monday morning: Ashton, who spoke to National Observer on Monday morning at Planet Coffee in Ottawa, has called for the creation of a new crown corporation called Green Canada that would direct federal funding to invest in climate change adaptation and an economic transition, according to National Observer. We are where we are in terms of climate change because of the kind of economic system that we have, Ashton said, after ordering a cookie and juice at the popular coffee shop in Ottawa's ByWard Market in the middle of a late-September heat wave. Online voting began Sept. 18 and the 1st ballot results are to be announced this Sunday, Oct. 1. It's clear to me as we sit here in 30 C weather, and given the summer we've had where we've seen extreme weather phenomena, that the time is now to act. She said that guiding a green transition was too important a job to be left to the private sector or even an existing federal organization such as Sustainable Development Technology Canada. We need to pull out all the stops, and that includes significantly upping not just federal investment, but also making a clear role for federal investment through a crown corporation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

racism replicates: History informs anti-black racism and racial stereotypes that are so deeply entrenched in institutions, policies and practices, that its institutional and systemic forms are either functionally normalized or rendered invisible, especially to the dominant group, the UN officials wrote, according to National Observer. This contemporary form of racism replicates the historical ... conditions and effects of spatial segregation, economic disadvantage and social exclusion. Some report findings released in August raised deep concerns about Canada's legacy of anti-black racism, which traces its origins to slavery in the 16th century and reverberates into the present day. Slavery was abolished in the British colonies in the 1830s. It is important to underline that the experience of African Canadians is unique because of the particular history of anti-black racism in Canada, the report said. The working group laid out dozens of recommendations to redress past and present wrongs affecting African-Canadians, the first among which calls on the Canadian government to apologize for slavery and consider issuing reparations. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sonequa martin-green: That's the show about Michael Burnham, the first officer on the USS Shenzhou, whose drive to explore and investigate winds up putting the United Federation of Planets on the brink of war with the Klingon Empire, according to NOW Magazine. Played by Sonequa Martin-Green formerly of The Walking Dead Burnham is a complex, intelligent and headstrong character, and she's immediately engaging as the central character of the first Trek TV series in 12 years. One of them might be something, if it makes it out. A human woman raised by Vulcans, Burnham has found a unique perspective on that species' devotion to logic she believes emotions are necessary to logical thinking, rather than a detriment, making her the most interesting thing to happen to the Vulcan mythology since J.J. Abrams decided to make Vulcans refugees by blowing up the planet in his 2009 feature-film reboot. Anyway. Oh, right Discovery takes place in the franchise's original timeline, roughly a decade before William Shatner's James T. Kirk captains the Enterprise, and two episodes in I have no idea why that matters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

metres yards: Two of the graves were found Sunday and contained the bodies of 20 females and eight males, Border Guard Police Maj, according to The Chronicle Herald. Zayar Nyein said. The government blames Muslim insurgents for the killings. The government's Information Committee said on its Facebook page that all eight males were boys, including six who were under 10 years old. Police blame the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army insurgent group, or ARSA. Security forces say the bodies are among about 100 Hindus missing since ARSA attacked at least 30 police outposts Aug. 25. It said another mass grave was discovered 200 metres 200 yards away on Monday that contained the bodies of 17 more Hindu villagers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

block highways: Truckers plan to block highways and fuel depots Monday in the latest show of anti-Macron defiance, according to The Chronicle Herald. Macron could still pass his reforms despite the election result, however. The results damage Macron's legitimacy as he seeks to make his mark on Europe's future and embarks on a divisive labour law overhaul that he hopes will invigorate the moribund French economy. That's because the lower house of Parliament has the final say in legislation over the Senate, and because lawmakers from the conservative Republicans party support many of Macron's pro-business policy plans. A final count including France's overseas territories is expected in the coming days. Official results from voting across mainland France showed the Republicans clearly winning Sunday's vote for about half the chamber's 348 seats, followed by the Socialists, traditional centrists, and Macron's 17-month-old Republic on the Move! party. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

club newcastle: Israel forward Tomer Hemed denied Newcastle the chance to move fourth, scoring his second Premier League goal in manager Chris Hughton's first win over former club Newcastle at the seventh attempt, according to Metro News. Hemed finished smartly from Dale Stephens' tee-up. The Magpies lost 1-0 at Brighton on Sunday to take their record to three wins and three defeats so far this season. Brighton moved 13th with its second win of the season after the clash between the league newcomers. Hamed struck in the 51st minute, hooking the ball into the net after Pascal Gross' free kick was headed down into the six-yard meter box by Stephens. Rafael Benitez's men arrived boasting three straight league wins, but paid the price for Joselu's glaring first-half miss in drawing a blank in front of goal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

home state: He tried to send money, but the usual courier that he uses shut down because of the damage from the 7.1-magnitude quake in his home state of Morelos, according to Metro News. The situation is eating me alive because you can't do anything, he said about sending help to his mother from New York City. He considered getting on a plane from New York to help her find a new home, but it was too risky now that the program that has been shielding him from deportation is being phased out. The earthquake that killed nearly 300 people and destroyed dozens of buildings in Mexico set off a frantic response in communities around the U.S. as people desperately try to connect with their loved ones, figure out ways to send emergency help, money and goods as well as raise funds for smaller towns around the capital they say are receiving less help from the government. We saw people desperately trying to connect with their families. Those in the country illegally wish they could travel to help their loved ones cope with the aftermath but are afraid they wouldn't be able to return. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pascal laberge: Here's my best guess at how the league will shape up this year 1, according to The Chronicle Herald. Victoriaville Tigres This is the only team I truly believe is at the very top of the building cycle. The 2017-18 QMJHL season opened on Thursday so there's really no putting it off anymore. Players like Pascal Laberge, Maxime Comtois and Ivan Kosorenko make them a championship-calibre team. 2. Most signs point to him making the jump to the Columbus Blue Jackets. Blainville-Boisbriand Armada The big X factor here is Pierre-Luc Dubois. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

soldiers spraying: Others said thousands were stuck in Myanmar because most boatmen had made the crossing to safety themselves and soldiers had burned many of the boats that remained, according to CBC. Over the last month, an estimated 430,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh as their homes and villages were set on fire by mobs of soldiers and Buddhist monks. Some Rohingya who have fled over the last week said Myanmar army soldiers were shooting at those trying to flee to Bangladesh. They have brought with them accounts of soldiers spraying their villages with gunfire. Many crossed into the country via the thin sliver of the Bay of Bengal that separates Myanmar from Bangladesh. In the first three weeks of the latest convulsion of violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, tens of thousands of Rohingya poured into Bangladesh each day, walking for days through forests or taking rickety wooden boats on the rain-swollen Naf River. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

student refugees: I was looking for a way to actually go to any place where there is school, he said, according to Toronto Star. For Madhier and 1,700 other young refugees in the World University Service of Canada's WUSC Student Refugee Program, that place was Canada. Madhier cried tears of frustration at his family members, who could not see a world beyond their farm in what was once the south of Sudan following generations of civil war, who did not understand the magic of reading. Since its 1978 beginnings, the program has recruited student refugees from 39 countries of origin, promising an opportunity to pursue a post-secondary education at one of 80 partner campuses in Canada and eventually even sponsor their families. But though he'd lived under the ever-present threat of bombings, famine, or being swept up by militiamen, this naivet also exposed him to unforeseen danger. Article Continued Below Looking back, the 28-year-old Madhier credits his childhood naivet for helping him get to where he is today, a fourth-year student at the University of Toronto. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sunday night: The Iraqi government requests neighbouring counties and the countries of the world to deal with the Iraqi federal government exclusively with regards to ports and oil, read a statement from the prime minister's national security council released Sunday night, according to CTV. Earlier Sunday, the Kurdish region's president Masoud Barzani pledged the vote would be held despite pressure from Baghdad and the international community. The referendum is set to be held Monday in the three provinces that make up the Kurdistan region as well as dozens of towns and villages that are disputed, claimed by both Baghdad and the country's Kurds, including the oil-rich city of Kirkuk. He said that while the referendum will be the first step in a long process to negotiate independence, the region's partnership with the Iraqi central government in Baghdad is over. Only through independence can we secure a future where we will not have the past atrocities, he said. Barzani detailed the abuses Iraq's Kurds have faced by Iraqi forces, including killings at the hands of former leader Saddam Hussein's army that left more than 50,000 Kurds dead. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trump: Republicans in Congress insist there isn't an actual deal, though Trump has said the two sides were fairly close, according to Metro News. Pelosi tells NBC's Meet the Press I trust him on it. Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer have said they had an agreement with Trump to protect those immigrants while also bolstering border security as long as his long-promised wall with Mexico is addressed separately. She says she remains concerned about what Trump might come up with on border security. Pelosi says she expects Congress to act before Christmas. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

welfare states: In the U.S. and in Canada, immigration tends to reduce crime, according to Toronto Star. And both history and data show that in the U.S., immigrants assimilate successfully into the local culture and social fabric. For example, the best available data says that immigrants don't take native-born Americans' jobs, or drive down their wages; indeed, it's more likely that skilled immigrants boost the earnings of the native-born. But there is one anti-immigration argument that sometimes does have merit. Governments in advanced countries tend to levy heavy taxes on the rich, and use these to pay for services for the poor, the old and the sick. In countries with strong welfare states, immigrants can impose a large fiscal burden on the government. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

childhood friends: Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty read from the Bible, and many of Chan's colleagues were honorary pallbearers, including Conservative MP Erin O'Toole and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen, according to National Observer. Chan was remembered as principled and optimistic, a devoted family man and a talented musician, and an MP completely engrossed with the political process. Trudeau was one of several speakers at the ceremony, along with Chan's wife Jean Yip and their three sons as well as childhood friends. In an emotional tribute, Trudeau described Chan as man with deep conviction, calling him one of the most honourable members of that House of Commons. You all know that I don't sing often, and there's a reason for that, Trudeau said. He said the last time he saw Chan, they sang Elton John's Your Song together, with Chan on piano. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ap team: The Associated Press' South Asia news director, Bernat Armangue, is part of an AP team in the refugee camps documenting the crisis, according to Toronto Star. Armangue, a photographer who covered global stories from the Arab Spring to the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, shares his thoughts on some of the images he has taken of the unfolding calamity A bleak procession Shortly after we arrived, we started driving down to the area where we knew refugees were arriving in Bangladesh. The crisis has drawn global condemnation, with the United Nations and human rights groups calling on Burma to end what they describe as a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing. There was a moment, looking across the rice fields, that I could suddenly see a line of people crossing, like a long snake moving. There were so many people crossing the border. We stopped the car and started walking through muddy fields. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

grandmother: Her family moved to Canada in 2009, giving Yao an opportunity to help her grandmother, Shurong Li, according to CBC. Yao says at first, her grandmother was very quiet and didn't go out much, because she couldn't speak much English. When Kan Yao was growing up in China, it was her grandparents who took care of her, because her own parents were so busy with work. In order to help her make friends and be more independent, Yao agreed to take her grandmother to an English as an additional language class run by Age and Opportunity. School boards see hike in number of students needing English language instruction English class in high demand at Winnipeg high school Newcomers learning English call on government to stop proposed cuts to Winnipeg EAL program Her grandmother asked Yao to stay with her to help translate, and Yao agreed. At first she was nervous, and then she was seeing a lot of people, other newcomers in the class, and she just said 'Oh, maybe I can try a little bit,' said Yao in an interview with CBC Manitoba's Weekend Morning Show. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

justice department: U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia blocked much of the law on Aug. 31, a day before it was to take effect, according to The Chronicle Herald. The state appealed to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Under the law, Texas police chiefs could face removal from office and criminal charges for not complying with federal immigration officials' requests to detain people jailed on non-immigration offences. Arguments on Garcia's injunction against parts of the law are scheduled for the week of Nov. 6. That request was before a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit on Friday morning. However, state officials, joined by the U.S. Justice Department, sought an emergency stay allowing enforcement to begin. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

mp erin: Trudeau was one of several speakers at the ceremony, along with Chan's wife Jean Yip and their three sons as well as childhood friends, according to CTV. Former Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty read from the Bible, and many of Chan's colleagues were honorary pallbearers, including Conservative MP Erin O'Toole and Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen. Chan, the member of parliament for Scarborough-Agincourt, died of cancer earlier this month at age 50. Chan was remembered as principled and optimistic, a devoted family man and a talented musician, and an MP completely engrossed with the political process. He said the last time he saw Chan, they sang Elton John's Your Song together, with Chan on piano. In an emotional tribute, Trudeau described Chan as passionate and convicted, calling him one of the most honourable members of that House of Commons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

statement saturday: Their two sons already have dual citizenship, according to CBC. In a statement Saturday, the 57-year-old Firth said he and his wife had never thought much about their different passports, but now, with some of the uncertainty around, we thought it sensible that we should all get the same. Firth, who is married to environmentalist Livia Giuggioli, says he has become a dual U.K.-Italian citizen, and his wife is applying for British nationality. Firth has been quoted as calling Brexit a disaster. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and King George VI in The King's Speech, said he will always be extremely British but also has a passionate love of Italy. The actor, who has played Mr. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

stories: In this first week we've looked at arts and architecture, obs and labour, gentrification and meaningful places, according to CBC. Here's some of how you have already responded and reacted to these stories. Through stories this week and next, we're looking at what the changing city looks like for workers, residents, commuters, newcomers and lifers who call Hamilton home. View the story What you're saying about Hamilton's Identity Crisis on Storify (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syria: Turkish officials have repeatedly warned the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq to abandon its plans for independence, according to Toronto Star. Kurds are dispersed across Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran and lack a nation state. The decree allows Turkey to send troops over its southern border if developments in Iraq or Syria are seen as national security threats. Turkey itself has a large ethnic Kurdish population and is battling a Kurdish insurgency on its own territory that it calls separatist. It also emphasized the importance of Iraq and Syria's territorial integrity and said separatism based on ethnicity poses a threat to both Turkey and regional stability. The bill read in parliament Saturday listed combatting Kurdish militants in Syria and Iraq and Daesh as national security requirements for Turkey. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

burma soldiers: He saw his father shot by Burma soldiers, he volunteers in a calm yet deeply unsettling tone, lifting two fingers of his right hand to illustrate the act, according to CTV. When his father didn't die right away, he saw the soldiers slash his throat. By age 12, the Rohingya Muslim boy has seen more than anyone should have to see in a lifetime. His mother fled their home in Myanmar with Hamid and four younger siblings. Now he is the elder of his family, he says. They hid in forests for days and then walked for two days to reach the safety of Bangladesh. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian citizenship: It likely will be several weeks before the Supreme Court decides whether to hear the case, according to Toronto Star. Read more Toronto-born son of Russian spies wins fight to regain Canadian citizenship In June, the appeal court ruled in Alexander Vavilov's favour the latest turn in a long-running spy saga brimming with international intrigue. In asking the Supreme Court of Canada to hear the case, the government says the absurd result of the Federal Court of Appeal's decision raises important issues about the integrity of Canadian citizenship and should not be allowed to stand. Article Continued Below Vavilov, 23, was born in 1994 as Alexander Philip Anthony Foley to Donald Heathfield and Tracey Ann Foley. One day in June 2010, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation turned up at the family's Boston-area home. The following year the family including an older boy, Timothy left Canada for France, where they spent four years before moving to the United States. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

canadian ideology: Since it aligns with Washington, London and Kigali's interests, as well as liberal nationalist Canadian ideology, the statistical inflation passes with little comment.A Tyee story last month described the slaughter of over 800,000 Tutsis in Rwanda between April and July 1994, according to Rabble. An earlier Globe and Mail profile of Rom o Dallaire cited a higher number. Canadian commentators often claim more Tutsi were killed in the genocide than lived in Rwanda. It noted, over the next few months, Hutu activists and militias, supplemented by police officers and military commanders, killed an estimated 800,000 to 1 million Tutsis. In the Globe and Mail and rabble last year Gerald Caplan wrote that, despite his Dallaire best efforts, perhaps a million people of the Tutsi minority were slaughtered in 100 days. Even self-declared experts on the subject cite these outlandish statistics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

circuit court: The state appealed to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, according to Metro News. Arguments on Garcia's injunction against parts of the law are scheduled for the week of Nov. 6. Under the law, Texas police chiefs could face removal from office and criminal charges for not complying with federal immigration officials' requests to detain people jailed on non-immigration offences .U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia blocked much of the law on Aug. 31, a day before it was to take effect. However, state officials, joined by the U.S. Justice Department, sought an emergency stay allowing enforcement to begin. Court officials said the panel would begin discussing the case immediately after the hearing ended, but a decision was not expected Friday. That request was before a three-judge panel of the 5th Circuit on Friday morning. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

clinton: Article Continued Below Hillary Rodham Clinton's What Happened offers a compelling guide to the perplexed, according to Toronto Star. Like the start of her 2003 memoir that chronicles girlhood in Chicago's postwar suburbs, the initial pages of this book unfold behind the scenes at Donald Trump's inauguration. The people downstairs have since given us plenty to talk about but our wonderment has reached new heights since the 2016 presidential election. Even George W. Bush seems far from enamoured with the new chief executive. Yet Clinton remains confident about her own future as an active citizen and the resilience of her country, noting that she refuses to disappear following a campaign that didn't turn out as the more than 65 million Americans who supported her in 2016 wanted. What Happened recounts not just electoral loss but also what Clinton sees as profound threats to American democracy An FBI director who mixes innuendo and investigation, Russian oligarchs determined to stop her ascent and news organizations with a distorted sense of journalistic balance figure prominently. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.