government: Last time I checked in on Brian and Jean Kirkham of First United Church in Waterloo, their congregation had spent $6,000 on rent to pay for a townhouse to sit empty for six months, according to The Waterloo Record. Because the Trudeau government in Ottawa has slowed the flow of refugees from Syria down to a trickle, the arrival of a family of seven expected by the Waterloo group has been delayed for months. Especially by a government that claims to be on the same side as them. After pulling out all the stops to get 25,000 refugees here last winter this government has stalled on processing other refugees who are supported by thousands of citizen groups across the country. Never mind that, because their costs are partially paid for by private groups, it costs the public less to bring them to Canada. Never mind that the family supported by First United was in the system before the 25,000 came through. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Ottawa South Asians: Fast forward more than a century and South Asians are the single largest visible minority community in the country, with Statistics Canada estimating that they will represent one in every three people in the Toronto area alone by 2031, according to Guelph Mercury. The community influence is also reflected in the corridors of power in Ottawa — 23 South Asians, 17 of them Sikh, were elected last fall. Related Stories Komagata Maru: a chronology of... Prof hopes Komagata Maru apology... Brampton MP unveils Komagata Maru... Her great-great grandfather chartered the ship Komagata Maru, filled it with 376 Indian passengers, nearly all of them Sikhs, and they sailed to the shores of British Columbia in search of a new life. It expected all will be on hand Wednesday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau historic apology for what happened next with the Komagata Maru some 102 years ago. The ship was forced back to India, where 19 were killed in a skirmish with British authorities and dozens of others were imprisoned or forced into hiding, including Randhawa great-great grandfather. Canadian officials refused to allow the Indians in, arguing the ship passengers were violating immigration laws even though they were British subjects just like every other Canadian of the time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

minority community: Fast forward more than a century and South Asians are the single largest visible minority community in the country, with Statistics Canada estimating that they will represent one in every three people in the Toronto area alone by 2031, according to Brandon Sun. The community influence is also reflected in the corridors of power in Ottawa — 23 South Asians, 17 of them Sikh, were elected last fall. Her great-great grandfather chartered the ship Komagata Maru, filled it with 376 Indian passengers, nearly all of them Sikhs, and they sailed to the shores of British Columbia in search of a new life. It expected all will be on hand Wednesday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau historic apology for what happened next with the Komagata Maru some 102 years ago. The ship was forced back to India, where 19 were killed in a skirmish with British authorities and dozens of others were imprisoned or forced into hiding, including Randhawa great-great grandfather. Canadian officials refused to allow the Indians in, arguing the ship passengers were violating immigration laws even though they were British subjects just like every other Canadian of the time. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

South Asians: The community influence is also reflected in the corridors of power in Ottawa — 23 South Asians, 17 of them Sikh, were elected last fall, according to National Observer. It expected all will be on hand Wednesday for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau historic apology for what happened next with the Komagata Maru some 102 years ago. Fast forward more than a century and South Asians are the single largest visible minority community in the country, with Statistics Canada estimating that they will represent one in every three people in the Toronto area alone by 2031. Canadian officials refused to allow the Indians in, arguing the ship passengers were violating immigration laws even though they were British subjects just like every other Canadian of the time. The family would continue their lives in India, the dream of moving abroad deferred for more than 70 years, until 2003 when — despite their family history — the Randhawas applied again to enter Canada and were accepted. The ship was forced back to India, where 19 were killed in a skirmish with British authorities and dozens of others were imprisoned or forced into hiding, including Randhawa great-great grandfather. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

restlessness: People would tell me to consult his poems, as though they were some kind of elixir that cured the restlessness and doubt that ailed those of us itching to feel a sense of belonging in this country.I started with Whylah Falls, a poem that won Clarke early praise and launched his identity as, what he calls, an Africadian writer.I discovered these lines: There a black wind howlin' by Whylah Falls; There a mad rain hammerin' the flowers;There a shotgunned man moulderin' in petals;There a killer chucklin' to himself; I was and remain mesmerized by this book, not only because of its haunting language but because it was the first time I had encountered so stark an account of Black love, life and death within contemporary Canadian literature, according to NOW Magazine. In the telling of the stories of the fictionalized Whylah Falls community, Clarke showed that Black people have been inextricably part of the Canadian story for centuries, that our lives are and have been deeply enmeshed with the collective project that is Canada. Clarke work kept surfacing in those days. And it pained me to realize it had taken so long for me to know that. I plumbed and devoured a hidden history, one that featured Mathieu da Costa, Mary Ann Shad, Thorton and Lucie Blackburn and many other Black people who had lived extraordinary and very Canadian lives. From this important literary discovery I went about revising the Canadian story in my own mind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

House of Commons: A ruling from the tribunal would have a precedent-setting effect for the federal government, even as it takes steps to extend human rights protections to transgender Canadians in the form of legislation to be tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons, according to CTV. The bill would be the latest attempt to make it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their gender identity and extend hate speech laws to include transgender persons. The outcome is one possibility in an ongoing dispute in front of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal over a piece of information that internal documents show isn't central to identifying the owner of a social insurance number, or critical for preventing fraud. But even on the eve of its introduction, the government appears no closer to making it easier to change the gender attached to a social insurance number without requiring the holder to go through a bureaucratic paperwork process. The changes were simple: her address, legal name and an update to the gender field to female. Christin Milloy, the Toronto-based trans rights activist at the centre of the tribunal case, said there is no need for the federal government to collect and store information on sex and gender. "It not necessary to identify an individual," Milloy said of the gender field. "Name and birthdate and mother maiden name -- these things are enough and storing creates opportunities for discrimination and oppression of all transgender people and women." It has been almost five years since Milloy first downloaded a government form needed to make changes to a social insurance number record. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

transgender persons: The bill would be the latest attempt to make it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their gender identity and extend hate speech laws to include transgender persons, according to Metro News. But even on the eve of its introduction, the government appears no closer to making it easier to change the gender attached to a social insurance number without requiring the holder to go through a bureaucratic paperwork process. The outcome is one possibility in an ongoing dispute in front of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal over a piece of information that internal documents show isn't central to identifying the owner of a social insurance number, or critical for preventing fraud.A ruling from the tribunal would have a precedent-setting effect for the federal government, even as it takes steps to extend human rights protections to transgender Canadians in the form of legislation to be tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons. Christin Milloy, the Toronto-based trans rights activist at the centre of the tribunal case, said there is no need for the federal government to collect and store information on sex and gender."It not necessary to identify an individual," Milloy said of the gender field."Name and birthdate and mother maiden name — these things are enough and storing creates opportunities for discrimination and oppression of all transgender people and women."It has been almost five years since Milloy first downloaded a government form needed to make changes to a social insurance number record. The sex or gender category on a social insurance number record is set at birth when a number is issued. The changes were simple: her address, legal name and an update to the gender field to female. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Tommy Douglas Institute: The annual Tommy Douglas Institute at George Brown College invites stakeholders from classrooms to communities to dialogue, debate and advance ideas on educating for change in the twenty-first century, according to Rabble. Past speakers Henry Giroux, Judy Rebick, and Chris Hedges have spoken to themes of social citizenship, critical pedagogy and resistance to neoliberalism. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. On Thursday May 19, Canada Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke will deliver the opening address on this year theme, Canada: A Different Story. We know the popular stereotypes: Polite, quiet and apologetic. From the challenge of detangling a national culture from our multicultural mosaic to the interminable riddle of Canadian identity , the story of Canada has long been tied to a need to make sense of Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

labour shortage: This means the industry is facing a looming labour shortage that could reach 48,000 drivers by 2024, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance, according to CTV. The average age of a truck driver is over 47 -- up from 45 in 2013 -- and almost 30 per cent of the driving force is 55 or over, which makes it one of the oldest workforces in Canada, according to the organization president. "Tens of thousands of them are nearing retirement and we're not getting anywhere near our commensurate share of new drivers into the business," says David Bradley. And after driving five million kilometres, the 57 year-old still enjoys the freedom of the road. "For the most part, there nobody looking over my shoulder telling me what to do," says Fielding, who hails from McKellar, Ont. "I have an assignment and I'm left to do it at my own pace and how I think it should be done." But as Fielding and thousands like him near retirement age, the industry is struggling to recruit young people who share his enthusiasm for the job. There are multiple reasons for the looming shortage, but many believe the lifestyle simply isn't attractive to a younger generation. Schedules are not set in advance, and drivers often work 12 hours or more a day. "You're not home with your friends on Friday nights having parties," he says. "If you have a family you might miss out on birthdays and things like that." Bradley says this makes it harder to attract younger people or those with families, who tend to place a higher emphasis on work-life balance than older generations. Fielding, for example, usually works 10-14 days straight, with three days off between trips. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

visa offices: Staffing boost underway for privately sponsored Syrian refugees amid complaints Syrian refugee sponsors in Collingwood, Ont., receive good news, but frustration remains "Over 40 additional dedicated staff are joining employees already working in visa offices in the Middle East to process these applications in May and June," said Lisa Filipps, an immigration spokeswoman, in response to a query from CBC News. "Employees are located in different countries, with the bulk of the processing occurring in Beirut, according to CBC. These efforts are supported by dozens of staff in Canada," Filipps said in an email. The update comes after Immigration Minister John McCallum told a Commons committee last Thursday that a staffing boost was underway, though no details were immediately available. Last week, the Immigration Department told CBC that "more than 65 full-time employees" are working in visa offices in Amman, Ankara and Beirut. Priority for 'cases in the pipeline' Sewell said he did receive some "positive news" from Adam Vaughan, the Liberal MP for Spadina -Fort York, who called him over the weekend to say the Immigration Department "will try to prioritize" those refugees who have been matched with Canadian sponsors but have yet to arrive in Canada. "Vaughan said the department is going to give priority to some of those cases in the pipeline." "That good news," Sewell said. John Sewell, the former Toronto mayor who has become a spokesman for private sponsors in Ontario and is now in the process of forming a national group, says it a step in the right direction, but it not enough to process thousands of applications. "It a start," said Sewell in a phone interview Monday. "It better than nothing, but I don't think it responds to the actual need." Approximately 500 government officials worked on the Liberal government initiative to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees between last November and the end of February. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

immigration thresholds: Starting at 60,000 immigrants a year, however, the work force would continue to grow well into the future, according to Globe and Mail. A healthy discussion of immigration thresholds would consider these factors while reviewing the longer-term evidence. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone A recent government white paper warned that maintaining immigration at the current 50,000 annual level would lead to a marked decline in the working-age population between 2016 and 2031, putting a damper on economic growth and everything that flows from it. Since the adoption of the province Bill 101 in 1977, requiring the children of immigrants to attend French-language schools, several cohorts of new Quebeckers have embraced la langue de Molière and successfully integrated into francophone society. Yet, despite such reassuring evidence, opposition politicians showed the usual reflexes in denouncing the government for merely raising the possibility of an increase in immigration. The proportion of Quebeckers speaking French at home remained a robust 82.5 per cent in 2011, while almost 95 per cent of all Quebeckers could speak French, according to Statistics Canada. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: This means the industry is facing a looming labour shortage that could reach 48,000 drivers by the year 2024, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance, according to Huffington Post Canada. Trucks on the Ambassador Bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich., 2014. And after driving five million kilometres, the 57 year-old still enjoys the freedom of the road. "For the most part, there nobody looking over my shoulder telling me what to do," says Fielding, who hails from McKellar, Ont. "I have an assignment and I'm left to do it at my own pace and how I think it should be done." But as Fielding and thousands like him near retirement age, the industry is struggling to recruit young people who share his enthusiam for the job. The average age of a truck driver is over 47 — up from 45 in 2013 — and almost 30 per cent of the driving force is 55 or over, which makes it one of the oldest workforces in Canada, according to the organization president. "Tens of thousands of them are nearing retirement and we're not getting anywhere near our commensurate share of new drivers into the business," says David Bradley. Fielding, for example, usually works 10-14 days straight, with three days off between trips. There are multiple reasons for the looming shortage, but many believe the lifestyle simply isn't attractive to a younger generation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

topsy-turvy world: Until Oct. 16 at the Festival Theatre, 10 Queen Parade, Niagara-on-the-Lake. shawfest.com or 1-800-511-7429The story of the little girl who tumbles down the rabbit hole into a topsy-turvy world will never, it seems, go out of style — Lewis Carroll original tale is the second most published book in history after the Bible — but Alice is also having a theatrical moment, according to Toronto Star. In the past four years the national theatres of both Ireland and the U.K. have produced major adaptations: Alice in Funderland at Dublin Abbey was a clubland musical satirizing the corruption that ran the Irish state into bankruptcy; while wonder.land at London National Theatre interpreted Wonderland as online culture, the space we enter when we fall into our mobile phones and computer screens and can't seem to find our way out . Article Continued Below Now the Shaw Festival — one of Canada de facto national stages, thanks to its large budgets, expansive repertoire and capacity to employ artists on season-long contracts — has taken on this iconic story in one of this season blockbuster shows. By Karen Fricker Theatre Critic Mon., May 16, 2016 Alice in Wonderland Adapted by Peter Hinton from the book by Lewis Carroll and directed by Hinton, with music by Allen Cole. This Alice, three years in development, is the brainchild of director/adapter Peter Hinton, an enticing prospect given Hinton extraordinary capacity to create complex, multi-layered stagings that excavate the meanings of his chosen scripts, as with his recent Shaw productions of Pygmalion, Cabaret and Lady Windermere Fan, and his queer take on Anosh Irani Bombay Black at Factory this season. Certainly, the visual world that he and his many collaborators have created on the Festival stage is sumptuous: the great pleasure of this production is watching image after amazing stage image unfold. Hinton has said in interview that he interested in challenging perceptions of the Victorian era — when Carroll, and indeed Shaw, wrote — as restrained and wants to rather celebrate it as a time of vivid imagination. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Brian Bowman: Interim-NDP Leader Flor Marcelino said the party was happy the speech was short, but she was concerned that it lacked details. "We're heartbroken that there are several sectors that are not mentioned, and we want them mentioned because they're very important, according to CBC. They're Manitobans – part of our society," said Marcelino, specifically pointing to the province Indigenous community and immigrants. "So many people were not mentioned. Tory Myrna Driedger elected Speaker of Manitoba legislature Throne speech kicks off Manitoba legislative session Monday The NDP called the speech "heartbreaking," while Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman said it was "very encouraging." The speech stuck closely to Tory campaign promises made throughout the election and had few surprises. We want to see what they will do with education, with teachers. How about the Indigenous population How about the North How about newcomers " Marcelino said talk of missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls was absent from the speech, as was any mention of reconciliation. "We'd like fulsome discussion on those," she said. We want to see how they will treat people with disabilities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

official announcement: I'm running to attract new people to the party, and I'm very excited, according to Huffington Post Canada. Chong, 44, made the official announcement in Ottawa Monday morning, with his wife, Carrie, and his three young boys, William, Alistair, and Cameron, at his side. I'm running to win, Chong told The Huffington Post Canada. Michael Chong walks with his wife Carrie and sons Cameron , Alistair and William to a news conference Monday. I bring a very different life experience to this leadership race. In an interview before the announcement, Chong said he views himself as someone who can expand and modernize the party, while doing a better job of telling Canadians how the Conservative party is the best vehicle for their hopes and aspirations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Maxime Bernier: Chong is the third candidate to declare his ambition to lead the federal Conservatives, joining former labour minister Kellie Leitch and former minister of state for small business Maxime Bernier in the race that won't be decided for another year, according to CTV. The higher-profile candidates are biding their time; they already have the name recognition and fundraising ability the first three will need to build. Not in so many words - Chong praised Harper fiscal conservatism when asked about the former prime minister - but through a number of the policies he touched on. The Conservatives under Michael Chong would aim to lower taxes and simplify the tax code, he said. Chong is in favour of gay marriage, but for a rather socially conservative reason. "I believe that families are the core building block of our society and if two people want to make a life-long commitment and formalize that, I think we should respect that and we should welcome that," he said Monday in Ottawa. They would acknowledge the need to preserve the environment, and that carbon pricing already exists in Canada, and use that revenue to lower income taxes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

southern Ontario riding: Chong was first elected in 2004 in a southern Ontario riding and went on to serve in former prime minister Stephen Harper cabinet as intergovernmental affairs minister, according to Toronto Star. But he resigned from that position in 2006 because he didn't support a motion recognizing Quebecers as a nation, calling it ethnic nationalism. Michael Chong becomes the third person to officially join the race which will culminate in a vote in just over a year time. He took a seat in the backbenches; and from there, spearheaded legislation to give individual MPs more power. Conservative MP Michael Chong about to speak to the Senate rules and procedures committee last year. Article Continued Below A bill to that effect became law last fall. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

: For the most part, there nobody looking over my shoulder telling me what to do, says Mr, according to Globe and Mail. Fielding, who hails from McKellar, Ont. And after driving five million kilometres, the 57 year-old still enjoys the freedom of the road. I have an assignment and I'm left to do it at my own pace and how I think it should be done. Fielding and thousands like him near retirement age, the industry is struggling to recruit young people who share his enthusiasm for the job. This is a catch-all ASF view; only displays when an unsupported article type is put in an ASF drop zone But as Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Central African Republic: Every day, 42,000 more are forcibly uprooted by armed conflicts, natural disasters, persecution and inequality, according to Huffington Post Canada. Most aren't trying to reach Europe or faraway Canada. There are 60 million displaced people in the world. Their destinations are often those nearest to the emergency -- inside or around Syria, Sudan, Colombia, the Central African Republic, Yemen or Burundi -- places nowhere near G8 members and whose resources are already strained. After fleeing the horror and devastation that hit their homes, many face closed borders and discriminatory policies. Media reports speak of waves and mass influxes, but the reality is a patchwork of deeply individual stories: women, men, children and elderly people leaving everything behind to rebuild elsewhere. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Canadians: Last week, former Prime Minister Paul Martin, told the media that the failure to address the many overlapping crises faced by Indigenous peoples is not a problem with Canadians -- Canadians are not racist, according to Rabble. The problem is with Indigenous peoples -- we are invisible. Chip in to keep stories like these coming. Martin further alleges that Canadians are "a generous people" that will "rise to the occasion" to support others in need -- if they are aware of the issue. However, Mr. Had these statements been made by anyone else, I might have let this insanity slip by as a severe case of willful blindness. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

environmental policy Chong: It part of a broad rethink of environmental policy Chong, 45, said he will bring to the race — one he considers necessary if the Conservatives are to attract new voters and win back the trust of those who deserted them last fall. "We have to attract younger people to our party and that begins by shifting our positions on issues like the environment," Chong told a news conference, according to Metro News. The Tories were thrust into a leadership contest after former prime minister Stephen Harper stepped down as party chief on election night. Chong, a southern Ontario member of Parliament, said with carbon pricing already in effect at the provincial level, the federal Tories must refocus their energies on ensuring the revenues go towards reducing taxes. His resignation followed a campaign that critics, and later Conservatives themselves, said was marked too much by divisive policies such as the call for a "barbaric practices" tip line and the relentless push for a ban on wearing face veils during citizenship ceremonies. But while he disagreed with the tip line, he said he does support the face covering ban, though wouldn't necessarily push to have it enshrined in legislation."I agree with the government decision on the niqab in respect of citizenship ceremonies," Chong said. "We live in a free society and people can wear what they want. Chong said he didn't see those two issues as the sole reasons his party was reduced to Opposition status. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

House of Commons: A ruling from the tribunal would have a precedent-setting effect for the federal government, even as it takes steps to extend human rights protections to transgender Canadians in the form of legislation to be tabled Tuesday in the House of Commons, according to The Waterloo Record. The bill would be the latest attempt to make it illegal to discriminate against someone because of their gender identity and extend hate speech laws to include transgender persons. The outcome is one possibility in an ongoing dispute in front of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal over a piece of information that internal documents show isn't central to identifying the owner of a social insurance number, or critical for preventing fraud. But even on the eve of its introduction, the government appears no closer to making it easier to change the gender attached to a social insurance number without requiring the holder to go through a bureaucratic paperwork process. The changes were simple: her address, legal name and an update to the gender field to female. Christin Milloy, the Toronto-based trans rights activist at the centre of the tribunal case, said there is no need for the federal government to collect and store information on sex and gender. "It not necessary to identify an individual," Milloy said of the gender field. "Name and birthdate and mother maiden name — these things are enough and storing creates opportunities for discrimination and oppression of all transgender people and women." It has been almost five years since Milloy first downloaded a government form needed to make changes to a social insurance number record. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

North America: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson MONTREAL - After 40 years as a truck driver, Jack Fielding says it easier to name the places in North America where he hasn't been than the ones he has, according to Brandon Sun. And after driving five million kilometres, the 57 year-old still enjoys the freedom of the road. "For the most part, there nobody looking over my shoulder telling me what to do," says Fielding, who hails from McKellar, Ont. "I have an assignment and I'm left to do it at my own pace and how I think it should be done." But as Fielding and thousands like him near retirement age, the industry is struggling to recruit young people who share his enthusiasm for the job. Gauthier, a former truck driver, is working on behalf of Quebec trucking association to encourage more women and girls to consider careers as truck drivers. This means the industry is facing a looming labour shortage that could reach 48,000 drivers by 2024, according to the Canadian Trucking Alliance. There are multiple reasons for the looming shortage, but many believe the lifestyle simply isn't attractive to a younger generation. The average age of a truck driver is over 47 — up from 45 in 2013 — and almost 30 per cent of the driving force is 55 or over, which makes it one of the oldest workforces in Canada, according to the organization president. "Tens of thousands of them are nearing retirement and we're not getting anywhere near our commensurate share of new drivers into the business," says David Bradley. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Trudeau government: The controversy centres on the Trudeau government clear decision to stall the immigration of Syrian refugee families to be sponsored by up to 9,000 private citizen groups, whose membership could total some 300,000 people, according to The Waterloo Record. These groups include churches, neighbourhood associations, service clubs and loose gatherings of individuals who wanted to make a difference. Indeed, through questionable delays and bureaucratic bungling, the Trudeau government has turned a national feel-good story on its head. When Trudeau promised during last fall election campaign to bring 25,000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees to Canada, he also said the Liberals would assist in bringing additional Syrian refugees to Canada who were supported by private groups that had raised money to finance their settlement here. Ottawa has fulfilled its initial pledge to bring 25,000 government-sponsored refugees here and has expanded that plan to bring in another 25,000 by the end of 2016. What happened since then, though, is an utter mess. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Syrian refugee families: Indeed, through questionable delays and bureaucratic bungling, the Trudeau government has turned a national feel-good story on its head, according to Toronto Star. The controversy centres on the Trudeau government clear decision to stall the immigration of Syrian refugee families to be sponsored by up to 9,000 private citizen groups, whose membership could total some 300,000 people. By Bob Hepburn Politics Sun., May 15, 2016 If Justin Trudeau is so politically smart, how is it that he and his Liberal government have been so politically inept in handling the Syrian refugee private sponsorship program That what thousands of Canadians are asking as one of the testiest political issues over the past six months drags on with no end in sight. These groups include churches, neighbourhood associations, service clubs and loose gatherings of individuals who wanted to make a difference. Article Continued Below What happened since then, though, is an utter mess. When Trudeau promised during last fall election campaign to bring 25,000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees to Canada, he also said the Liberals would assist in bringing additional Syrian refugees to Canada who were supported by private groups that had raised money to finance their settlement here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

Hornstein: He saw this process unfold, knowing that it would come to fruition and that helped him to pass peacefully, Sari said, according to Globe and Mail. He'll be there in spirit. Hornstein would not live to see the opening of the new pavilion. Michal Hornstein died at home nine days after that drive, on April 25 at the age of 95, leaving his wife, Renata, to inaugurate the building this fall without her beloved partner of more than 70 years. Hornstein was a brilliant businessman who grabbed life with both hands and lived it to the max – and it was a life filled with horseshoes and brass balls, his son Norbert Hornstein said. Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.