anti-poverty strategy: The coalition wants the government to change the rules so those earning less can keep more of the benefit, according to Hamilton Spectator. As well, it wants to increase payments with the cost of living, retroactive to when the new benefit was first introduced last July. It hopes that will cut child poverty rates in Canada in half by the end of the decade. The goal would be to reduce child poverty rates by 50 per cent by 2020, the group Campaign 2000 says in a written submission to the Justin Trudeau Liberal government, as part of federal consultations on a national anti-poverty strategy. Such measures, among others, would help to rework the social safety net to help more people climb out of poverty and contribute more to the economy, Khanna said in an interview. Anita Khanna, the group's national co-ordinator, also wants the government to consider more lucrative employment insurance benefits, including for new parents, and further expand job-training programs. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bill courtice: His dream of finding her, or catching the person responsible for her disappearance, remains very much alive, according to the two men tasked with finding out what happened to Ingrid, according to Hamilton Spectator. It may be 44 years, eight months and 28 days since she vanished, but Det. Months before he took his last breath, the 87-year-old German immigrant made his way to Newmarket courthouse to declare his little girl deceased. Bill Courtice and Det. Three others in 2011, 2009 and 2007. Bob Athwal, the two members of York Regional Police's cold case unit, admitted something they never have before publicly tips are still coming into the service, the latest, just five years ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

brian graff: However, Nordheimer flatly rejected the New Democrats' argument that the courts had no business taking the extraordinary and unprecedented step of meddling in purely partisan political activity, according to Huffington Post Canada. Courts shouldn't referee party disputes judge A registered party, he said, is not just another private, voluntary club making its own membership arrangements. In his decision, Divisional Court Justice Ian Nordheimer ruled the party acted reasonably in rejecting a leadership bid from Brian Graff in part over a 25-year-old criminal charge. The decisions that political parties, especially the major political parties, make in terms of the candidates they put forward, the policies they adopt, and the leader that they choose, do have a very serious effect on the rights and interests of the entire voting public, Nordheimer said. While parties are neither a public decision-maker nor government agent, Nordheimer said the court's jurisdiction flowed from the key democratic roles they play. The voting public, therefore, has a very direct and significant interest in ensuring that the activities of political parties are carried out in a proper, open and transparent manner. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

btu master: Let's just say I had a feud with the sales guy, the one wearing the Ask Me About BBQs sign, that grew more heated than a 40,000-BTU Master Forge, according to Globe and Mail. My sin was to insist I would never again buy a famous American brand he was enthusiastically endorsing. When I arrived at one of those home-improvement warehouses, I was reminded that barbecues don't run on gas or briquettes so much as on testosterone. Why not Well, I said, I already own one the propane dud and believe it to be the worst-designed appliance since the motion-sensor faucet. Why didn't you shut off the burner controls first and wait for the thing to cool down before reaching down to shut off the tank he asked, staring with an expression that added, you bonehead. I recounted how I was badly burned soon after taking delivery because the amateurs who designed the thing located the propane-tank bay in such a way that the tank's shut-off valve comes to rest literally seven centimetres below the glowing-hot burner area not enough clearance for a large hand. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

detroit area: Chaldeans are among Iraqi Christian denominations that emerged in the faith's early days, and many speak languages similar to those spoken at the time of Christ, according to Metro News. Their population in Iraq has dwindled as hundreds of thousands have fled war and violence over the decades. Roughly 100 people protested Sunday at a Detroit detention centre many expressing their concern for the arrestees' safety. The Detroit area has one of the largest Chaldean communities in the U.S. Longtime demographer Kurt Metzger said a community survey estimated there were roughly 120,000 Chaldeans in and around Detroit.ICE said in a statement released Monday that all of those arrested had criminal convictions, including for murder, rape, assault, burglary, weapons violations and drug trafficking, and were ordered deported by an immigration judge after full and fair proceedings. Most of the orders had been issued a while ago but ICE could not remove them until an agreement was reached with Iraq. Immigration officials said the judge determined they were ineligible for any form of relief under U.S. law, but declined to discuss the appeal process or other legal options. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

election: The surprisingly strong showing by Jeremy Corbyn's Labour Party represents a victory for the kind of old-school, left populism that used to motivate social democratic parties around the world, including Canada's New Democrats, according to Hamilton Spectator. While Labour didn't win the election, it did place a strong second, capturing 261 seats and denying Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives a majority in the Commons. But Thursday's United Kingdom election serves as a reminder that populism can take another form. For Corbyn, it was a feat that just a few weeks ago was routinely dismissed as impossible. Corbyn, a classic democratic socialist, who still promotes public ownership, was pronounced unelectable. At the beginning of the campaign, Labour appeared to be in shambles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hawaii points: The high court is considering the administration's request and could act before the justices wind up their work at the end of June, according to The Chronicle Herald. The state says the policy is unconstitutional because it shows anti-Muslim bias. The state urged the justices to deny an administration plea to reinstate the policy after lower courts blocked it. Hawaii points to comments President Donald Trump made last week on Twitter to underscore its argument that the policy is a thinly veiled Muslim ban. The U.S. refugee program would be halted for 120 days. Immigration officials would have 90 days to decide what changes are necessary before people from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen may resume applying for visas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant families: The new program, called Global Talent Stream, sets a two-week turnaround for processing visas and short-term work permits, according to CBC. Federal plan to fast-track foreign talent Ottawa's high-tech innovators build wish list ahead of budget Canada to open door to more skilled workers, immigrant families in 2017 Some technology firms in Ottawa are desperately seeking software designers, computer programmers and engineers, and are eager to recruit skilled immigrants. But some technology industry advocates say it's just a start, and are looking for much more from the government's promised innovation agenda. Year-long wait for talent CEOs of Canadian startups have long complained about waiting up to a year to bring in highly specialized workers from abroad. We know there's a massive labour shortage for highly skilled talent workers in high growth firms and being able to bring in those one or two people will really help them scale growth, but it will also allow them to hire more people domestically as well, said Bergen. It's hoped the new program will help Canadian firms better attract workers experienced in scaling up companies, according to Benjamin Bergen, executive director of the Council of Canadian Innovators. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration: White House reviewing U.S. appeals court immigration ban ruling Reuters The administration said it would seek further review at the U.S. Supreme Court, as it has already done with a ruling against the immigration ban by another appeals court last month, according to Globe and Mail. The high court is likely to consider the cases in tandem. The decision by a unanimous three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals helps keep the immigration ban blocked and deals Trump a second big legal defeat on the policy in less than three weeks. Margaret Wente America's spectacular immigration mess Attorney General Jeff Sessions insisted the new decision would harm national security an argument the judges rejected. Unfortunately, this injunction prevents the president from fully carrying out his Article II duties and has a chilling effect on security operations overall. The executive branch is entrusted with the responsibility to keep the country safe under Article II of the Constitution, Sessions said in a written statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jeremy corbyn: The surprisingly strong showing by Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party represents a victory for the kind of old-school, left populism that used to motivate social democratic parties around the world, including Canada's New Democrats, according to The Chronicle Herald. While Labour didn't win the election, it did place a strong second, capturing 261 seats and denying Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservatives a majority in the Commons. But Thursday's United Kingdom election serves as a reminder that populism can take another form. For Corbyn, it was a feat that just a few weeks ago was routinely dismissed as impossible. Corbyn, a classic democratic socialist, who still promotes public ownership, was pronounced unelectable. At the beginning of the campaign, Labour appeared to be in shambles. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

livelihood project: While supports for refugees and immigrants are already available, Samimi says his effort is different, according to CBC. With the recent influx of refugees and newcomers to Canada, many organizations have stepped up to help these people, he told CBC Radio's Metro Morning. To solve that, problem Arash Samimi co-founded The Livelihood Project a community space, an agency and a mobile app all designed to help newcomers find employment and build careers. However, the problem that remains is the question of how are these people going to have long-term careers and get integrated into Canadian markets. We're helping these people develop those skills that are adaptable to the changes in the economy. Samimi says The Livelihood Project goes further because beyond just finding refugees a job, it helps them develop the skills necessary to have a long-term career. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lives database: WAKIL KOHSAR / AFP/GETTY IMAGES file photo By Rosie DiManno Columnist Mon., June 12, 2017 Eighty men, women and children were killed by a suicide truck bombing in Kabul on May 31.I don't know the names of the dead, don't know anything about them, according to Toronto Star. That state of ignorance could be blamed on domestic reporting wire services and local Afghan journalists who can scarcely cover the big picture on the terrorist fly, much less document details of the slain. Between 2007 and 2015, murder-by-terrorists claimed 28,828 lives, according to the Statista Inc. database nearly all of them Afghan civilians. So we don't get stories flashed around the world about 8-year-old Afghan girls torn to shreds or a hero pummelling an assailant with a skateboard as Spaniard Ignacio Echeverria did, trying to defend a woman during the June 4 terrorist frenzy on London Bridge. Or it could be that terrorist strikes are so pitifully common in Afghanistan 1,708 in 2015 that individuals no longer matter except to their families. Echeverria lost his own life, among eight victims mowed down in the van attack and later stabbing spree in the Borough Market area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

obama administration: The DACA program, which was created by the Obama administration in 2012, offers a reprieve from deportation to people in the country illegally who can prove they arrived before they were 16, have been in the U.S. for several years and have not committed a crime since arriving, according to Metro News. It also allows them to work legally. Immigration authorities last month had terminated her protected status. President Donald Trump advocated for strict immigration enforcement as a candidate but after taking office softened his position on young people commonly called dreamers, saying his administration is focused on criminals. She became a flashpoint in the national debate over immigration reform in 2010 after she was pulled over on a traffic charge on the campus of Kennesaw State University, near Atlanta. Colotl, now 29, was brought to the U.S. illegally by her parents when she was 11. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pearson airport: Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Raju Mudhar Tech Reporter Sun., June 11, 2017 They say cats have nine lives, but an agonizing choice for two pet owners threatened to jinx their one chance at a new life in Canada, according to Toronto Star. Instead, a pair of Syrian refugees who had already faced four years of hardship had a uniquely heartwarming airport reunion on Sunday with the pet they'd reluctantly left behind. Kaadan and Tarek Ghriri, Syrian refugees, were reunited with Emp Sunday at Pearson airport after reluctantly leaving him behind in Beirut while they were making their journey to Canada. It has been so stressful. With no home, jobs or family in Beirut, Kaadan and Tarek Ghriri adopted a newborn kitten for company while living in exile from war-torn Syria. react-text 185 Nour Kaadan looks at her cat Emp through his crate. He really is like a son to us, said Nour Kaadan as she awaited the arrival of her cat at Pearson airport's Terminal 1. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

question areas: Then you headed to your to shake some hands and answer every single interview question, according to Huffington Post Canada. But what if some of those questions seem a little ... off Experts say there are certain questions you might not want to answer -- and some that are downright illegal for violating your basic human rights. You were selected for an interview cue a happy dance! . You got up early, picked out a nice outfit, and gave yourself a pep talk in the mirror. What to watch out for Mark Franklin, practice leader at Toronto-based Career Cycles and co-founder of One Life Tools, says candidates should be aware that there are many illegal question areas that can pop up in the job application process. Many people are not Canadian citizens -- they were born elsewhere -- so, Are you legally allowed to work in Canada is a perfectly legal question, Franklin adds. Things like your race or religion, affiliation, citizenship, disabilities, he says. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

safety training: The festival provides food, music and entertainment, but it is also an information fair that provides migrant workers access to health services, legal counsel, and health and safety training, as well as important information on labour rights and English as a Second Language ESL courses, according to Rabble. These festivals are organized by the Niagara Migrant Worker Interest Group NMWIG whose objective is to coordinate the efforts of individuals and organizations in Niagara who provide services and support to seasonal migrant workers. For the past nine years, hundreds of migrant farmworkers have been coming together in southern Ontario for a Migrant Worker Summer Festival. The coalition was formed in 2010 and receives no governmental funding. This year, about 300 migrant farm workers and community members attended the event on June 5. It works entirely on agency contributions, donations and volunteer labour. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

supreme court: The administration said it would seek further review at the U.S. Supreme Court, as it has already done with a ruling against the travel ban by another appeals court last month, according to The Chronicle Herald. The high court is likely to consider the cases in tandem. The decision by a unanimous three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals helps keep the travel ban blocked and deals Trump a second big legal defeat on the policy in less than three weeks. Attorney General Jeff Sessions insisted the new decision would harm national security an argument the judges rejected. Unfortunately, this injunction prevents the president from fully carrying out his Article II duties and has a chilling effect on security operations overall. The executive branch is entrusted with the responsibility to keep the country safe under Article II of the Constitution, Sessions said in a written statement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tail light: Democratic U.S. Sen, according to Metro News. Richard Blumenthal announced Monday that the Board of Immigration Appeals is reopening the case of Luis Barrios, a married father of four who lives in Derby, Connecticut. A U.S. immigration board has reopened the asylum request of an immigrant from Guatemala who was nearly deported last month before being granted a reprieve. Barrios entered the U.S. illegally 25 years ago while fleeing violence in Guatemala. But his case remained pending until 2011, when his immigration status was flagged after a traffic stop for a broken tail light. A judge ordered him deported in 1998 when he said he missed an asylum hearing because he wasn't notified. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ahlan ramadan: Toronto medical student who fled war pays it forward giving Syrian refugees gift of sight The event was spearheaded by Mes Amis Canada, an organization that has helped settle 3,000 refugees in the country over the last 18 months, according to CBC. Over a hundred volunteers, many of whom were refugees or newcomers, helped out at the event. We want to show other people how Muslims are in Ramadan, we need to show others we have ... to give our help to other people, said Mohamad Alhaj, who arrived in Toronto 18 months ago. Young Syrian volunteers helped out at Ahlan Ramadan, a free lunch for homeless and low-income Torontonians. The lunch was held during the day, at a time many of the newcomers volunteering, mostly of Syrian and Iraqi descent, were fasting. Dean Gariepy/ CBC News We wanted to go out to the community and have people understand ... about the generosity that is extended during Ramadan, share with Torontonians what the newcomers and refugees are doing now, that they're giving back like all other Canadians, said Julie Mahfouz Rezvani, executive director at Mes Amis Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

band leader: Leisure Lodge was a popular Cambridge nightclub that ran from 1948 until the place suspiciously burned to the ground in 1980, according to Hamilton Spectator. People came from far and wide to dance the night away to the swinging sounds of the Johnny Kostigian Orchestra. A lot of people didn't know he had a business, that he was just a band leader, said his son Jason Kostigian, who has operated Galt Display Rack since his dad retired a decade ago. At its peak, the 13-piece band would play Friday and Saturday nights to an audience of 1,100 patrons, many who had travelled from across the province to this hot spot. Leisure Lodge put Preston on the map. There was nothing like it around, it had class, Johnny once told The Record. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

interracial wedding: I have not yet counselled an interracial wedding where someone didn't have a problem on the bride's or the groom's side, said Rev, according to Hamilton Spectator. Kimberly Lucas of St. Although the racist laws against mixed marriages are gone, several interracial couples said in interviews they still get nasty looks, insults and sometimes even violence when people find out about their relationships. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C. She often counsels engaged interracial couples through the prism of her own 20-year marriage Lucas is black and her husband, Mark Retherford, is white. Interracial marriages became legal nationwide on June 12, 1967, after the Supreme Court threw out a Virginia law that sent police into the Lovings' bedroom to arrest them just for being who they were a married black woman and white man. I think for a lot of people it's OK if it's 'out there' and it's other people but when it comes home and it's something that forces them to confront their own internal demons and their own prejudices and assumptions, it's still really hard for people, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

island sound: For four days, the 82-year-old retired doctor was part of the first leg of a 40-day pilgrimage of canoeists and kayakers of all faiths along the 400-mile river, New England's longest, according to Metro News. The group traded cellphones for paddles to partake in a spiritual journey, the first event of its size on the river, which flows from the Canadian border to Long Island Sound. He also loved the opportunity to pray. You begin to let go of stuff, said Montgomery, of Walpole, New Hampshire. The idea came from Robert Hirschfeld, New Hampshire's bishop. The Episcopal dioceses of New England and a group called Kairos Earth organized the River of Life pilgrimage. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

israeli-palestinian conflict: In public remarks to his cabinet at its weekly meeting, Netanyahu said UNRWA perpetuated, rather than solved, the Palestinian refugee problem and that anti-Israeli incitement was rife in its institutions, which includes schools, according to CBC. It is time UNRWA be dismantled and merged with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Netanyahu said. Adnan Abu Hasna, a Gaza-based spokesman for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNRWA said Netanyahu was pursuing a fantasy. Liberals restore 25 million in funding to controversial Palestinian aid agency Fauda brings the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to Netflix Referring to a meeting he held in Jerusalem on Wednesday with Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the UN, Netanyahu said I told her it was time the United Nations re-examine UNRWA's existence. Netanyahu made his comments two days after UNRWA said it had discovered part of a tunnel running under two of its schools in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. The United States, Israel's main ally, was the biggest donor to UNRWA last year, pledging 368 million. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

labour rules: Top vote-getters advance to the decisive second round June 18, according to Hamilton Spectator. Polls suggest the elections will strongly favour Macron's party and dramatically shake up French politics, punishing the traditional left and right parties and leaving no single strong opposition force. A total of 7,882 candidates are running for 577 seats in the National Assembly in Sunday's first round of the two-stage legislative elections. Macron's year-old centrist movement, Republic on the Move, is seeking an absolute majority to be able to implement his campaign promises, which include simplifying labour rules and making it easier to lay off workers in hopes of boosting hiring. Macron also plans to quickly pass a law to strengthen security measures effectively making the state of emergency permanent, after multiple Islamic extremist attacks in France and another one that he says will put more ethics into French politics. The government outlined the main themes of a major labour reform that has already angered French unions and is likely to prompt tensions over the summer. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

revolution: As when voters turned the previously unelected Macron into France's youngest president last month, Sunday's first round of voting in two-stage legislative elections again brought stinging black eyes to traditional parties that, having monopolized power for decades, are being utterly routed by Macron's political revolution, according to The Chronicle Herald. His fledgling Republic on the Move! contesting its first-ever election and fielding many candidates with no political experience at all was on course to deliver him a legislative majority so crushing that Macron's rivals fretted that the 39-year-old president will be able to govern France almost unopposed for his full five-year term. The newly elected French leader's gamble that voters wanted to throw out old faces and try something new is paying off in full first by giving him the presidency and, on Sunday, the crucial first step toward securing the legislative power to deliver on his pledge of far-reaching change. Record-low turnout, however, took some shine off the achievement. Macron intends to set his large and likely pliant cohort of legislators, all of them having pledged allegiance to his program, to work immediately. Less than 50 per cent of the 47.5 million electors cast ballots showing that Macron has limited appeal to many voters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

self-determination movement: The nationalist Self-Determination Movement was neck-and-neck with the coalition led by former Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, which had around 26 per cent each after the counting of about 70 per cent of the votes, according to Democracy in Action, a monitoring group, according to Metro News. No group can govern alone and coalitions will be likely. The ex-rebels came in first with around 35 per cent of the vote. The new Cabinet will have a tough job in resolving several thorny issues, including the border demarcation deal with Montenegro. Ramush Haradinaj, whom the leading coalition has nominated to be prime minister, hailed Kosovars for the trust given to the coalition, adding these are the best elections ever held in Kosovo. The approval of another agreement with Serbia giving more rights to the ethnic Serb minority, and the continuation of fraught talks with Belgrade, which denies Kosovo's existence as a state, were also key concerns. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.