decision: The application for judicial review seeks to challenge the government's decision to refer his case to a deportation hearing, arguing the decision was unreasonable, unfair and contrary to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and international law, according to Vancouver Courier. Both groups argued before Justice Ann Marie McDonald in Halifax that their positions would assist the court in arriving at a decision in Abdi's case one they claim will have wider implications for vulnerable youth in Canada. Lawyers for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and Justice for Children and Youth argued in Federal Court on Tuesday that their groups would offer unique perspectives about the issues surrounding Abdi's case.article continues below Trending Stories Is rental-only zoning the answer to Vancouver's affordability crisis City of Vancouver plans to invest in renewing aging infrastructure and amenities Please keep looking, says sister of UBC grad who fell into Squamish River Pipeline opponents use social media as their megaphone to rally hundreds to Vancouver protest The Canada Border Services Agency detained Abdi, who was never granted Canadian citizenship while growing up in foster care in Nova Scotia, after he served about five years in prison for multiple offences including aggravated assault. Young people who have grown up in the care of various child welfare organizations across the country are often placed in a position where they are not provided with adequate protection, in the sense that they haven't been provided with an opportunity to apply for Canadian citizenship, Jane Stewart, a lawyer for the Justice for Children and Youth, said outside court. It's a situation that affects Mr. They're then exposed to the jeopardy of deportation as adults in a way that other young people may not be. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

balboa moment: All the polls agree that the incumbent Liberal Party led by Premier Kathleen Wynne doesn't really have a shot, according to National Observer. Unless there's some sort of political Rocky Balboa moment in which the underdog suddenly starts punching her way to victory against all odds as dramatic music plays, Ontario will elect a new premier next week. We know now that the Ontario provincial election on June 7 is virtually a lock to result in a change of government. It'll either be Progressive Conservative party leader Doug Ford or Andrea Horwath of the Ontario NDP. So Ford vs. Orange versus blue. Horwath. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border officials: You could return someone back to the U.S. or the U.S. could return someone back to Canada if they're crossing at an official port of entry and you can see they're coming from the other side, . Hussen says new technologies like biometrics could give greater enforcement powers to border security officers and help modernize the agreement, according to Vancouver Courier. Now it's easier to establish 'country of first presence' without the need of line-of-sight. One idea he is floating is to use biometrics to allow border officials to better track the movements of individuals at official ports of entry to determine if they are eligible to make a refugee claim in Canada.article continues below Trending Stories City of Vancouver plans to invest in renewing aging infrastructure and amenities Positively 4th Avenue the rise and fall of Canada's hippie mecca Is rental-only zoning the answer to Vancouver's affordability crisis Please keep looking, says sister of UBC grad who fell into Squamish River When the agreement first came into force, the agreement was predicated on line-of-sight, Hussen told The Canadian Press on Tuesday. You can do that with biometrics, you can do that other ways, so the agreement could incorporate those new developments, Hussen said. But this change would do nothing to stop the flow of irregular migrants coming to Canada through unofficial entry points like the one at Que., since the safe third country agreement does not apply at non-official border crossings, said Conservative Immigration critic Michelle Rempel. This is one of several ideas he has floated to the United States government as a means to modernize the safe third country agreement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

data privacy: Everything has gotten worse, she told her audience, according to National Observer. Especially in the United States. Speaking recently at the annual C2 Montreal business and tech conference, the whistleblower and trans-rights activist had lots to say about the ethics of technology in an era of mass surveillance, the need for data privacy, and activism in general. The world that I feared in 2010 would exist has really played out and accelerated in its development while I was in prison. Especially in the United States. C2M2018 xychelsea Everything has gotten worse, she told her audience. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hippie mecca: L and Golden Boy Foods Ltd.article continues below Trending Stories City of Vancouver plans to invest in renewing aging infrastructure and amenities Positively 4th Avenue the rise and fall of Canada's hippie mecca Is rental-only zoning the answer to Vancouver's affordability crisis Please keep looking, says sister of UBC grad who fell into Squamish River We continue to see strong demand with over one million square feet of current tenants in the market that are food and beverage-related, said Chris Mac Cauley, a senior vice-president and veteran industrial broker with CBRE. But with Daiya Foods Inc.'s recent deal for 396,770 square feet at the former Brick warehouse at 3100 Production Way in Burnaby, there's even less space available than there was before, according to Vancouver Courier. The deal underscores the Lower Mainland's industrial space crunch, because, according to Colliers International, it cut industrial vacancies by 10 per cent, reducing it to 1.5 per cent the lowest in the country. Ltd. Tenants are now competing for about 3.6 million square feet of available space, and a diminishing acreage for new premises. I have a client looking for 40,000 to 60,000 square feet of general warehousing space, and I've had to take him from Vancouver all the way to Campbell Heights because there's only probably two or three options that are suitable in the next three to six months to occupy. It's so, so tight out there, said Stefan Morissette, a vice-president specializing in industrial real estate at Colliers who handled the Daiya deal with Andrew Lord. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian companies: This has led to situations where migrant workers are left indebted to the recruiters and are then vulnerable to abuses, including human trafficking, according to The Chronicle Herald. Charging employees recruitment or placement fees is illegal, but that doesn't mean it isn't happening, says Janet Dench, executive director of the council. The Canadian Council of Refugees says some temporary workers brought in to fill low-wage jobs are being recruited overseas by agents who charge upwards of 40,000 to place them in a job. Often, the culprits are overseas headhunting companies or agents hired by Canadian companies to find workers, she added. With fees that can range from a few thousand to, reportedly, up to 40,000, temporary foreign workers sometimes end up in debt to the recruiters. It's widespread and it comes up again and again, people saying, 'When I got here I had already paid this amount of money in order to get this job,' and so people are in a very bad situation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

citizenship battle: The Canadian government says he isn't entitled to citizenship and has appealed to the Supreme Court to annul the passport granted to him by a lower court, according to CTV. Vavilov's supporters say a son shouldn't pay for the sins of his parents while critics contend his claim to be a Canadian by birth is based on a fraud since he and his parents lived under stolen identities in the Toronto area and later Massachusetts as they collected intelligence for Moscow. That is the conflict at the heart of a high-profile citizenship battle as the 23-year-old Vavilov seeks the right to reside permanently in the country where his parents once lived clandestine lives as deeply embedded spies who are the models for the TV show The Americans. The case is another reminder of the Cold War hostilities that are surging throughout the world in an era when Russia is accused of poisonings in Britain and interfering in elections - accusations it denies. We shouldn't be doing anything to encourage activity by the Russian intelligence service, particularly in terms of what's happened recently with the poisoning of individuals, said Richard Des Lauriers, the FBI agent who oversaw the arrests of the parents, Andrey Bezrukov and Elena Vavilova, in 2010 along with eight other members of the spy ring around the U.S. The court agreed earlier this month to take up Vavilov's case and will rule on whether the government has the discretion to take away his citizenship. Some argue Canada shouldn't be quick to forgive the case of the Russian spy couple who lived under deep cover in North America. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigrant kids: Proposed rallies, according to Toronto Star. In the past week, outrage about treatment of children taken into U.S. custody at the Southwest border has reached a fever pitch, exploding in a barrage of tweets and calls to action with the hashtags Where AreThe Children and Missing Children. Scathing criticism over children being taken from their migrant parents at the border. Reports of the 1,475 children HHS could not account for first emerged in April, and proposals to crack down on migrant families crossing the border were discussed as early as last year. Did the United States really lose track of 1,475 immigrant kids In short, yes. J. Scott Applewhite / The Associated Press How accurate are certain claims circulating online What do those children have to do with the Trump administration's new immigration enforcement policies How many families are being separated And why is there so much outrage about it now We take a look at how the story has snowballed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mamoudou gassama: Gassama climbed five stories up the apartment building, moving from balcony to balcony, and whisked a 4-year-old boy to safety on Saturday night as a crowd below screamed, according to CTV. His actions went viral on social media, where he was dubbed Spiderman Gassama said he has authorization to stay legally in Italy, which is where he landed in Europe in 2014 after a more than a year in Libya and a trip across the Mediterranean Sea. Bravo, Macron said to 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama during a meeting in a gilded room of the presidential Elysee Palace where Gassama also received a gold medal from the French state for courage and devotion. He came to France in September to join his older brother, who has lived in France for decades. I ran. Dressed in tattered blue jeans and white shirt, the young man recounted for the president what took place after he and some friends saw a young child hanging from a fifth-floor balcony. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee: We spent weeks preparing for the meeting, reading through hundreds of government documents detailing Abdi's life, according to Toronto Star. Born in Saudi Arabia to a Somali mother, he later migrated with his mother and sister to a refugee camp in Djibouti. Abdi, 24, has lived in Canada most of his life, but now faces deportation. Returning to Somalia was not an option because of the brutal civil war, which continues to this day. Abdoul Abdi came to Canada at age 6, moving to Nova Scotia as a refugee. Abdi's biological mother died in the refugee camp and his aunts assumed custody. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

saudi arabia: Plante explained a scheduling snafu prevented Ensaf Haidar from attending the brief ceremony, but Haidar was in the spectators' gallery later when councillors voted to grant the citizenship, according to The Chronicle Herald. Coun. A ceremony attended by Mayor Valerie Plante took place without the blogger's wife present. Marvin Rotrand, who had presented the motion alongside the opposition Ensemble Montreal, said he is hopeful the vote will carry the weight necessary to get other cities to add their support and keep up pressure to get Badawi freed. We want Saudi Arabia to know we are not going away, that there will be a political cost and an ongoing cost and the movement is not going to die out but grow larger over time, Rotrand told a news conference. Rotrand said he has also received assurances the provincial and federal governments would ratchet up the pressure. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

victoria park: Stephen Garvey, the leader of National Citizens Alliance, and other members of the small federal political party participated in the Apple Blossom Festival's annual parade Saturday in Kentville, N.S. National Citizens Alliance / Facebook photo On Sunday, the group appeared in Halifax's Victoria Park sharing similar messages, according to Toronto Star. On their Facebook page they called that event a peaceful information session. Members of the National Citizens Alliance NCA a political party that says they'll run candidates in the 2019 federal election marched in the Apple Blossom Festival parade in Kentville, N.S. on Saturday and called out to parade goers about protecting Canada's identity, heritage, and culture. We need to stand up to being Canadian in this country. Though slightly abashed with their statements at the parade in Kentville and the gathering in Halifax, the NCA is more explicit with their beliefs on their website. We don't want to become a globalist village, said NCA leader Stephen Garvey Sunday in Halifax. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian companies: Charging employees recruitment or placement fees is illegal, but that doesn't mean it isn't happening, says Janet Dench, executive director of the council, according to Vancouver Courier. Often, the culprits are overseas headhunting companies or agents hired by Canadian companies to find workers, she added. The Canadian Council of Refugees says some temporary workers brought in to fill low-wage jobs are being recruited overseas by agents who charge upwards of 40,000 to place them in a job.article continues below Trending Stories Bigger beers, same price Vancouver brewery celebrates 15 years with a thank-you Donations sought for 39th annual Walk for Rape Relief Phone scam warning Don't return a missed call you don't recognize Vancouver Coastal Health surprised at federal government reaction to free crack pipe plan This has led to situations where migrant workers are left indebted to the recruiters and are then vulnerable to abuses, including human trafficking. It's widespread and it comes up again and again, people saying, 'When I got here I had already paid this amount of money in order to get this job,' and so people are in a very bad situation. This is how they then become victims of human trafficking. With fees that can range from a few thousand to, reportedly, up to 40,000, temporary foreign workers sometimes end up in debt to the recruiters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

david chariandy: But it explains why I am thankful that David Chariandy, who brought us the complicated stories of suburban Scarborough through his novels Soucouyant and Brother, has written a non-fiction book called I've Been Meaning To Tell You A Letter To My Daughter McClelland & Stewart . Like much of Toronto, we live in a racially diverse neighbourhood, just a little west of Yonge and Finch, according to NOW Magazine. Parents admonish their children at the nearby playground in Farsi, Korean, Tagalog, Russian and Hindi that would be me! among other languages. This story requires a bit of context, so forgive the long set-up, dear reader. We were out on a rather hot day, loaded with water bottles and slathered in sunscreen. It was so hot that the playground was empty, save for another young girl, whose mother was chatting with her in Spanish. And just that morning we'd talked about different skin tones and the importance of sun protection for all. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

saudi arabia: Marvin Rotrand, who had presented the motion alongside the opposition Ensemble Montreal, said he is hopeful the vote will carry the weight necessary to get other cities to add their support and keep up pressure to get Badawi freed, according to Vancouver Courier. Rotrand said he has also received assurances the provincial and federal governments would ratchet up the pressure. Coun. We want Saudi Arabia to know we are not going away, that there will be a political cost and an ongoing cost and the movement is not going to die out but grow larger over time, Rotrand told a news conference. Badawi, who is not a Canadian citizen, was jailed in 2012 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, 1,000 lashes and fined the equivalent of 300,000 for criticizing Saudi Arabian clerics. Montreal wouldn't be the first Quebec jurisdiction to grant Badawi the distinction Sherbrooke, where his wife Ensaf Haidar and children have lived for the past few years, and the Montreal suburb of Hampstead have done the same. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

apothecary house: The one at 205 advertises the two-storey red brick as the Robert Farley Apothecary, dated 1857, according to Toronto Star. But on the shingle beside the old doctor's entrance to the left of the front porch, the word apothecary appears to have been cut from a separate piece of wood and inserted into the sign. Similarly discreet white placards adorn other historic homes in old Oakville, with the names and professions of the original residents of those properties. Over the years, there were additions and changes made to the historic Apothecary house at 205 Trafalgar Rd., in Oakville. The couple's children have put the house on the market for the first time since 1954. An old summer kitchen was torn down and replaced and late owner Gurth Bramall built a studio on the back north rear of the house for his wife art conservator June Bramall, who died in January. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

indian blood: He had consumption and he knew he only had a few months to live, recalls Mary Lou Parker, according to Toronto Star. He told me we had Indian blood in us, which made us M tis. He was laying on the chesterfield in the living room of their Yarmouth, N.S., home, his body ravaged by tuberculosis. Some eastern M tis have tried to claim Indigenous rights through the courts, fuelling a perception that the Aboriginal newcomers are so-called rights grabbers. But she was warned never to reveal her half-breed heritage, as it was then called, for fear of being shunned. Dreamstime The 12-year-old felt proud of her Indigenous roots. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

indian blood: He had consumption and he knew he only had a few months to live, recalls Mary Lou Parker, according to CTV. He told me we had Indian blood in us, which made us Metis. He was laying on the chesterfield in the living room of their Yarmouth, N.S., home, his body ravaged by tuberculosis. The 12-year-old felt proud of her Indigenous roots. So she kept it secret until years later, in a quest to explore her identity and gain recognition, she formed the Eastern Woodland Metis Nation Nova Scotia, using a term -- Metis -- usually associated with Western Canada. But she was warned never to reveal her half-breed heritage, as it was then called, for fear of being shunned. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

li-shin yu: Talk of legislation to institute a ban, according to The Chronicle Herald. If viewers of The Chinese Exclusion Act documentary end up with a sense of deja vu between the film's subject, a law from 1882 that barred Chinese people from coming to the United States, and current events, that's pretty much the point, according to its filmmakers. Newspaper headlines calling for action. The 'A-Ha!' for anybody coming to it ... is oh, there's a history to how we have decided who can come and when they can come, who's a citizen and who's not a citizen, said documentarian Ric Burns, who made the film with Li-Shin Yu. The Chinese Exclusion Act was America's first and only immigration act that barred people from a specific country from coming to the United States. It airs on the PBS television series American Experience on Tuesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

nova scotia: The rare, long out-of-print album has been remastered and is being released on 180-gram vinyl and CD with updated artwork and liner notes on June 15th, according to Rabble. Originally born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, Obomsawin moved to Odanak, Quebec with her mother when she was six months old. At the age of 85, the unimposing activist is reissuing her 1988 album Bush Lady. This was the reservation of her parents' birth. Originally, their land included all of New England and the Eastern Townships of Canada, including New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and the southern part of Qu bec. Obomsawin is from the Waban-Aki Nation, meaning People of the Sunrise. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

security forces: He says they were members of the Jamaat-ul-Ahrar group and were behind a bombing in Lahore last year that killed 26 people, including nine police, according to The Chronicle Herald. He says police seized weapons and explosive vests from the scene of the raid. Police spokesman Salim Khan says counterterrorism police ambushed the suspected militants early Sunday as they were travelling on motorcycles near the city of Gujrat, setting off a shootout in which three of the men escaped. Islamic extremists in Pakistan have carried out scores of attacks in recent years, mainly targeting security forces and religious minorities. Source Source The Associated Press (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

umbrella organization: TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP/GETTY IMAGES The party estimated that about 5,000 had turned out for its event, according to Toronto Star. Previously, the party said about 1,000 would attend. About 2,000 police officers provided security for the AfD. Counter-protesters holding a placard reading Democracy is home and blowing soap bubbles protest a far-right march in Berlin. Started as a euroskeptic party, the AfD got a boost in 2015 after Chancellor Angela Merkel announced an open-door policy to refugees fleeing places such as Syria and Afghanistan. But the party's success has also prompted a pushback from various groups under the umbrella organization Stop the Hate. The surge in foreigners stoked public concerns that helped the AfD enter the national parliament last year as the main opposition party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

morning accident: He had consumption and he knew he only had a few months to live, recalls Mary Lou Parker, according to Vancouver Courier. He told me we had Indian blood in us, which made us Metis. article continues below Trending Stories The time is now to visit the Sunshine Coast Allie Lake wildfire 25 per cent contained Pedestrian killed in early morning accident on Cambie Street Update Police arrest high-risk sex-offender The 12-year-old felt proud of her Indigenous roots. He was laying on the chesterfield in the living room of their Yarmouth, N.S., home, his body ravaged by tuberculosis. But she was warned never to reveal her half-breed heritage, as it was then called, for fear of being shunned. Parker has since discovered there are many more people like her in Eastern Canada. So she kept it secret until years later, in a quest to explore her identity and gain recognition, she formed the Eastern Woodland Metis Nation Nova Scotia, using a term Metis usually associated with Western Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

robert kujawa: Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE PHOTO Prosecutors said Kujawa hung Confederate flags in the windows of his Bethlehem Township home, but only those facing the Black family's residence, and used a racial slur against the woman and her son when they were in the backyard, according to Toronto Star. Kujawa's lawyer denied his client, who is white, used the slur. Robert Kujawa will serve time in prison after being convicted of ethnic intimidation. Read more Rachel Dolezal, woman who posed as Black, charged with welfare fraud Article Continued Below Black and female chefs break all the cooking rules and win James Beard Awards in U.S. Britain's black community watching Meghan Markle's impact on royals Family members said the man used a pellet gun to shoot out their outdoor lights and damage their furniture. Over the course of many years, Mr. Judge Jennifer Sletvold noted that Kujawa was convicted of harassment of the family in 2015 and the following year admitted to reckless endangerment. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

head tax: North America's racist ban on Chinese immigration is an urgent history lesson that pushed Tony Wong, Toronto Star's television critic, to put his family in the spotlight, according to Toronto Star. At which point he found himself surrounded by media eager to hear his story Shack Mack, born in 1909, arrived in Canada at the age of 13 and paid a 500 head tax to enter the country. So after picking him up from his Scarborough nursing home, I packed his wheelchair in the car and drove him to the Chinese restaurant across the street. Mack was my wife Sharon's grandfather and a chief plaintiff in a landmark case against the federal government over the exclusionary Chinese Immigration Act. But, at this moment, all he wanted was dim sum. This was the first news conference for media to hear from a survivor who had launched a class-action lawsuit against the government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

accords parties: After those two agreed to continue their governing coalition, AfD became the largest opposition party, a role that traditionally accords parties in Germany a prominent platform to promote their positions in Parliament, according to Toronto Star. Alice Weidel, left, and Alexander Gauland, are parliamentary faction leaders of the Alternative for Germany AfD . The party that swept into Parliament last year on a wave of anti-migrant sentiment is staging a march Sunday through the heart of Berlin to protest against the government. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, took 12.6 per cent of the vote in September's national election, coming third behind Merkel's conservative Union bloc and the centre-left Social Democrats. Ferdinand Ostrop / The Associated Press File Photo AfD's novice lawmakers have struggled to grasp basic parliamentary procedures and have stood out mainly with blunt attacks on minorities, particularly Muslims, who made up the majority of the more than one million asylum-seekers to enter Germany in 2015 and 2016. Sunday's rally, starting at Berlin's main train station and ending at the landmark Brandenburg Gate, is highly unusual for a German political party. Co-leader Alice Weidel was formally censured by parliament earlier this month for describing girls who wear Islamic head scarves as useless people. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.