calendar: Cheema was listed as attending the meeting on Farnworth's calendar, but a spokesperson for Farnworth's office subsequently denied Cheema attended; instead, the spokesperson said Cheema's name was referenced in the calendar as he was the one who reached out to book the meeting that was described as one to discuss traffic fine revenue sharing, according to Vancouver Courier. The ministry spokesperson also said Donna Jones was listed on the calendar. This is the second such suit against a political opponent of Mayor Doug McCallum.article continues below Trending Stories Vancouver saw the coldest temperature in a whopping 84 years today The Cambie has been saved Vancouver's oldest bar isn't closing after all These are the Vancouver ridings to watch in the 2019 federal election Here's who's running in Vancouver in the 2019 federal election The claim originates from a motion tabled by Hundial at a Sep. 16 council meeting, in which Hundial asked for more information about an apparent meeting Cheema had on Nov. 2, 2018, with then mayor-elect McCallum and B.C. Solicitor General Mike Farnworth. Jones is Surrey s manager of economic development and intergovernmental relations. Hundial's motion asked for more information about the meeting and the extent of the relationship Cheema had to the City of Surrey at the time. Cheema claims Hundial made no effort to verify, prior to the motion, if he actually attended the meeting. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

leadership candidates: The leaders often interrupted and talked over one another, prompting more than one of the five moderators to remind them to speak one at a time, according to National Observer. Some of them landed some good lines see Singh getting whimsical calling Trudeau and Scheer Mr. During the English-language debate in Gatineau, Que., the six leadership candidates the Conservative Party of Canada's Andrew Scheer, the Green Party's Elizabeth May, Justin Trudeau of the governing Liberals, the NDP's Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Qu b cois leader Yves-Fran ois Blanchet and People's Party of Canada leader Maxime Bernier sparred over economics, Indigenous issues, immigration, and environment and energy. Delay and Mr. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing Here's what they claimed, and what the truth is Claim Maxime Bernier said People's Party is the only environmentalist option at the ballot box True or false False In a heated discussion about each of the six parties' climate plans, rookie party leader Maxime Bernier claimed that, at the People's Party, we are the only real environmentalist party. Deny, or Trudeau saying that Bernier says publicly what Scheer thinks privately some of them got their points across and some of them got facts wrong. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canada: Replay our live blog below function d, s, id var ijs ; document, 'script', 'scrbbl-js' , according to CTV. Canada debate 2019 Party leaders square off on policy Nine zingers from the federal leaders' debate Topics covered in tonight's debate included affordability and economic insecurity, environment and energy, Indigenous issues, leadership in Canada and on the global stage, as well as polarization, human rights and immigration. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

organization thousands: He pleaded innocent to the charges against him, according to CTV. On Monday, the 60-year-old Rivas, a Canadian citizen who was born in El Salvador, was ordered held pending trial. Court documents filed in U.S. District Court in Burlington say that Godofredo Rivas-Melendez was taken into custody on Oct. 1 in Champlain, N.Y., after being deported from Canada. An indictment says Rivas' organization specialized in smuggling people into the U.S. from Canada, sometimes in New York, but usually into Vermont. Rivas's attorney did not return a call seeking comment. People would pay the organization thousands of dollars to be smuggled into the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

schizophrenia: But he didn't know that at first, according to CTV. I was manic depressive, they say, I was obsessive compulsive, he told CTV News. For Marek Wroblewski, it was schizophrenia. But it was actually schizophrenia, and when it hit me, I wasn't prepared. He worked much of his life, but his undiagnosed mental illness plagued him, causing him to make poor decisions that led to his money disappearing as fast as he earned it. The 59-year-old immigrant arrived in Canada from Poland as a translator and occasional actor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump: They used to want only our money, but since we elected Trump, they've decided to come for everything else we enjoy as free citizens of the Republic, according to Rabble. Trump is all that stands between the America we cherish and the left's policies for fundamentally transforming the United States of America. And just as we so many times disappointed Barack Obama, we failed them as well, proving our illegitimacy as a citizenry. if page width onload 479 document.write ' ' ; ; Electing Trump was the last straw for them plastic, of course, paper is for us rabble. They know that for us, 2020 is a Flight 93 election and impeaching Trump on what is the thinnest of gruel, and arguably the finest example of projection today, is a last-ditch effort to either depose him or damage him enough politically to make him unelectable come next November. It used to be the big lie. With the media, their unctuous allies in scurrility, the left knows every specious allegation will be portrayed as fact in every article, on every news panel, and in every talking-head utterance. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

official leaders: We can expect to hear about Canadian values and immigrants' integration, according to National Observer. While seemingly simple shared ideas, they are everything but. And they will be front and centre as topics scheduled for today's official leaders' debate. Canada's immigration system assesses potential immigrants' value and potential for integration by giving points for language and educational qualifications, age, work experience/arranged employment and adaptability. Eligibility thresholds demanded from immigrants shed light on what policy-makers believe Canadians are. Potential immigrants must meet financial savings thresholds and pass a medical examination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ndp leader: Its platform also denies the science of climate change, according to National Observer. On Monday, Canadians had their first opportunity to watch Bernier debate other federal political leaders. Bernier's year-old People's Party of Canada stands for ending official multiculturalism and slashing the number of immigrants allowed into the country. He wasted little time putting this new exposure to use, tossing out an incendiary anti-Semitic slur in some of his first remarks when he declared that the other leaders on this stage are globalists and attacked the United Nations as a dysfunctional organization. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing Singh, the NDP leader, had already expressed his displeasure at Bernier's invitation to the debate. Discussions about Bernier's policies ended up dominating the first half of the debate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sign: I think the government of Quebec has to take all the measures to put incentives in place to ensure people are welcomed in French in different businesses, but we won't legislate on the singular question of 'bonjour-hi,' Jolin-Barrette told reporters in Beloeil, on Montreal's South Shore, according to National Observer. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing The bilingual greeting has been widely adopted by retail workers in Montreal in an effort to welcome a diverse clientele, but it has also become a sore point among those who fear the gradual erosion of the French language in the province's largest city. Simon Jolin-Barrette, who is also minister responsible for the French language, said the government will work to encourage retailers to greet customers in French, but he shut the door on the idea of forcing them by law. On Friday, Jolin-Barrette said the province was looking for a way to ban the greeting as a way of building on two unanimous motions passed in the legislature calling on store clerks to stick to a simple bonjour. Unilingual French greetings dropped to 75 per cent from 84 per cent over the same period. ; Jolin-Barrette did not specify how he planned to accomplish the ban but insisted to reporters that people want to be welcomed in French an assertion he repeated Monday. As justification, he cited a recent study by Quebec's language watchdog that suggested bilingual greetings became twice as frequent between 2010 and 2017, making up eight per cent of all greetings in Montreal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

replacement certificate: Diab, who was born in Lebanon, argues the government has a public duty to provide the replacement, given that he has been a Canadian citizen since 1993, according to CTV. The RCMP arrested Diab in November 2008 in response to a request by France. The 65-year-old Ottawa academic is asking the Federal Court of Canada to hear his plea for a replacement certificate after waiting 15 months for government officials to issue one. French authorities suspected he was involved in the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue that killed four people and injured dozens of others, an accusation he has always denied. In January last year, French judges dismissed the allegations against him and ordered his immediate release. Following lengthy court proceedings, Diab was extradited to France where he spent three years behind bars, including time in solitary confinement. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

burnaby north-seymour: Earlier in the day, Leung's opponent, NDP candidate and former MP Svend Robinson, had called for her removal because of comments she made in the past about her views on LGBTQ2 rights and controversial issues like abortion, according to CTV. There are multiple videos online of Leung weighing-in on LGBTQ2 rights. The Conservative Party of Canada announced late Friday afternoon that its candidate for the riding of Burnaby North-Seymour, Heather Leung, would no longer be representing the party. Burnaby NOW shared a video from 2011 of Leung speaking against a Burnaby School Board policy aimed at inclusiveness. They recruit more people and more people into their camp, she said while speaking to a Burnaby NOW reporter. The school board and the people who draft this policy are digging a deep, dark pit for the next generation because these homosexual people, they cannot reproduce the next generation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

bernard looney: Dudley will retire in March, ending a 40-year career that began at Amoco, which was later bought by BP. He became CEO in 2010, shortly after a fire and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and created an environmental catastrophe as oil gushed from the broken well at the bottom of the Gulf, according to CTV. Dudley, who grew up in Mississippi and was the first American to lead BP, succeeded Tony Hayward, who was criticized for his response to the spill -- famously complaining that he wanted his life back. Bernard Looney, 49, will become CEO and take Dudley's seat on the board in February, after the 64-year-old Dudley delivers the company's 2019 full-year financial results. The spill cost BP more than 60 billion, which Dudley managed by selling off businesses and refocusing operations. Bob Dudley took over a BP that was in deep crisis and built it back into a resurgent global player, restoring confidence outside the company, including with investors, and most crucially among BP's own employees, said Daniel Yergin, vice chairman of research firm IHS Markit and author of a sweeping book about the history of the oil industry. Later, he led the company through the oil-price collapse that began in 2014. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

elections: It's possible some may have voted illegally in the 2015 election, according to CTV. But despite that, there are non-Canadian citizens here in Nova Scotia who are still on that list registered to vote in just over two weeks from now. In May of this year, Elections Canada said it would eliminate 103,000 people from the register because they are not Canadian citizens. You must be a Canadian citizen in order to vote so the best thing to do to help Elections Canada improve the list and correct the mistakes is to either go to an Elections Canada office and say 'will you please remove me from the list, I'm not a Canadian.' or you can phone, said Francoise Enguehard of Elections Canada. Elections Canada says if you are not a Canadian citizen you should not be on the list. We have a 1-800 number and you will help greatly in making the list better. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

hannity: This is a rush transcript from Hannity, October 4, 2019, according to Rabble. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. Matt Gaetz and 'Swamp Wars' author Jeffrey Lord. SEAN HANNITY, Welcome to Hannity. Tonight, buckle up. All right. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

states news: Trudeau said there's nothing wrong about having dual citizenship that should disqualify anyone from being a politician, according to CTV. He added that honesty, however, is of upmost importance. Speaking to reporters in Quebec City this morning, Trudeau was asked about his views on Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's dual citizenship in the United States news unearthed Thursday in the Globe and Mail. I do think you have to be honest with Canadians when you're applying for a job to be prime minister of 37 million Canadians. Scheer needs to answer for. I think that's what Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

debates part: In total, 105 debates with 386 candidates were scheduled to happen Thursday night, according to National Observer. It's taken a lot of work to get this whole thing done, GreenPAC spokeswoman Kate Belmore said in a phone interview. The debates part of an event called 100 Debates for the Environment, organized by the non-profits GreenPAC and quiterre were a grassroots response to the lack of an official climate-focused debate. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing It's such an issue on the minds of voters, especially on this election. The Conservative party didn't respond to a request for comment. The People's Party of Canada PPC which denies the existence of climate change, dropped a candidate who asked leader Maxime Bernier to speak out against racism and advocates against diversity has 45 candidates attending local debates, more than the Conservatives' 42. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

campaign event: Like millions of Canadians, one of my parents was born in another country, he said, according to CTV. I met with representatives from the embassy in August and announced I was renouncing my citizenship and submitted the paperwork to start that process. Speaking at a campaign event in Halifax, Scheer told reporters that he received the citizenship from his father, who was born in the United States. The Globe and Mail first reported on Scheer's U.S. citizenship on Thursday. Scheer was also questioned about why he waited until the eve of the election to begin the process of renouncing his citizenship. When asked why he never told anyone about his dual citizenship, Scheer replied No one's ever asked me before. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

election: Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign There's the real risk of a chilling effect on the Canadian election, the researchers say, according to CTV. Unable to discern real from fake, people will just disengage from politics altogether. Researchers from the Harvard Kennedy School's Shorenstein Center say they are already seeing fake images related to the controversy circulating online, and being shared among prominent U.S. operators who have amplified disinformation in the past. The result is far fewer voices and much less vibrant and healthy elections--and democracies, the Technology and Social Change Research Project concludes. Trudeau's inability to say with certainty whether more photos or images exist opens up space for hoaxers to just create their own. There are a number of aspects of the Trudeau controversy that make it vulnerable to disinformation and its effects, said Jon Penney, one of the lead researchers on the project. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

murshidabad district: For Muslims in the eastern Indian state, which borders Bangladesh, these are nervy times, according to Rabble. Panic has swept through the Muslim community, which makes up 34 percent of the West Bengal population, following last month's announcement by the Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah that the National Register of Citizens NRC would be implemented throughout the country. The 33-year-old daily wage worker joined hundreds of men and women with similar concerns standing in line outside the government Block Development Office in Basudevpur, in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal. The NRC is designed to identify genuine citizens of India while declaring anyone without valid papers as stateless. Half of them were thought to be Hindus. In the northeastern state of Assam, where the checks were recently applied, more than 1.9 million people of all faiths were branded stateless because their names did not appear on the official citizenship list. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

video: What we wanted to do is to provide a reliable source of comprehensive information in one place that's easy to understand, said Noel Tsang, Program Coordinator of the Smart Tips Video Series at Immigrant Services Calgary, according to CTV. Topics include How to rent a home Accessing health care services What do do in a car crash Resources to learn English The information you will access with our videos are specific to Alberta, said Tsang. Immigrant Services Calgary is behind the project, Alberta Newcomers How-to and Smart Tips Video Series, giving newcomers free 24/7 access to video resources. The centre said new videos and materials will be released each month. We really want to use more technology and innovation to provide services to new immigrants. Each video has links to vocabulary lists, knowledge check, quizzes and other information and agency referral links relevant to that topic. 15 videos will be produced in the next year and a half, in a project funded by the province. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

aengus bridgman: If you have something important to say on an issue, you have to say it within the first two or three days in the media environment that we live in, said Aengus Bridgman, the lead data analyst on the project, according to National Observer. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing Otherwise, things will move on. The results measured through public posts on Twitter were consistent among journalists, federal election candidates and the general public, according to the report by the Digital Democracy Project. The Digital Democracy Project is a joint initiative by the Public Policy Forum and the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University. The dataset included tweets from 700 journalists, 200 media outlets, political candidates and 55,000 likely partisans, defined as individuals who followed more than five rank-and-file candidates from each party. For Thursday's report, the research team analyzed three million tweets collected since Sept. 17. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news sign: Now that it's official Alberta government policy, however, things are about to get a lot trickier, according to National Observer. Don't miss out on the latest news Sign up for our daily briefing The foreign funding conspiracy theory is a house of sand, where every pillar crumbles to the touch. Underdogs are popular, and suspicion of foreign plotting is a guaranteed box office winner. At its core, this theory, which Jason Kenney has adopted as the Alberta government's, is that the province has been targeted by a cabal of American foundations led by the Rockefellers in a deliberate campaign of economic sabotage. Unscrupulous governments are employing it around the world to discredit, silence and intimidate environmental dissent, and ultimately to choke off resources to activist groups. By directing money and influence to an anti-pipeline movement called the Tar Sands Campaign, these foundations seek to advance American energy interests by landlocking Canadian oil. ; As I wrote earlier in September, the sham outrage over foreign money is just a cynical ruse. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

venue owner: You can read the whole bylaw document here, according to NOW Magazine. Perhaps the most significant change is that the former category of unreasonable and persistent noise, is no longer the overarching catch-all that it used to be. The changes officially came into effect on October 1, and it should come as a sigh of relief to the city's music community especially venue owners and show organizers who have been the targets of frustrating noise complaints even when doing things by the letter of the law. General noise used to supersede all else in the bylaw, meaning that even if a venue owner or festival manager made amplified sound within allowed sound thresholds, a noise complaint could still be lodged against them. Record store and punk venue Faith/Void, for instance, closed earlier this year after receiving such a noise complaint. That was the bane of many music venues in the city. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

diba majzub: Border officers seized Meng's cellphones, tablet and other devices and wrote down her passcodes on a piece of paper that they handed to the RCMP when she was arrested, according to CTV. The border agency later realized it had made a mistake and told the RCMP the codes could not be used or shared because they'd been obtained during a CBSA examination, a Crown lawyer said. Officers with the Canada Border Services Agency questioned Meng for three hours at Vancouver's airport before the RCMP executed a provisional arrest warrant on Dec. 1, 2018. The fact of an error in the process is not an air of reality that the process was a sham, Diba Majzub told a British Columbia Supreme Court judge. Meng's arrest has sparked a diplomatic crisis between Canada and China. The Chinese tech giant's chief financial officer was arrested at the request of the United States, which is seeking her extradition on fraud charges linked to the alleged violation of sanctions against Iran. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

floor: His mental health had deteriorated rapidly, according to the new case report released Tuesday in the journal BMJ Case Reports, according to CTV. He had hallucinations, lost sleep and grew paranoid that people were spying on him. Three weeks after a referendum determined in 2016 that the United Kingdom would leave the European Union, a man in his 40s was taken to hospital. At the hospital he was agitated, perplexed and confused, attempting to dig the floor with his hands to burrow' through the floor to get the hell out of this place,' the report said. The man, who described his family as multicultural, became increasingly worried about racial incidents. He found it difficult to reconcile with the political events happening around him. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration minister: Sign up for our Election Dispatch newsletter for a daily update on the campaign But Hussen is a Liberal, Abdi a Conservative, according to CTV. And their politics shaped how they responded, and how the challenge of tackling racism in Canada has become, for them, a campaign issue. Both also reacted to photos of Justin Trudeau engaging in the racist act of wearing black- and brownface three times in his life with shock. Hussen won the Toronto-area riding of York South-Weston in 2015 and became immigration minister in 2017. The most vicious have been online, including one that involved a photo of a gun, a stack of bullets and a racial slur. Racist attacks again him have increased since he was elected. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.