plant cannabis: The judge ruled unconstitutional the sections of the Quebec Cannabis Regulation Act prohibiting the possession and the cultivation for personal purposes of cannabis plants, according to National Observer. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing The decision means it is now legal to grow cannabis plants at home in Quebec, but the lawyer who argued the case on behalf of a man seeking to strike down the sections cautioned against a rush to plant cannabis. Quebec Superior Court Justice Manon Lavoie ruled Tuesday that Quebec's legislation infringed upon the jurisdiction of the federal government, which has sole responsibility for legislating on criminal matters. Julien Fortier said the province's lawyers could appeal and ask that the contested provisions remain in force for the duration of the appeal. Federal law allows Canadian citizens to grow up to four cannabis plants at home, but Quebec chose in June 2018 to legislate against home cultivation. ; (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

body snatchers: Free. anotherstory.ca, according to NOW Magazine. White people can be zombies. September 5, 11 59 pm, Ryerson; September 6, 6 pm, TIFF 2, tiff.net; EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline book launch on September 16 at Lula Lounge 1585 Dundas West 7 pm. See also aliens, body snatchers and bearers of the apocalypse. Mi'kmaq filmmaker Jeff Barnaby follows up his nervy debut, Rhymes For Young Ghouls, with Blood Quantum, the zombie movie opening the Midnight Madness section at the Toronto International Film Festival. That's the space they occupy, whether literally or symbolically, in new narratives by Indigenous artists who are reconfiguring genre to tell stories about colonization, genocide and the trauma thereafter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

serbian refugees: At this year's TIFF, MQ scored three feature films all getting their world premiere at the festival Raf, the coming-of-age story of a 29-year-old woman that explores class in modern friendships; Easy Land, about two Serbian refugees as they adapt to life in Canada; and Tammy's Always Dying, a dark comedy about a daughter forced to take care of her self-destructive mother, according to NOW Magazine. I grew up being invested in film and music equally. But the Toronto-based multi-hyphenate is also a composer for film and he's been keeping very busy. I loved making my own movies as a kid, says MQ from his place in Toronto. Now, he's combining both into a career as a film composer. But then music took priority and film kind of got away from me. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

coffee shop: Evan Cobb/For The Washington Post By Ben Terris Ben Terris Feature reporter covering national politics Email Bio Follow September 3GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, according to Rabble. There comes a time in a young man's life when things begin to change. Justin Amash I-Mich. speaks with constituents at Common Ground, a coffee shop in Grand Rapids. Muscles develop. He starts seeing himself differently, trying to figure out where he fits in. Relationships get complicated. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

force canadians: May would rather defeat a government and ultimately force Canadians back to the polls rather than allow a party with a climate plan not up to her standards to govern, according to CTV. Frankly, no party currently has a policy that is adequate it's about getting a deal for our kids to ensure a livable world and if there isn't, if that isn't on the table, then we won't support anyone, May told host Don Martin in an interview that aired on CTV Power Play on Monday. That means, should the Oct. 21 federal election result in a minority government with the Greens holding the balance of power, May says Canadians could be headed back to the polls. We actually would bring a government down and go back to the polls to get a government that's prepared to be responsible. Minority governments are formed when there's no party that wins a majority of the seats in the House of Commons after a federal election. May said she hopes that this existential political threat would prompt leaders to carefully consider their obligations to continue to form government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news coverage: As prime minister I won't let him come here, according to CTV. Where does Trudeau stand Scheer's tweet read. The news coverage prompted Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to tweet on Sunday that he found it disturbing that this pedophile child killer might come to Canada. Our country should not be a dumping ground for murderers, terrorists, and perverts. Other British outlets followed suit, relying on the Daily Star's original story. The Daily Star, a U.K. tabloid, cited unnamed sources in reporting that Jon Venables, who was 10 years old when he abducted and killed a toddler in 1993, would be sent to Canada because of the high cost of keeping his real identity a secret in Britain. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

othman hamdan: Hamdan has been in custody since September 2017, when the Canadian Border Services Agency arrested him on the same day he was acquitted of terrorism-related charges based on Facebook posts calling for so-called lone-wolf attacks, according to CTV. The fact that the immigration division had found Mr. The court upholds a decision made in August by the immigration division of the board, which ordered Othman Hamdan released. Hamdan to be a danger to the public in the context of its admissibility hearing decision the previous year did not require the immigration division to reach a similar conclusion in the detention context as these adjudicate different sections of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act Judge Alan S. Diner said in a written decision released Tuesday. In upholding the immigration division's decision, Diner said 25 conditions imposed by the board are reasonable, including that Hamdan live with a friend who was to post a 2,000 bond on his behalf. The border agency said it would not comment on the court decision until Wednesday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kids thunberg: It was an odious bookend to the criticism levelled at Thunberg during her sailing voyage, which kicked off in earnest when New York Times contributor Christopher Caldwell denounced her climate activism as radical and undemocratic in The Problem With Greta Thunberg's Climate Activism, according to National Observer. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing Caldwell gamely rationalized his criticism, stating, Kids Thunberg's age have not seen much of life. Bernier doubled down in a subsequent volley of tweets, in the manner of the self-described very stable genius, U.S. President Donald Trump. Her world view might be unrealistic, her priorities out of balance. People have had enough of balance and perspective. But in our time, and in her cause, that seems to be a plus. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anti-immigrant messaging: The billboards, which appeared in several Canadian cities, were met with swift backlash, according to National Observer. Social media lit up with condemnation of the anti-immigrant messaging. The recent controversy surrounding this series of ads promoting the PPC's anti-immigrant agenda highlights the potentially problematic role of third parties in election campaigns, both as vehicles for outside influence and as shields that help candidates evade accountability in the face of public criticism. And soon afterward, an online petition warned that the billboards reflected Trump's brand of hateful politics creeping into Canada's election campaign.I never imagined it was possible to see this in a city as diverse as Toronto, in Canada a country of immigrants. This billboard is in the Toronto neighbourhood of Leslieville.I'm a second-generation Canadian who's family came to Canada - both sides - during a wave of immigration in the 1920s. cdnpoli Lisa Kinsella lisakinsella August 24, 2019Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing The company that owns the billboards announced earlier this week that it was taking them down. This is in my neighbourhood Leslieville where 43% of residents were born outside of Canada and I'm sure many more like me who are the child of penniless immigrants John Pasalis John Pasalis August 24, 2019Disgusting & disturbing dog-whistle politics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news coverage: As prime minister I won't let him come here, according to National Observer. Where does Trudeau stand Scheer's tweet read. The news coverage prompted Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer to tweet on Sunday that he found it disturbing that this pedophile child killer might come to Canada. Our country should not be a dumping ground for murderers, terrorists, and perverts. Other British outlets followed suit, relying on the Daily Star's original story. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing The Daily Star, a U.K. tabloid, cited unnamed sources in reporting that Jon Venables, who was 10 years old when he abducted and killed a toddler in 1993, would be sent to Canada because of the high cost of keeping his real identity a secret in Britain. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

assam state: He urged India to ensure no one ends up stateless, including by ensuring adequate access to information, legal aid, and legal recourse in accordance with the highest standards of due process, according to CTV. About 31.1 million people were included on the list Assam's government released Saturday, omitting 1.9 million. Any process that could leave large numbers of people without a nationality would be an enormous blow to global efforts to eradicate statelessness, Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, said in a statement issued Sunday in Geneva. The list -- known as the National Register of Citizens, or NRC -- is unique to Assam state, in India's far northeast bordering Bangladesh. It's unclear what happens next. The government has said it compiled the list to detect and deport undocumented immigrants from Bangladesh but has also clarified that those left off the final citizenship list won't be declared foreigners. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

appeal: The Supreme Court adopted the hybrid model, which considers both parental intention and the circumstances of the children in determining where the children are habitually resident, the Appeal Court said, according to CTV. This appeal presents this court with an opportunity to consider and apply the new approach to habitual residence. In its decision released Friday, the Court of Appeal noted that looking only at where the warring parents had intended to live, as used to be the case, was no longer valid. The case arose because Nils Ludwig, a German citizen, wanted to take his four children back to Germany, where they had been raised. Under the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction -- widely known as the Hague Convention -- determining habitual residence determines whether a child has been wrongfully taken to, or kept in, a particular jurisdiction. His estranged wife, Jennifer Ludwig, a Canadian citizen, wanted to stay with them in Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

conference-call planning: We talked about demo-fatigue and sound systems, the far right who, inexplicably, were marched by police straight through the Stop TheCoup march at the weekend but nobody argued about whether or not we should be protesting, according to Rabble. The debate on our current crisis has concentrated on proroguing, but it is no more than the instrument of what has occurred the executive has moved against the parliament. I was on the conference-call planning it, and we argued about whether or not coup was the right word, whether to start at 5pm or 6pm, whether to protest daily or concentrate on the Saturday. Not tricked it, outwitted it, bullied it, or won it round moved explicitly against it. To watch it happen and accede to it with silence would be unpatriotic, an act of bad citizenship. You cannot find precedent for this in the debates surrounding the Falklands war, or the national government of 1931; you're squarely on the territory of the English civil war. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

landfall sunday: Here's a sampling of false information, fabricated photos and hoaxes that have accompanied other big name hurricanes, according to CTV. While some of the misleading information -- much of which is spread on social media -- may be lighthearted, it can also create confusion or lead to dangerous situations. Hurricane Dorian, an extremely powerful Category 4 storm that has brought misery to the Bahamas since making landfall Sunday, is expected to be no different. Claim All shelters and hotels are required to take in pets. Before heading to a shelter or hotel, check to make sure that they allow pets. The facts It depends on the shelter. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

newsletters show: Jeremy Corbyn won the vote of no confidence in Theresa May that was called on January 15, 2019, and entered government without a general election, according to Rabble. Read More Boris Johnson's bid to win round Tory rebels breaks down after last-ditch meetings axed John McDonnell put him in a taxi and sent him to Buckingham Palace, where a bemused Queen and an even-more bemused Corbyn agreed he might as well have a crack at it. Please see our Privacy Noticefor details of your data protection rights Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid Email Article Start Boris Johnson is not Prime Minister. In the months since, his minority administration has promised Scotland another independence referendum in order to get SNP backing for a 'Better Brexit'. Corbyn claimed he had a mandate from 17.4m people, even though nary a one of them expected him to be in charge, or were given a choice about what sort of Brexit they preferred. The exit agreement included a backstop, EU regulations, and copying much of existing EU law into our own statutes. I met a man called Dave in a chip shop and he told me I was right about everything Image Ian Forsyth Read More Tories 'running scared' as they bar anti-Brexit chief from party conference To honour the Good Friday Agreement and protect jobs, the government had to compromise. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

opening sequence: Sep 9, 9 45 pm, TIFF 2; Sep 10, 1 pm, TIFF 4; Sep 14, 5 45 pm, Scotiabank 11, according to NOW Magazine. Rating NNNNLike 2014's The Kindergarten Teacher, Lapid's Golden Bear winner is about a character running away from identity. France/Israel/Germany. 123 min. When ex-Israeli soldier Yoav Tom Mercier, giving a wildly physical performance arrives in Paris, his stuff is promptly stolen, leaving him freezing and naked in a very memorable opening sequence. Magnetized by Yoav and his slavish sense of self-discipline, they become enablers of sorts and a hilariously intense source of sexual tension. Fortunately, he's rescued by Emile and Caroline Quentin Dolmaire and Louise Chevillotte an inexplicably rich and unflinchingly stone-faced couple who would be right at home in a Bresson or Garrel movie. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

st george: Winter is coming, according to Rabble. Who knows how a swan song Wayne Rooney hat-trick in that game might have affected voting intentions a couple of days later What is certain, however, is that only a government as insouciant or incompetent as David Cameron's would have called a vote on Britain's European future while fans clothed and tattooed in the flag of St George were defending the honour of our boys in the fountains and pavement cafes of France and our up-and-at-'em footballing nation was sensing a new humiliation at the hands of those sophisticated operatives from across the channel. Donald Tusk tweeted presciently or gleefully UK-Iceland, 1-2. In hindsight, the most telling image of England's campaign was that of our travelling supporters army scarily outnumbered and battered by tooled-up Russian ultras, who delivered what appeared to be a calculated missive from the Putin government. In analysing England's football culture over the last 30 years he makes the point that it was at the generally joyful 1996 tournament that the union jack was abandoned by England's fans and a new narrower nationalism emerged. The message on the stadium advertising hoardings underneath that image was the French tournament's unfortunate motto Rendez-vous with history . David Goldblatt's latest encyclopedic book on the reach of the global game misses no possible nuance in the symbolism of that particular stand-off. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prorogue parliament: Remainers storm MP's office screamed the Sun, under a tag of Red rabble . In reality, a couple of hecklers aside, the crowd listened in respectful silence as Chalk, a Remainer who opposes prorogation, attempted to explain his rather contorted position, according to Rabble. The rabble was about as threatening as a librarians' picnic. But last Thursday protesters gathered outside the office of the local Conservative MP, Alex Chalk, to voice their anger at Boris Johnson's decision delivered by the Queen to prorogue parliament, and thus shorten the amount of time for MPs to pass legislation preventing a no-deal Brexit. Although it's a Conservative seat, Cheltenham voted 57-43 in favour of Remain in the referendum and, led by the pressure group Cheltenham for Europe, the town has been host to a strong anti-Brexit campaign. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Under fire Alex Chalk. Clearly discomfited, Chalk found himself having to declare that he was not going to resign the whip. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

biases guide: In an interview with the BBC, Galv o said that previously, the INPE and the ministry formally collaborated to prevent deforestation in the Amazon from 2002 to 2014, according to National Observer. But the current environment minister, Salles, has insisted that ideological biases guide scientific data and that deforestation statistics have been sensationalized. After INPE's director, Ricardo Galv o, defended the data and provided more scientific evidence to back up the reports, he was dismissed from his role earlier this month. He has gone as far as to suggest hiring a foreign company to replace INPE, which Galv o said would amount to a conflict of interests. Bolsonaro called the move and further international criticism of his government an echo of colonialism, chastising countries with colonial histories and relationships for trying to play saviour to the Amazon, acting as if Brazil is a no man's land, as Bolsonaro tweeted Monday. On Monday, the G7 offered US 22 million in fire-fighting aid to Brazil. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

boston restaurant: She also said no trial date was set, according to CTV. The case returns to court Sept. 4. A spokeswoman for Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins said Batali didn't attend Friday's hearing at Boston Municipal Court and wasn't required to. Batali pleaded not guilty in May to forcibly kissing and groping a woman at a Boston restaurant in 2017. The accuser says Batali groped and kissed her repeatedly without her consent after he took a selfie with her. His career crumbled in the wake of that and other accusations of sexual misconduct. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

friday interview: We're shooting it like a documentary, most of it handheld, very close up, very quiet, said Sulatycky in a Friday interview with CTV Calgary, according to CTV. There's no big drama. In Canadian productions you tend to see people taking on more than just one role within a production and for this one Sulatycky wears the hats of writer, director and producer. It's just the little steps of how people live day to day, both as a cowboy or a new refugee family . Sulatycky,who previously directed the 2018 drama April in Autumn, was inspired by watching Syrian refugees when they first started arriving in Canada. It's an immediate clash of cultures. The film follows one family's Canadian journey, but rather than ending up in a big city they arrive in a small rural town where a ranch owner takes them in. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

gender parity: An additional four global rising stars include Norway's Josefine Frida, Australia's Geraldine Viswanathan, the United States' Kelvin Harrison Jr., and Argentina's Chino Darin -- son of renowned actor Ricardo Darin, according to CTV. At a red carpet event for TIFF earlier this summer, some of the Canadian actors spoke about their desire to further Hollywood efforts to achieve gender parity and increase support for diverse voices. Shamier Anderson, Nahema Ricci, Kacey Rohl, and Mikhail Ahooja are the fest's homegrown rising stars this year, a designation that gives them access to private industry meetings with casting directors, filmmakers, producers, and executives. Here's a look at each of their burgeoning careers NAHEMA RICCI This 21-year-old helms one of the buzziest homegrown titles of the fest, Antigone, billed as an indictment of the refugee experience in North America. After their parents are murdered, Antigone, her sister Ismene, her brothers Eteocle and Polynice, and their grandmother Menecee attempt to build a quiet life in a tiny apartment in their working-class neighbourhood. Directed by Quebec filmmaker Sophie Deraspe, this modern-day interpretation of the classic Greek tragedy centres on an immigrant family in Montreal anchored by straight-A student Antigone, played by Ricci -- herself a Montreal-born child of immigrant parents of Franco-Tunisian descent. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

need policies: But smugness is a cause of populism, not an antidote, according to Rabble. We need policies that work for people who increasingly feel marginalized, not self-satisfied contempt for them. Getty Images National Post View August 30, 20191 28 PM EDTFiled under Full Share this storyNP View A bigger government won't reduce angry populism Tumblr Pinterest Google Linked InCanadians may feel smugly immune to the disease of vulgar populism that has upended politics in many democratic countries, from Trump to Brexit and anti-mass-immigration parties in Europe. It's a lot easier to say than do. But it was pain for gain, because of the danger of not addressing the sources of alienation. In a recent Macdonald-Laurier Institute piece, Sean Speer admits that studying populism forced him into an ongoing process of introspection a complicated journey that has led me in new and different directions. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

persons idps: There were 28 million new displacements caused by conflict and disasters in 2018, according to Rabble. These are staggering numbers. In 2016, approximately 40 million people became internally displaced persons IDPs and 22.5 million became refugees, the highest figures on record. As migration and displacement have increased, so has media coverage, not all positive. In all of the media sources we analyzed, Canadian citizens, politicians, and other public actors speak on behalf of refugees and exemplify a 'saviour complex' that marginalizes Syrian refugees while offering a narrative of humanitarian and generous Canadians, says the report. In 2017, a study from the Ryerson Centre for Immigration and Settlement RCIS found that the Canadian media engaged in the process of othering Syrian refugees who were resettled in Canada between 2015-2017. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee claimants: Simon Jolin-Barrette said in a statement that Ottawa has also agreed to cover the province's expenses related to asylum seekers in 2019.A federal government news release notes Quebec received roughly 90 per cent of the refugee claimants who entered the country from the United States in 2017 and 2018, according to National Observer. Quebec assumed costs related to housing, education and other basic needs. Quebec's immigration minister said today the federal money completely covers the province's expenses in connection with the thousands of people who crossed irregularly from the United States in 2017 and 2018. Roughly 40,000 asylum seekers entered Canada in 2017 and 2018 through what are known as irregular ports of entry. Quebec had been negotiating with the federal government for months to cover costs related to asylum seekers. More than 37,000 of them entered through a rural road from New York State that leads into southern Quebec. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

two-degree commitment: That fateful day in December 2015, Canada joined 195 other countries in committing for the first time to restricting planetary warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels an improvement on the two-degree commitment that had become par for the course, according to National Observer. But the momentum didn't last. She remembers the momentum the gathering of countries, the urgency, the ambition, the instruction to work closely with Barack Obama's U.S. administration, the stunned applause when she stood at the podium and said that Canada is here to help. Almost as soon as Canada got serious about the climate change emergency, McKenna and her government began fighting provinces over its plan to uphold its Paris commitments by putting a price on pollution. And then look what happened. It was a different time, and we got an ambitious agreement because the world really did come together, McKenna told National Observer in her Toronto ministerial office on Aug. 27. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.