASONWhile its exact symbolism is up for debate, one thing is certain blue is the colour of the season.A host of designers have all used the symbolically-charged hue in their fall-winter collections. VALENTINO RAVISHES IN THOUGHTFUL COLLECTIONWhat do you get if you combine Victorian-era styles with those of Italian Postmodern design Designer Pierpaolo Piccioli gave us a pretty good idea in his gentle and thoughtful Valentino collection Sunday that took both for inspiration. Silhouettes were softly geometric and hung loosely from the shoulder. His high 19th-century collars fused with the geometry of the Memphis Group, a design and architecture group founded in Milan that created furniture, fabrics and objects in the 1980s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

calgary: Leitch thinks all immigrants, refugees and visitors to Canada should have a face-to-face interview with an immigration officer and be screened for Canadian values, according to CBC. Conservative leadership hopefuls vie for support in southern Alberta But immigration lawyer Evelyn Ackah questions Leitch's knowledge of the current system. Kellie Leitch told the Calgary Eyeopener Thursday the fact a video she put on social media last week has been viewed by so many people is proof her message on immigration is resonating with the public. Ackah, the managing lawyer at the Calgary firm Ackah Business Immigration Law, spoke to the Calgary Eyeopener Friday. Immigrating to Canada is a lot of work and years and years of effort and really expensive, Evelyn Ackah says. The following interview has been condensed and edited. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

court dockets: When the government attorney said he hadn't received the case file, Judge J. Dan Pelletier rescheduled the proceeding, according to CTV. Everybody would have to come back another day. But because of some missing paperwork, it was all for nothing. The sudden delay was just one example of the inefficiency witnessed by an Associated Press writer who observed hearings over two days in one of the nation's busiest immigration courts. Even before Trump became president, the nation's immigration courts were burdened with a record number of pending cases, a shortage of judges and frequent bureaucratic breakdowns. And that case is one of more than half a million weighing down court dockets across the country as President Donald Trump steps up enforcement of immigration laws. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

doors: Community Micro Skills Development Centre shut down its five locations in February, according to Toronto Star. Clients who showed up for their programs found the doors locked doors and a bankruptcy notice posted. Steve Russell / Toronto Star By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Sat., March 4, 2017 A settlement services agency that served northwest Toronto's immigrant community for 33 years has abruptly gone bankrupt and closed its doors, leaving 90 employees and hundreds of clients in the cold. My son called me from the Dixon Rd. office and said it was shut down. The staff there provided help with kids' homework, tutored individuals struggling in school. I could not believe it and had to walk over to look myself, said Doreen Bartley, an immigrant from Jamaica, whose son attended the youth programs at Micro Skills and volunteered there. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

film logan: Stewart, who is promoting the new film Logan, was asked to explain what he had called a fairly innocent tweet last month Had the worst sleep of my life last night, according to Huffington Post Canada. But I was sleeping less than 300 yds from where Donald Trump sleeps. The X-Men star said on The View on Thursday that he is becoming an American citizen so he can fight President Donald Trump. Could there be a connection Patrick Stewart Sir PatStew February 10, 2017 I did not directly insult your president, he said. He's not mine either, Stewart said, since he is a British citizen. Not mine, co-host Whoopi Goldberg interjected to applause. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

funeral arrangements: Stojanovic's family said Saturday that he had died in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, according to The Chronicle Herald. The cause of death and funeral arrangements weren't immediately known. He was 73. Stojanovic was known for his liberal democratic ideas both in communist-run Yugoslavia and after the country broke up in a nationalist euphoria that triggered a series of ethnic wars. Stojanovic was sentenced to three years in prison, while the film was released in 1990s. Stojanovic's film Plastic Jesus was banned in the 1970s because of its criticism of totalitarian regimes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration services: The stricter policy has brought new attention to a labyrinth of an immigration system where simply deporting someone is never a simple or time-efficient task, according to CTV. Months, if not years, can pass. Now any immigrant charged or convicted of any offence, or even suspected of a crime, has become an enforcement priority for federal authorities. In the end, if the case is lost, the immigrant may find him or herself on a bus or plane heading back to his or her home country. If an individual caught along the border makes a claim for asylum, he or she will have their claim reviewed by an asylum officer with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But what exactly happens between the time someone is taken into custody and when they leave the U.S. Some basics on the court and deportation process EXPEDITED REMOVALS Under current policies, immigrants who are detained within 100 miles of the border and who have been in the country less than 14 days can be deported immediately, without being processed through the immigration courts. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

juan coronilla-guerrero: Betts says he doesn't know if Coronilla-Guerrero will be deported but his family is looking for an immigration lawyer, according to Metro News. He says Coronilla-Guerrero was previously deported in 2008.A federal grand jury this week indicted an immigrant woman on one count of illegal re-entry into the U.S. after she was recently arrested by authorities in an El Paso courthouse while obtaining a protection order against an abusive boyfriend. Attorney Daniel Betts says Juan Coronilla-Guerrero was arrested Friday by plain-clothed Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers at the Travis County Courthouse in Austin. Both cases follow an immigration crackdown around the country under new President Donald Trump. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

judge j: When the government attorney said he hadn't received the case file, Judge J. Dan Pelletier rescheduled the proceeding, according to The Chronicle Herald. Everybody would have to come back another day. But because of some missing paperwork, it was all for nothing. The sudden delay was just one example of the inefficiency witnessed by an Associated Press writer who observed hearings over two days in one of the nation's busiest immigration courts. Even before Trump became president, the nation's immigration courts were burdened with a record number of pending cases, a shortage of judges and frequent bureaucratic breakdowns. And that case is one of more than half a million weighing down court dockets across the country as President Donald Trump steps up enforcement of immigration laws. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

justice department: The Justice Department argued that Trump intends to rescind the order and replace it with a new, substantially revised executive order that may influence the shape of the legal issues ... in ways relevant to the class certification question, according to CTV. After being repeatedly postponed, a White House official said Thursday a replacement order now won't be unveiled until next week at the earliest. U.S. District Judge James Robart, who halted enforcement of Trump's immigration order nationwide in February in a separate case brought by the states of Washington and Minnesota, said in his order that the federal government could have more time before responding to plaintiff's efforts to have the case certified as a class-action lawsuit. Robart also said he understood the frustrations of the parents and Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, who filed the lawsuit, over Trump administration statements that seemingly contradict those made by federal government lawyers. Nevertheless, Robart said, the court will continue to rely on statements coming from the federal attorneys. The court understands Plaintiffs' frustrations concerning statements emanating from President Trump's administration that seemingly contradict representations of the federal government's lawyers in this and other litigation before the court, the order said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

macdonald government: I come from the Great Plains, according to CBC. My people originally lived in the Cypress Hills and our chief wanted a reserve there after he signed Treaty 6. On one hand, it could be traced to the source of many of our woes, and on the other, it could be an important part of our future success. The government would have nothing of it and we were sent north to the Battle River, west of Fort Battleford. As far as they were concerned, the Indigenous people really had no place in the new country of Canada. The John A. MacDonald government was adamant that they would clear the plains and open them up for the railways and settlement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mcmaster student: Islamophobia is a powerful weapon, said Lina Assi, a McMaster student and member of Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights, according to Hamilton Spectator. It's no less damaging than a missile fired from an F16 plane. That's the message as about 300 people converged on Hamilton City Hall on Saturday in rival demonstrations that saw tears and yelling matches halted by Hamilton Police. Assi was one of a handful of speakers for Hamilton Against Fascism, a group rallying in response to an opposing protest planned for the same time and location. But the CCCC was largely outnumbered outside City Hall. The Canadian Coalition of Concerned Citizens CCCC a Montreal-based group fighting M-103 a government motion to condemn Islamophobia and track incidents of hate crimes first said they would rally in Hamilton as part of 66 protests in cities across the country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pharmacy assistant: She was part of the first group of licensees and subsequently served on the OCP Discipline Committee, according to Hamilton Spectator. At the time I arrived in Canada, I considered becoming a pharmacist. Arriving in Hamilton in June of 1995, she began working as a pharmacy assistant at Marchese Health Care and soon became one of the first in Ontario to be licensed by the Ontario College of Pharmacists OCP . Sunjic not only completed the courses and exams, she also participated in the working group that informed the standards and processes. The practical and financial reality made that option impossible, she recalls. Today, Sunjic is a registered pharmacy technician RPhT and has risen to the position of supervisor of medication management services at Marchese. However, working at Marchese gave me the opportunity to work, grow and lead in a challenging, varied and highly professional pharmacy environment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

professor emeritus: Bassler, a professor emeritus at Memorial University, interviewed Smallwood in the mid-'80s and used the material for his new book, according to CBC. He spoke with CBC Radio host Anthony Germain about Escape Hatch. The province's first premier wanted to keep residents from leaving the island for the mainland after Confederation, and he thought mass employment through industry was the answer. Below is an edited version of that conversation. Smallwood called Newfoundland's offer for them to come get away from communism and find a place to invest in North America, which was difficult for Germans at the time. Escape Hatch what's the significance of the title The title was actually taken from an interview I had with Smallwood. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sudanese soldier: I couldn't even bury him, she said recently from the safety of the Parolinya refugee settlement in northern Uganda, according to Hamilton Spectator. I knew that if I stayed for five more minutes, I would be next. Still, she pushed the door to her home open just far enough to see her dead husband's body slumped against a chair, dragged inside as a cruel joke by the South Sudanese soldier who had shot him multiple times in the chest. Saima found her husband dead in January, two days after troops loyal to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir attacked the village of Loka Round in Lainya County, some 100 km southwest of the capital of Juba. When it finally did, she hid with her five children in nearby brush. For months, Saima had followed the news of a government offensive, tracing the army's rampage through the country's southern equatorial regions and wondering when it would reach her. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

unemployment insurance: It was launched by Martin Schulz, the bearded, professorial candidate of the centre-left Social Democrats a party whose politics are roughly comparable to Canada's Liberals, according to Globe and Mail. He pulled his party sharply to the populist left with a campaign aimed at pocketbook issues, promising to use his country's extraordinary wealth to build wages and benefits. But German politics and media have now been consumed by a more prosaic debate one involving unemployment insurance, pensions, health care, housing. Germany is the world's largest exporter in good part because the Social Democrats, in the early 2000s, forced wages and social-assistance payments down. Merkel are socking it out over bread-and-butter politics rather than heady matters of ethnic identity and immigration. Suddenly, he and Ms. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

youth programs: Clients who showed up for their programs found the doors locked doors and a bankruptcy notice posted, according to Metro News. My son called me from the Dixon Rd. office and said it was shut down. Community Micro Skills Development Centre shut down its five locations in February. I could not believe it and had to walk over to look myself, said Doreen Bartley, an immigrant from Jamaica, whose son attended the youth programs at Micro Skills and volunteered there. They offered counselling, job and social programs. The staff there provided help with kids' homework, tutored individuals struggling in school. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

erik gudbranson: They traded away two of my favourite players in Alex Burrows and Jannik Hansen, who won't be winning any more Unsung Hero awards, according to Vancouver Courier. And their rhetoric made it almost seem like they're acknowledging that it's a rebuild. It's hard to avoid that feeling, right At the trade deadline, the Canucks admitted, perhaps most of all to themselves, that they're rebuilding and won't be making the playoffs this season. With two new young prospects in tow, it's enough to make you feel like the future is bright. Oh!The Canucks sent Jared McCann 24th overall and the 33rd overall pick to the Florida Panthers for Erik Gudbranson, ignoring for the moment the fourth and fifth round picks that also exchanged hands. But then one tweet brought me back down to earth passittobulis they have now successfully replaced the two young assets that they wasted on a 3rd pairing defenseman who's already redundant Aaron nobikes March 3, 2017Oh. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

funeral arrangements: Stojanovic's family said Saturday that he had died in Belgrade, the Serbian capital, according to Brandon Sun. The cause of death and funeral arrangements weren't immediately known. He was 73. Stojanovic was known for his liberal democratic ideas both in communist-run Yugoslavia and after the country broke up in a nationalist euphoria that triggered a series of ethnic wars. Stojanovic was sentenced to three years in prison, while the film was released in 1990s. Stojanovic's film Plastic Jesus was banned in the 1970s because of its criticism of totalitarian regimes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

judge j: When the government attorney said he hadn't received the case file, Judge J. Dan Pelletier rescheduled the proceeding, according to Brandon Sun. Everybody would have to come back another day. But because of some missing paperwork, it was all for nothing. The sudden delay was just one example of the inefficiency witnessed by an Associated Press writer who observed hearings over two days in one of the nation's busiest immigration courts. Even before Trump became president, the nation's immigration courts were burdened with a record number of pending cases, a shortage of judges and frequent bureaucratic breakdowns. And that case is one of more than half a million weighing down court dockets across the country as President Donald Trump steps up enforcement of immigration laws. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mosque: Its name is intolerance, according to The Waterloo Record. Anti-Semitic graffiti found on public buildings. It began as ripple and threatens us with a tsunami. Vandalism of a Jewish cemetery in Missouri last weekend. The news is rife with incidents of racism, sexism, homophobia, xenophobia and the apparent inability or unwillingness of humanity to understand, accept and accommodate our differences, the very thing that has made us the most successful species on the planet. An attack on a Quebec City mosque that left six people dead last month. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.