dance: It's not just a flamboyant pastime, according to Metro News. For many minority French communities who feel alienated over tensions arising from divisive anti-gay marriage protests and the anti-immigration National Front, it's a statement of defiance. Vogue, the '80s dance movement Madonna popularized in her hit 1990 song of the same name, is experiencing a revival in France. Many gay black and Arab youths especially those from Paris' less affluent and religiously conservative suburbs see Vogue dance events as safe places in which their racial and sexual identities can be fully expressed without fear of reprisals. When they were lining the streets in France with angry anti-gay marriage signs, the others were expressing themselves with dance on the Vogue runway, said dancer Marion Tiger Melody. Not many people realize but voguing, it's political. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mar-a-lago estate: He said building his signature border wall is all about National Defence, according to CTV. Since grudgingly signing the bill on Friday after threatening a veto, Trump has faced fierce criticism from conservatives who have accused him of caving to congressional Democrats. Trump said on Twitter from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida that because of the military funding, many jobs are created and our Military is again rich. The president said Friday at the White House he was very disappointed in the package, in part because it didn't fully pay for his border wall. Trump sought 25 billion for his border wall, but the plan included much less -- 1.6 billion for building new sections of wall and replacing older sections. But Trump said he had no choice because the nation needed to fund the military. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

montreal gazette: One thing I will never accept is the dirty little politics of Philippe Couillard, said Legault, according to CTV. The sniping started when Finance Minister Carlos Leitao said the CAQ promoted ethnic-based nationalism, which Legault's party said was a veiled accusation of racism. With the Coalition Avenir Quebec leading in most polls, the Liberals took close aim at CAQ leader Francois Legault, leading to Legault accusing them of mudslinging. The people are used to Liberal lies, but now all those lies are against our party, said Legault. This week, CAQ MNA Nathalie Roy wrote an op-ed piece for The Montreal Gazette, arguing the CAQ is not anti-immigrant. So, we're going to be there just to put the record straight. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

muslim canadians: And despite being mandated to finish within six months, the M-103 report took almost a year to complete, according to Rabble. For the religious communities involved, it's fair to question whether the government really cares to concretely address the problem of Islamophobia and religious discrimination in Canada. The M-103 report itself was the result of hearings with 77 witnesses. Lest we forget, Parliament's recent report on religious discrimination was launched as a result of motion M-103, debated one year ago in Parliament. Motion M-103 and its resulting report were not some sort of academic exercise to assess a hypothetical problem. M-103 itself was motivated largely by an attack on a Quebec City mosque on Jan. 29, 2017 which left six Muslim Canadians dead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee status: She's scheduled to be deported on March 27th and is currently in a detention centre in Laval, according to CTV. Several organizations, including Solidarity Across Borders and the Immigrant Workers Centre raised her case today. Lucy Francineth Granados has been living as an undocumented worker in Montreal for the last nine years. They're hoping to put pressure on the Federal government to stop the deportation. She made her way to Canada where she tried and failed to get refugee status in 2012. Granados left her native country in 2009 after the death of her husband. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

remorse: Michael McCaul said, according to The Chronicle Herald. He did refer to himself as a psychopath. Investigators are still looking into what motivated 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt, but the recording he left on his cellphone shows that he was a sick individual, U.S. Rep. He did not show any remorse, in fact questioning himself for why he didn't feel any remorse for what he did, McCaul said. The first three victims were minorities. Conditt makes no mention of a racial motivation on the recording, but investigators are still looking into that as a possibility, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

saturday night: I'm in line for my passport, the American told reporters after members of the Montreal rock group accepted the international achievement prize at Saturday's Juno Awards gala industry event, according to Metro News. Butler is married to bandmate Regine Chassagne, who was born in Montreal, but wedlock is only part of the qualification for becoming a Canadian citizen. After playing a Canadian-accented version of himself on Saturday Night Live earlier this month, Butler says he still doesn't have an official stamp of approval from the federal government. An applicant must also be physically present in the country for at least 1,095 days within five years, according to the Government of Canada website. Ironically I would just have to not achieve any international success in order to become Canadian, so tonight hits particularly close to home, he joked. Butler says the international achievement Juno organizers have recognized him for is also what's hindering him from meeting those requirements. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stage moments: I just hope that we can all rise above negativity in our lives and just do what we believe in, said Arcade Fire's Win Butler as he accepted the band's album award for Everything Now, according to Metro News. Speak your truth and don't be afraid to just do whatever the hell you want. Host Michael Buble set the tone early on Sunday night by announcing his wife's third pregnancy but other performers were quick to grab the tide of optimism during their own stage moments. Gord Downie's brothers Mike and Patrick echoed an unbounded sense of resolve as they accepted a posthumous award for the singer, who died last October of brain cancer. This is Gord's award. If we've learned anything from Gord it was the value of taking care of each other, said Patrick. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

information meeting: Steves told the Richmond News that his tweet had been misread and that he will not recuse himself from the council vote on Monday.article continues below Trending Stories The dirty truth about Vancouver real estate Burnaby RCMP warns it won't tolerate Kinder Morgan pipeline protester hurting more Mounties Greater Vancouver home prices to drop 21 per cent by 2019 analysis Federal court rejects provincial appeal on Burnaby Trans Mountain decision On March 1, Steves tweeted about an open house on proposed modular housing for homeless people, according to Vancouver Courier. It read, 500 Asian people go to a Public Information meeting. Harold Steves for dividing Richmond residents based on their ethnicity, and asked Steves to recuse himself from an upcoming vote on farmland size. The librarian gets Karate Kicked by an opponent to housing for homeless people. The librarian gets Karate Kicked by an opponent to housing for homeless people. South Asian landowners are campaigning for 10,764 sq ft houses in the ALR. Is this multiculturalism What on earth is happening to RichmondBC The tweet got more than 100 likes and nearly 100 retweets.500 Asian people go to a Public Information meeting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

dhillon: It sparked a large discussion on who we are as a country, said Dhillon, now an RCMP inspector, according to CBC. Insp. Rather than give in, he vigorously campaigned against the RCMP dress code, eventually becoming the first officer to wear a turban on duty. Baltej Singh Dhillon is now a 27-year veteran of the RCMP. But when he applied to join the RCMP in 1988, he had to fight for his right to wear a beard and turban. The event was held to stimulate ideas for a new community plan that aims to provide support for people who experience racism and discrimination. Canada The Story of Us Dhillon was one of a group of community leaders participating in an-anti racism forum in Surrey on Friday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

remorse: Michael McCaul said, according to CTV. He did refer to himself as a psychopath. Investigators are still looking into what motivated 23-year-old Mark Anthony Conditt, but the recording he left on his cellphone shows that he was a sick individual, U.S. Rep. He did not show any remorse, in fact questioning himself for why he didn't feel any remorse for what he did, McCaul said. The first three victims were minorities. Conditt makes no mention of a racial motivation on the recording, but investigators are still looking into that as a possibility, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

militaristic role: Initially, Obama denounced Wright's statements, but eventually he and his wife had to withdraw from membership in the church, according to Toronto Star. This despite a respected Republican like John McCain defending him. Wright was a fierce critic of racism and what he perceived as America's militaristic role in the world. This is the price of leadership. Nourbe Se Philip, Toronto Article Continued Below NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh may be ready to represent all Canadians but until we know he doesn't have another agenda, why should Canadians be ready to have him represent us Columnist Shree Paradkar says there is precedent for him to support issues from his ancestral home. This is the experience that NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh needs to draw on. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

people: It is perplexing to me that people could be influenced in casting their votes in the recent U.S. election and the U.K. Brexit referendum, according to The Chronicle Herald. Yet it seems people do lose elements of their cognitive functioning and decision-making abilities with overuse of technologies, over time, as is now being shown through research and evidence. Equifax, Home Depot Do we really believe there is protection of our private information on any social media or technological platform despite the attempts of those providers to reassure us People choose to reveal every detail of their lives, including medical and health-related ones, on several social media platforms, then express disdain when/if any entity uses that information for business or data-mining purposes. Therefore, let us be advised to not be surprised by this recent turn of events or perhaps, even more sinister future revelations of how personal information is used. Sandra Bauld, HRM Bull riding gives us bad name Halifax has made considerable strides in becoming a world-class travel destination. After all, it is each individual's choice to engage in these ways. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian: We weren't able to go to school, according to CBC. He knew better than to dare dream of going to university, he said. We had to work there to support our family, said the 20-year-old, who grew up with four siblings. Here's how Fredericton's 1st Syrian newcomer to marry celebrated during the storm A Syrian man's desperate plea, a former refugee's answer Saying thanks Syrian newcomers plan dinner for homeless in Saint John Then the Reyises signed up in Turkey for a program that could allow the seven-member family to immigrate to Canada. On the first day I came to Canada, I wasn't even able to say my name or how to introduce myself, said the teen, who now speaks three languages, including English. '1193913411567', 'playlist Selector' 'container Selector' ' container49634315', 'ciid' 'caffeine14591411' ; 'I felt like I have everything now'2 27 Welcome to New Brunswick But soon, his old dreams about going to school were back. There were hurdles, Reyis said, but eventually the family was accepted and arrived in the country two years ago. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

tourism numbers: These folks find their hopeful signs where they can in the aforementioned tourism numbers but also in the fact that 4,515 immigrants arrived in Nova Scotia in 2017, a number that was down from the banner previous year because of the 1,500 Syrian refugees who arrived here in 2016, according to The Chronicle Herald. Not all of these newcomers stick around. The kind of man or woman who breaks into a joyous Bhangra dance upon learning that a couple of wealthy Americans are building a rustic resort complete with a brewery, lodge and music venue and crawling with sheep and highland cattle on 900 acres of fallow farmland in Cape Breton's Margaree Valley. As a report released this week by the Public Policy Forum points out, Nova Scotia's immigrant retention rate from 2011-2015 was 72 per cent, compared to 56 per cent in Newfoundland and Labrador, 52 per cent in New Brunswick and a lowly 18 per cent in Prince Edward Island. Or you can do some rough math and say, hey, that's 3,250 new Nova Scotians even though that's about half the annual number of immigrants the Ivany Report called upon to counteract our aging population and worrisome rate of out-migration and take some solace from that. Now, you can be distressed by the fact that no province outside of Atlantic Canada has a retention rate below 80 per cent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent: The city and province will spend 24 million over the next three years on the initiative, according to CTV. The money will go towards more French training and to community organizations that help integrate immigrants. While the unemployment rate in Quebec is currently 5.5 per cent, for new arrivals it's 16 per cent. Seventy per cent of new arrivals are in Montreal, so that's a lot of people. So one of the things we're working on is to try to see if we can't also try to see if we can have these new arrivals go and find work outside Montreal as well, said Immigration and Diversity Minister David Heurtel. And right now we have a lot of jobs open in the rest of Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border wall: Trump said he was very disappointed in the package, in part because it did not fully pay for his planned border wall with Mexico and did not extend protection from deportation to some 700,000 Dreamer immigrants due to lose coverage under a program the president himself has moved to eliminate, according to CTV. But Trump praised the bill's provisions to increase military spending and said he had no choice but to fund our military. The episode further eroded the already damaged credibility of both the president and a White House staff that had assured the nation he was onboard. My highest duty is to keep America safe, he said. With Congress already on recess, and a government shutdown looming, he said that young immigrants now protected in the U.S. under Barack Obama's Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals program have been totally abandoned by the Democrats not even mentioned in Bill and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defence, is not fully funded. The bill signing came a few hours after Trump created his latest round of last-minute drama by tweeting that he was considering a veto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cheetos: What Hin wanted was a burger, according to Toronto Star. Maybe a bowl of Cap'n Crunch. I hate fish, Khan Hin said. Or some Tater Tots. Hin's palate is American. I'm feisty, he said, for my Flamin' Hot Cheetos. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jewish appeal: The largest in the network, UJA Toronto's endowment and planned giving arm, has 500 million in assets and planned gifts, according to Rabble. CJA Montr al has over 300 million on hand. Together the United Jewish Appeal/Combined Jewish Appeal of Toronto, Montr al, Winnipeg, Windsor, Calgary, Edmonton, Hamilton, London, Ottawa, Vancouver and Atlantic Canada raise over 100 million annually. In a recent letter to the Canadian Jewish News, Morris Sosnovitch asked why UJA Toronto gives a quarter of its budget to a country with a 360-billion national budget. The Jewish Federations also oversee the United Israel Appeal Federations Canada. All Canadian taxpayers should ask why tax deductions are given for the 13.7 million UJA Toronto, 3.8 million CJA Montr al, and 1.12 million CJA Vancouver donated last year to Israel, among the world's 25 wealthiest countries, run for the past decade by one of the most right-wing governments in the world. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hollis street: Their last day of work is expected to be next Thursday, according to The Chronicle Herald. Most of the seven laid-off workers are immigrants and all are of African descent, while the one janitor who was rehired by the new contractor is white, union organizer Darius Mirshahi said during a protest in front of the building on Friday morning. The Service Employees International Union is planning to launch a picket line on Hollis Street outside Founders Square on Monday and is in the process of filing a complaint with the Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission after seven of eight employees were given layoff notices last week. The workers are filing a complaint at the Human Rights Commission of Nova Scotia. In the cleaning business, when one company loses a contract, the next one usually picks up all the workers and carries on, Mirshahi said. The basis of that complaint is racial discrimination due to the facts that the only worker who has been rehired is the only non-supervisory white worker, and all non-supervisory black workers have not been offered employment, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

house staff: Trump said he was very disappointed in the package, in part because it did not fully pay for his planned border wall with Mexico and did not extend protection from deportation to some 700,000 Dreamer immigrants due to lose coverage under a program the president himself has moved to eliminate, according to Toronto Star. But Trump praised the bill's provisions to increase military spending and said he had no choice but to fund our military. The episode further eroded the already damaged credibility of both the president and a White House staff that had assured the nation he was on-board. My highest duty is to keep America safe, he said. Article Continued Below With Congress already on recess, and a government shutdown looming, he said that young immigrants now protected in the U.S. under Barack Obama's Delayed Action for Childhood Arrivals program have been totally abandoned by the Democrats not even mentioned in Bill and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defence, is not fully funded. react-text 153 Hours before funding for the government was to expire, Trump said on Twitter that he was weighing a veto based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats not even mentioned in Bill and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defence, is not fully funded. /react-text DOUG MILLS / The New York Times Trump's veto threat put him at odds with top members of his administration and Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan, who had said publicly that Trump supported the bill. The bill signing came a few hours after Trump created his latest round of last-minute drama by tweeting that he was considering a veto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

meatpacking town: Gavin Wright, Patrick Stein and Curtis Allen are charged with conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction to detonate truck bombs in the meatpacking town of Garden City, 220 miles 350 kilometres west of Wichita, according to The Chronicle Herald. Stein also faces weapons-related charges and Wright has an additional charge of lying to the FBI. Defendants wanted to send the message Muslims are not welcomed here not in Garden City, not in Kansas, not in America, prosecutor Risa Berkower said in her opening statement. Three militia members plotted for months to blow up an apartment complex housing Somali immigrants in western Kansas, saying that they wanted to exterminate cockroaches, a federal prosecutor said Thursday at the start of their trial. The three men were indicted in October 2016 after a militia member, Dan Day, became alarmed and contacted the FBI. He agreed to wear a wire and recorded profanity-laced conversations among the men that led to their arrest. It also plans to present testimony showing the men tried to recruit other members of the Kansas Security Force to join them, and warned them not to tip off law enforcement about the plan. The government plans to present evidence that the men manufactured homemade explosives and tested them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

air travel: In the days before commercial air travel became popular and accessible to the masses, the Beaux-Arts architectural features in The Great Hall would form the first impression many newcomers would have of their new home, according to NOW Magazine. While Union's role as a welcoming place for each new wave of Torontonians has remained steady since its opening in 1927, there was one particularly unique immigration event that helped bring a national focus towards this historic railway station. For nearly a century, Union Station has played a significant role as a gateway to Toronto and Canada. During the Second World War, thousands of Canadian soldiers stationed abroad met and married women from countries like England, Scotland, Belgium, France and others. To help facilitate the newcomers as they arrived in Toronto, the Canadian Red Cross set up a war bride reception centre inside Union Station. While these marriages were not officially encouraged by the military, the federal government committed to patriating the women and any children through the Canadian Wives' Bureau between 1942 and 1948. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pender street: It will hopefully help close the door on a piece of history of our city that needed to be recognized as having happened, said Vision Vancouver Coun, according to Vancouver Courier. Raymond Louie, who will join Mayor Gregor Robertson in reading the apology at the centre on East Pender Street. The event at the Chinese Cultural Centre of Greater Vancouver comes after the 11-member council agreed unanimously in November 2017 to hold a ceremony to condemn the racist policies of city leaders in power between 1886 and 1947.article continues below Trending Stories These Richmond realtors focus on housing for the homeless Two men fined for selling 4,000 of illegal crab to Vancouver market Burnaby home operating as nine-bedroom Airbnb hotel Restaurant plan dashes homeowner's neighbourhood dreamrelated Pop-up events bring tea and talk to Chinatown City to apologize for historical discrimination against Chinese people Banning voting rights, not allowing Chinese people to run for public office and lobbying for a head tax were among such policies. Louie and Robertson will both read sections in English, with former councillors Maggie Ip and Bill Yee expected to read the Chinese portion of the apology, which will be read in Cantonese and the Sze-Yup dialect. Yee, a retired provincial court judge, was the first Chinese-Canadian elected to Vancouver council in 1982. Ip, a co-founder of United Chinese community Enrichment Services Society, served on council between 1993 and 1996. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

school: So this is something we're going to just come back around to, according to Vancouver Courier. Munroe noted the school encouraged Indigenous candidates to apply for the job when it was posted. We've decided to fold the search and not hire any of our finalists, and that's not actually unusual at Quest, said Doug Munroe, the interim chief academic officer at the school.article continues below Trending Stories These Richmond realtors focus on housing for the homeless Two men fined for selling 4,000 of illegal crab to Vancouver market Number of arrests nears 200 in pipeline protest Childcare advocates disagree with Fraser Institute's report on subsidized daycare All the candidates had their respective strengths, but the consensus was that none of them quite met our needs, he said on Monday. The school's decision arrives after some students said that two of the three finalist candidates for a teaching position in the program did not identify as Aboriginal. The Indigenous candidate had an MFA, while the other two had PhDs. Only one of the finalist candidates identified as having some Indigenous ancestry, according to people who say they attended meetings where the candidates were introduced to the student body. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ban gender: The government's proud plan to road-trip consultations on racism, with an eye to infusing every policy with anti-discrimination measures, was quickly put on ice, according to CTV. Quebec MPs in the Liberal caucus sounded the alarm about the perils of cross-Canada hearings whipping up Islamophobia or worse. Amid a clear meltdown in Liberal government poll support, new moves on gender and tolerance issues were met by a head-shaking, eye-rolling, derision-snorting reaction from a public fed up with the excess of it all. And that bizarre Service Canada decree to ban gender specific terms like father' or mother', Mr.' or Mrs.' from all telephone communications had the government doing backflips to insist the policy had been refined. After all, the budget bellyflopped into a mosh pit of multi-billion-dollar gender measures that will do nothing to help a working mother if she can't find or afford child care. The message seems to be finally getting through Justin Trudeau has become so identified with kumbaya peoplekind priorities that he's lost the appearance of leading a serious government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.