immigration: The state's 125 billion budget which is set to be approved Thursday has a related measure to prevent local governments from signing contracts with federal authorities for immigration detention facilities or expanding existing contracts, according to Metro News. It would also have the state attorney general review conditions at immigration detention facilities in California. California is aiming to quash the growth of immigration detention in the state under a proposed budget measure to push back against the Trump administration's plans to boost deportations. I think we send a very clear message in this budget that California is going in the opposite direction of Trump's administration, said Sen. The budget was negotiated by Gov. Ricardo Lara, a Democrat. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

incidents: Hamilton regularly ranks in that second place spot, in part because of increased reporting here, police say, according to Hamilton Spectator. Hamilton saw 55 hate incidents reported in 2015, at a rate of 9.9 per 100,000 population. This ranking, based on 2015 statistics, is not new. That was down from 82 incidents and a rate of 14.9 in 2014. When Hamilton police present their hate crime statistics to the police board each year, they break them down between actual crimes motivated by hate and non-criminal incidents with hate overtones. Statistics Canada tracks hate crimes differently than internal police statistics, including classifying hate crimes as all police-reported incidents found to have been motivated by hate toward a particular identifiable group. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kensington district: The blaze early Wednesday in the 24-story building in west London's North Kensington district also injured 79 others, 18 of them critically, and left an unknown number missing, according to Hamilton Spectator. A tenants' group had complained for years about the risk of a fire. Terrified residents of the Grenfell Tower said there was little warning of the inferno that engulfed their highrise apartment building and left 12 people dead a toll that officials said would almost certainly rise. More than 200 firefighters worked through the night and were still finding pockets of fire inside later in the day. In my 29 years of being a firefighter, I have never, ever seen anything of this scale, Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said. A huge plume of smoke wafted across the London skyline and left a burned-out hulk in the working class, multi-ethnic neighbourhood. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

p.e.i: Tony He, the show's producer, said each episode will see a group of newcomers join Daniel around a table for a family-style gourmet meal highlighting P.E.I. ingredients, according to CBC. For the pilot of Islander's Kitchen, the crew invited newcomers to dine with Chef Ilona Daniel. Islander's Kitchen, which stars local chef and food writer Ilona Daniel, wrapped up shooting its pilot episode at The Table Culinary Studio in New London, P.E.I., this past weekend. Submitted by Ilona Daniel He is an immigrant himself. That's one of the driving forces behind his decision to create the show he said. He came to P.E.I. from China and said he's seen how reluctant some newcomers can be when it comes to cooking with Island ingredients. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee claimant: His ongoing detention is unconstitutional because it's both arbitrary and indefinite, said Jared Will, an immigration lawyer who recently took up the case of Ebrahim Toure, a 46-year-old failed refugee claimant who is not charged with a crime but has been in jail since February 2013, according to Toronto Star. They say they're detaining him for removal but they have no means of removing him. Anne-Marie Jackson / Toronto Star file photo By Brendan Kennedy Staff Reporter Wed., June 14, 2017 Emboldened by a recent Superior Court decision strongly condemning Canada's practice of indefinite immigration detention, lawyers representing a West African man who has spent nearly four-and-a-half years in maximum-security jail waiting to be deported will demand his release Thursday at a hearing in Etobicoke. There's no end point to his detention and it's disconnected from its purpose. He says he was born in The Gambia and raised partly in Guinea. Toure, who was profiled earlier this year as part of a Star investigation into immigration detention, is the longest-serving immigration detainee in detention. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

resolved.eu countries: They could be taken to Europe's top court, the European Court of Justice, if the matter is not resolved.EU countries agreed in September 2015 to relocate 160,000 refugees from Greece and Italy as the two countries struggled to cope with more than a million migrants who entered Europe mostly through their borders that year, according to Metro News. The Commission said in a statement that despite repeated calls for action, these three countries remain in breach of their legal obligations and have shown disregard for their commitments to Greece, Italy and other member states. The Commission, which polices EU agreements, sent formal letters of notice to the three states giving them one month to respond to its concerns. The two-year relocation scheme is a major plank of the EU's migration policy, and was lauded as a European show of solidarity in 2015. The plan was endorsed by a qualified majority vote roughly a two-thirds majority with the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia voting against. But just three months before it expires this September, fewer than 21,000 people have been relocated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

same-sex: Egale, a national organization that advocates for the rights of sexual minorities, handed the government a report last June that recommended those convictions be expunged, pardoned or somehow stricken from the records of those convicted, according to Toronto Star. Before 1969, same-sex acts between consensual adults were considered unlawful. The legislation would add to reforms already in the works to atone for the damage caused to thousands of Canadians convicted of gross indecency for committing homosexual acts. Our government will be moving forward with a process for the expungement of criminal convictions for Canadians who were unjustly convicted of a crime simply for who they were and who they loved, Trudeau said as dozens of people gathered for the announcement cheered. Sporting rainbow-coloured socks for the occasion, Trudeau said his government is committed to acknowledging and addressing historical injustices experienced by Canadians for expressing their gender identity. react-empty 153 We will acknowledge and apologize for the role played by legislation, programs and policies in the historical discrimination faced by LGBTQ2 Canadians, Trudeau said. Article Continued Below Trudeau also reaffirmed the commitment his government made last month to apologize for the wrongs of the past committed against gay, lesbian and transgender Canadians. react-text 143 Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Minister Ralph Goodale left Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Jody Wilson-Raybould, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault raise the pride and transgender flags on Parliament Hill on June 14. /react-text Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS The prime minister made the announcement on Parliament Hill after he and two of his cabinet colleagues, Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale, raised the Pride, transgender Pride, and Canada 150 Pride flags. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

school student: A day before, Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE had arrested and detained his mother, an undocumented Ecuadoran immigrant who entered the U.S. illegally with him two years ago, according to Hamilton Spectator. With his mother in ICE custody, the teenager had spent the night at his relatives' apartment, his cousin Gabriela Macancela, 21, told The Washington Post. Puma Macancela, a 19-year-old high school student in Ossining, N.Y., expected the authorities would be looking for him. And on the morning of June 8, Puma Macancela woke his cousin up with the news the authorities were back for him, demanding that he go outside. The teenager worried that if they gained access to the home, his undocumented relatives would also be arrested, Gabriela Macancela said. As his cousin hid under her parents' bed, the immigration officers called her and her father on their cellphones, telling them that if Puma Macancela didn't come outside they would be breaking down the doors. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

teachers use: Maybe this term we will provide the books, said Kevin Afura, who teaches at the school for 500 children operated by the aid group Save the Children, according to Metro News. They write on the ground. When it's time to practice writing skills, children sit under a tree to doodle in the dirt while teachers use a blackboard. Schooling is the latest challenge in this overcrowded refugee settlement where basic facilities like toilets are in short supply. She soon releases them to the playground, where they either swing and slide or simply go home. This school's only classroom is a tent in which dozens of kids swarm an overwhelmed teacher. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

world: Significant to Canada, and reflective of our current and modern spirit, we did so without a fight, according to Huffington Post Canada. That is, there was no bloodshed. Like many nations, Canada was born out from under Britain's colonial rule. Diplomacy with Britain is what allowed Canada to avoid the battles that cost the lives of so many in search of freedom, as was done in many other places around the world. Photo Vladone To me, being Canadian means being a citizen of one of the more sane, civilized and respected nations on the planet, and a member of a community that includes, and welcomes, the best the world has to offer. Lots of places have freedom -- that's not uniquely Canadian. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

baba ghanoush: They now sell their food under the name Saraya Hot Bread at a deli in Victoria, B.C. Making food comes naturally to the family but starting a new business in a new country with a long list of licences and health requirements did not, according to CBC. So, the couple relied on the help of volunteers from a local refugee sponsorship group. Ibrahim Hajibrahim and Ranim Khochkar make several types of Mediterranean food with traditional Syrian recipes, such as Baba ghanoush, Dolma, lentil fingers and stuffed hot bread. Karen Short is a volunteer with the Harbour of Hope Refugee Assistance Society, which is working to sponsor Hajibrahim's sister to come to Canada as a refugee. Ibrahim Hajibrahim and Ranim Khochkar stand with Lisa Buchan, the deli director at the Red Barn Markets, and Karen Short, with the Harbour of Hope Refugee Assistance Society in Victoria, B.C. Gregor Craigie Ibrahim said do you think people would buy our food if we had a restaurant Short recalled. In six weeks, Short and other volunteers helped the Syrian couple set up a sole proprietorship, obtain necessary licences, and find an accredited commercial kitchen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

crimes: The code also contains four specific offences listed as hate crimes advocating genocide, public incitement of hatred, wilful promotion of hatred, and mischief motivated by hate in relation to religious property, according to Metro News. In 2015, police reported a total of 1,362 criminal incidents motivated by hate, up 67 from the previous year. Some facts about the findings Hate crimes are defined in the Criminal Code as criminal incidents motivated by hatred toward an identifiable group over factors including race, colour, national or ethnic origin, religion, sexual orientation, language, sex, age, mental or physical disability. They said 35 per cent of these hate crimes, 469 incidents in all, were motivated by religious hatred. This was 12 per cent of all hate crimes. Incidents directed at Muslims rose to 159 in 2015 from 99 in 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

steve albrecht: It's part of overly aggressive driving, but in studies, people admit to it and it seems to be part of the human condition, according to Globe and Mail. So what should you do when targeted by an aggressive driver Experts say Keep your cool, try to get out of the way and report the incident to police as soon as it is safe. Cops don't track it, said Steve Albrecht, who writes about violence for Psychology Today. If you find yourself in that situation, call 911 if your vehicle is blocked, stay in the vehicle and lock your doors, said superintendent Alison Jevons, director of operations and support with the Ontario Provincial Police OPP highway safety division. In March, an Edmonton woman had her arms broken by a crowbar in a road-rage attack. Some of these incidents really escalate to an unbelievable level. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

plan: Virginia Mayo / AP By Lorne Cook The Associated Press Tues., June 13, 2017 BRUSSELS The European Union warned the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland on Tuesday that they have 24 hours to start taking in refugees under an EU migrant sharing plan or face legal action, according to Toronto Star. But the three countries immediately rebuffed the threat and appeared ready to go to court. The EU is set to lanuch legal action against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over refugee plan. The European Commission said in a statement that it has repeatedly urged them to relocate refugees or at least pledge to do so under the legally-binding refugee plan agreed two years ago. The plan to share 160,000 refugees in overwhelmed Italy and Greece among other European countries over two years was endorsed in September 2015 by a qualified majority vote. But it said they have failed to take action in breach of their legal obligations, and that it has decided to launch infringement procedures. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

crimes: They fuelled a 5-per-cent rise in hate crimes overall in the country, according to Globe and Mail. CHART TOOL v1.2.2-44 edited Tue Jun 13 2017 11 11 26 GMT-0400 EDT slug 0613-nw-hate-1 function root var data version 1.2.2 id KS9nk SeFoLFNgz Fxn heading Police-reported hate crimes, by detailed motivation qualifier source THE GLOBE AND MAIL, statistics canada chart class primary has Hours false, data orientation,Other and options type column interpolation false, stacked true, expanded false, head true, deck false, legend true, footer true, x axis true, y axis true, tips true, annotations false, range false, series false, indexed false, qualifier true, share data true, social true x axis display true, scale ordinal ticks auto orient bottom format auto nice false y axis display true, scale linear ticks auto orient right format comma nice true ; root. Hate crimes reported by police against Muslims have risen in nearly every province, according to 2015 figures released on Tuesday by Statistics Canada. Chart Tool root. Chart Tool.push id 'gc-' data.id, data data ; var b if var c var j c.href token 1.2.2-44'; c.rel 'stylesheet'; j.src token 1.2.2-44'; j.async true; j.defer true; this ; The National Council of Canadian Muslims connected the anti-Muslim bias to a backlash over two terror attacks in Paris in 2015. Chart Tool ; root. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

incidents: The total number of criminal incidents motivated by hate was 1,362, 67 more than the year before, according to CTV. The number of hate crimes presented in this release likely undercounts the true extent of hate crime in Canada, as not all crimes are reported to police, Statistics Canada said in a note accompanying Tuesday's data release. Hate crimes targeting Muslims rose from 99 incidents in 2014 to 159 incidents in 2015, the agency said. The agency did note that in 2015, police services increased outreach to ethnic groups and, in addition, the National Council of Canadian Muslims made efforts to encourage reporting of hate crimes to police. You can almost immediately see the moment that Mr. A spokesperson for the organization, Amira Elghawaby, said Tuesday that former prime minister Stephen Harper's decision to focus on the use of face coverings at citizenship ceremonies during the 2015 election campaign contributed to discrimination among Muslim women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

korean officials: Rodman was seen at Beijing International Airport and was expected to fly to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, on Tuesday, CNN reported, citing unidentified North Korean officials, according to Hamilton Spectator. The Associated Press and The Washington Post also said North Korean sources had confirmed the trip. It seems he is back, though no details have emerged of what he plans to do there. Rodman seemed to confirm Tuesday afternoon on Twitter that he had arrived in the country, saying I'm back and thanking my sponsor Pot Coin. One of Rodman's earlier visits to North Korea was sponsored by an Irish gambling company. PotCoin offers banking services to the legal marijuana industry. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

safaa: Last week doctors performed a delicate surgery on Ebrar, according to CTV. It's a miracle she's alive, said Safaa. Speaking through an interpreter in an interview with CTV News, Safaa said 5-month-old Ebrar was born with a condition that caused part of her brain to be outside her head. The operation was successfully done, but until now there's no change no movement or anything from my daughter. The 31-year old came to Winnipeg as a refugee from Syria with three children. Safaa said how well Ebrar is recovering is unclear, and she still hasn't opened her eyes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

seidu mohammed: I'm happy because if I go back to Ghana, I might lose all my life, according to CBC. But here I am, I just lost my fingers, but I'm still part of the society. Fingerless asylum seeker makes his case to stay in Canada Tuesday Iyal and his friend, Seidu Mohammed, walked through snowy farmers' fields to get to Manitoba, fearing deportation in the United States, where they had been living. I can do a lot of things that the people who have the fingers can do, Iyal said. John Woods/The Canadian Press Both men are from Ghana and say they feared for their lives if they were sent back home. Razak Iyal, one of two asylum seekers who walked across the Canada-U.S. border in December and lost his fingers and toes because of severe frostbite, is photographed as he enters his refugee hearing in Winnipeg on Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

smith: He apologized for two March 2013 press releases that included statements saying Levy had interfered with the investigation of child rape accusations made against a friend of his, according to The Chronicle Herald. Levy had recused himself from the case; his friend later was acquitted. Putnam County Sheriff Don Smith posted the apology to ex-county district attorney Adam Levy on the sheriff's department's website. Today, I retract these releases unequivocally and apologize for the statements contained therein, Smith said. The settlement of the case includes a payment to Levy of 150,000. These statements were untrue and I should not have made them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

undocumented immigrants: Roughly 100 people protested Sunday at a Detroit detention centre, many expressing their concern for the arrestees' safety, according to CBC. 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. Weekly vigil shows solidarity with undocumented immigrants in Detroit Not just 'bad hombres' U.S. immigration arrests up one-third from 2016 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials on Monday declined to say how many were taken into custody, but advocates say at least 40 people were arrested near or at homes, mostly on Sunday. Their population in Iraq has dwindled as hundreds of thousands have fled war and violence over the decades. Some of these people have spent nearly their entire lives here and some have committed minor offences. Detroit home to thousands of Chaldeans 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

west asians: Canada rose by five per cent as a whole in 2015, with the rise largely due to an increase in incidents targeting the Muslim population and Arabs or West Asians, according to CTV. In 2015, police reported 1,362 criminal incidents motivated by hate, 67 more than the previous year, according to the data published Tuesday. In the report issued Tuesday, the federal agency says Barrie and Guelph were the only locations where hate crimes weren't reported in 2015. reported 51 incidents, while Toronto had 295. Of them, 48 per cent were motivated by hatred of a race or ethnicity, 35 per cent were motivated by hatred of a religion, and 11 per cent were hate crimes targeting sexual orientation. The agency did note, however, that in 2015, police services increased outreach to ethnic groups and, in addition, the National Council of Canadian Muslims made efforts to encourage reporting of hate crimes to police. The number of hate crimes presented in this release likely undercounts the true extent of hate crime in Canada, as not all crimes are reported to police, Statistics Canada said in a note accompanying Tuesday's data release. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

winnipeg: In a news conference Tuesday, Winnipeg police Cst, according to Metro News. Tammy Skrabek said the numbers reported by Statistics Canada were incorrect. According to a Statistics Canada report released Tuesday, Winnipeg's central metropolitan area saw seven more incidents of hate crimes reported in 2015 than the year prior, marking an increase of 36 per cent. Winnipeg police recorded 21 incidents of hate crimes in 2015, rather than the 25 reported by Statistics Canada.A clerical error is to blame for the discrepancy, Skrabek said. The next numbers will be released a little bit earlier to Stats Canada, so they can provide a more accurate amount of detail. It's too late at this point to change the numbers so I think it's maybe a bit of a learning process for us that we need to get some numbers and prepare a little bit earlier, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

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.