prospect: They are perhaps those most affected by the election of Donald Trump Madi recalls the feeling of dread when she realized on Nov. 8. 2016, that he was going to win, according to National Observer. Later, she saw him announce the cancellation of her status. Despite having only once visited her native Venezuela since she was brought to the U.S. 15 years ago by her mother, Madi is among the 800,000 people now facing the prospect of being sent back forever. Now, she's pinning her hopes on a bipartisan deal. The date she's watching is Dec. 22. There's a lot of fear and anxiety about what's going to happen,'' said Madi, now a college graduate, writer, actress and activist. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

citizenship: At least 22 of them have citizenship from other countries, CBC News confirmed through queries to parliamentarians' offices, according to CBC. That figure does not include MPs and senators who hold citizenship through descent, naturalization or marriage. There are now at least 56 sitting parliamentarians 44 MPs and 12 senators born in countries outside Canada, according to information from the Library of Parliament and websites. Canadian MPs hold citizenship from various countries, including Afghanistan, Lebanon, Portugal, Poland, Pakistan, Syria, the United States and the United Kingdom. Several Australian parliamentarians have been forced to resign, produce documentation, or had their case sent to the High Court for review, leaving Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's government without its majority and facing a possible early election. Australian deputy PM disqualified due to dual citizenship Why is there a parliamentary gender gap That dual citizenship would disqualify them from holding office in Australia, where Section 44 of the Constitution bars anyone who is a citizen of a foreign power from sitting in Parliament. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

arab people: There's a very unique form of discrimination that people on social assistance and people who are homeless experience, according to CBC. That was a very important insight for us, Chief Commissioner Renu Mandhane said on Friday. Just 39 per cent of respondents had at least somewhat positive feelings toward people receiving social assistance, the lowest percentage of any group, although transgender people, refugees, Muslims and Arab people did not fare much better. Human rights complaint launched against GTA tennis league Probe into racial profiling by Toronto police will only prove what black community knows, says activist With this first-of-its-kind public opinion survey, titled Taking the pulse People's opinions on human rights in Ontario, the commission looked to gain a better understanding of the state of discrimination in the province. It's the kind of information that will help us gauge where we're at, but also help us more effectively advance the public discourse around rights, Mandhane said. Environics Research Group surveyed 1,501 people from across the province, including 720 from the Greater Toronto area. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

century ce: Islamic militants, including the local affiliate of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS consider Sufis heretics because of their less literal interpretations of the faith.... How ironic to hear Sufism described as a heretics, when most scholars recognize Sufism brought major concepts to Islam's early development, according to Rabble. Within Islam, Sufism emerged at the beginning of the tenth century CE and flowered in the 1200s. CBS News reported that the attack targeted a mosque frequented by Sufis, members of a mystic movement within Islam. Best known for their whirling dervishes, who spin in place as a form of prayer, Sufis are also renowned poets and musicans. Sufism has also entered the Western canon. Their art is credited with spreading the word of Islam throughout Persia, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

moment i: I felt Canadian the moment I stepped in this country but to get citizenship it is an honour and I feel very blessed to have a country to call my home, said Obidah Abdul Basir, according to CBC. Canada not only gives you a land of opportunity but the people and the country opens up its heart and takes you under its wings. Viva Canada, Oh Canada' 17 new Canadians get citizenship just in time for 150th'It's such a good life' New citizens reflect on becoming Canadian Forty-eight people were sworn in as Canadians during the ceremony, which fell on international Human Rights Day, honouring the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. Winnipeg's ceremony fell on international Human Rights Day, which honours the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. She was only 19 years old when she arrived in the country and always knew she wanted to get her citizenship. CBC Her family left Afghanistan and eventually went to Tajikistan before coming to Canada in 2005. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

corbyn: He creates them in order to help with a cause that is close to him, according to CTV. We support mental health, part of the proceeds go back to the Canadian Mental Health Association, said Corbyn George, Vendor, during an interview on Saturday. One of the vendors at the event is Corbyn George, 11, who makes Paracord products in his free time. Corbyn and his mother donated 40% of their signature items to the Regina branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association. It's important for us because both me and my mom suffer from mental health illnesses, said Corbyn George. So far, the team of two has donated 400. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ghazaal salehian: They had even less in common with Tivii, the film's Inuktitut-speaking protagonist played by Natar Ungalaaq in the 2008 Genie-award-winning fictional film Ce qu'il faut pour vivre The Necessities of Life . But when the movie about dislocation and human connection ended, when the lights came on and director Beno t Pilon emerged to answer questions, Ghazaal Salehian was one of the first to speak up, according to Toronto Star. There is a connection between me and Tivii, she said in French. The audience was united only by their recent arrivals in Canada and their participation in government-run language classes to learn or improve French. Both of us are immigrants his was a forced immigration, but I decided to immigrate myself . . . I was shocked, like Tivii. The goal is to instruct the language while introducing newcomers to the province's distinct culture and history. Article Continued Below Such reactions are recurring themes in a new program that uses French-language Quebec films as a teaching tool for new immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government aid: To do so, Salvini needs to build support in the south, an underdeveloped area of Italy the League has long denigrated as living off government aid, according to Metro News. Many of the thousands of people who turned out for his Rome rally did come from southern Italy. Matteo Salvini wants to propel his anti-migrant Northern League, which was founded in 1991 as a regional party in Italy's affluent north, to its first premiership in the national election set for early 2018. One of them was Adriana Domeniconi, who travelled by bus from Matera in the instep of the boot-shaped Italian peninsula. Domeniconi was referring to the hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers and economic migrants that have received shelter in Italy after being rescued at sea from traffickers' boats setting out from the Libyan coast. We're no longer about north vs. south, but against those invading our country, she said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

syrian: This is the office of Canada's first Syrian and Arab community newspaper, The Migrant, according to Toronto Star. The monthly publication's editor in chief is Kameel Nasrawi, a refugee from Syria, who came to Canada with his wife of more than 10 years and two young children in January 2016. Tucked away, somewhere in the tidy room, are two laptops. The family was inspired to make the move after a pledge by the Liberal government to accept 25,000 Syrian refugees through sponsorships. Benedict's Parish, the family came here with four bags, weighing 20 kilograms each. Article Continued Below With the help of Nasrawi's younger brother, already settled in Toronto, and St. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

trudeau referenced: He'd been to China before, of course as a child, with his father visiting on official political business but this trip was different, according to National Observer. The landscapes I got to see, the discovery of myself through travelling through China was extraordinary for me. He and his two friends didn't have tickets, but it didn't matter. ; It was wonderful, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week in Beijing as he recalled his first adult excursion to the country. Trudeau referenced the formative influence of his backpacking experiences in China repeatedly this week as he tried to sell the merits of doubling the number of Chinese tourists next year. The attempt to create a tourism boon comes amid concern over a more malevolent form of cross-cultural influence a deliberate and unprecedented effort by Chinese President Xi Jinping to project the power of his country in ways that some say amounts to international political meddling. With his pursuit of free trade, it is one part of a major plan to deepen relations with the economically ascendant People's Republic, the country Pierre Trudeau established relations with the year before he was born. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

andrei lysenko: He hasn't been formally charged, but prosecutors say he colluded with Ukrainian businessmen tied to Russia to topple President Petro Poroshenko, according to CBC. Saakashvili rejects the allegations, pointing to his long record of opposition to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Saakashvili, the former governor of the Odesa region who was stripped of his citizenship this summer, was arrested Friday night. Saakashvili must be brought to court for arraignment within 72 hours of arrest. A spokesperson for the prosecutor-general's office, Andrei Lysenko, said Saturday that officials will likely ask for him to be held under house arrest after his court appearance. No day for that has been announced. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

employees dollar-for-dollar: While this is an excellent contribution to the less fortunate, I refuse to participate, according to Toronto Star. It goes against my ethics to support a company that relies heavily on contract work, loves to hire new immigrants who work for free and gets rid of people as soon as they are redundant. They match money raised by employees dollar-for-dollar. Am I wrong boycotting something beneficial, in order to stand up for what I believe in Yeah, you sure are. First, and most obviously, by not participating in the food drive, you aren't punishing the company you're penalizing the hungry, would-be recipients of your withheld largesse. For three reasons. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

government shutdown: Despite having only once visited her native Venezuela since she was brought to the U.S. 15 years ago by her mother, Madi is among the 800,000 people now facing the prospect of being sent back forever, according to Toronto Star. Read more U.S. Congress avoids government shutdown, sends Trump stopgap spending bill Article Continued Below High school and college DACA recipients march on Capitol HillU.S. Congress has lengthy to-do list before Christmas deadlines with Trump an ever-present wild card They are perhaps those most affected by the election of Donald Trump Madi recalls the feeling of dread when she realized on Nov. 8. 2016, that he was going to win. It could be decided by Christmas. Later, she saw him announce the cancellation of her status. The date she's watching is Dec. 22. Now, she's pinning her hopes on a bipartisan deal. react-empty 159 There's a lot of fear and anxiety about what's going to happen, said Madi, now a college graduate, writer, actress and activist. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

holiday productions: Until December 22 at a secret location in the Bloor West area. are spoiled for choice when it comes to holiday productions of A Christmas Carol this year there's the annual Soulpepper Theatre version, it's the new annual winter production at the Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, and the Ross Petty pantomime gave its own clownish spin on the Dickens tale of a grumpy miser who's reminded of the spirit of Christmas through ghostly visitations, according to Toronto Star. But while the appeal of this story can pack some of Toronto's largest houses year after year, there's another production that goes to the opposite extreme. Directed by Daniele Bartolini. An Italian Christmas Carol, produced by Dopo Lavoro Teatrale DLT in partnership with Istituto Italiano di Cultura, transforms the story into a dreamlike experience of an Italian immigrant alone at Christmas, and one audience member into the main role. They're like the theatrical equivalent of gaslighting, with artistic instead of malevolent intent. Article Continued Below DLT, whose past productions in Toronto include the Summer Works hit The Stranger and the Luminato Festival's Off Limits Zone, specialize in productions designed for one audience member at a time, and imbue their stories and performances with surreal, otherworldly encounters. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

indonesian community: Sununu insisted the case of the Indonesians was different from that of visitors from the Middle East or Syrian refugees hoping to settle in New Hampshire, according to Metro News. The Indonesians had been in the state for decades, raising families, working and staying out of trouble, he argues. But when Trump's immigration crackdown reached the state's tiny Indonesian community this year, Sununu wrote a letter to his fellow Republican in October in which he said he was respectfully requesting your administration reconsider its decision to deport these individuals and urging it consider a resolution that would allow them to remain in the United States. This really isn't an issue of illegal immigration in the traditional sense. What you have here is a unique situation. That is often what we hear from the Trump administration, and that is an issue that has to be dealt on the national scale, Sununu told The Associated Press in an interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

party: In the assembly, 165 seats are directly elected and 110 are allocated to parties based on proportional representation, according to The Chronicle Herald. The Nepal Congress, which was the largest party in the last election, has so far won only three seats. According to preliminary results released by Nepal's Election Commission on Saturday, the alliance of Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist Leninist and Communist Party of Nepal Maoist Center has won 19 seats in the National Assembly and is leading in 81 other constituencies. This is a clear indication that the Left alliance will get more than majority votes needed to form a government, said Sudheer Sharma, editor of the popular Kantipur newspaper. They also promised a stable government for the next five years, Sharma said. Sharma said the reason for the alliance doing so well was because their votes were not divided as was the case in past elections. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

prospect: Despite having only once visited her native Venezuela since she was brought to the U.S. 15 years ago by her mother, Madi is among the 800,000 people now facing the prospect of being sent back forever, according to Metro News. They are perhaps those most affected by the election of Donald Trump Madi recalls the feeling of dread when she realized on Nov. 8. 2016, that he was going to win. It could be decided by Christmas. Later, she saw him announce the cancellation of her status. There's a lot of fear and anxiety about what's going to happen,'' said Madi, now a college graduate, writer, actress and activist. Now, she's pinning her hopes on a bipartisan deal. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

states undertaking: Special visas were issued at the Japanese embassy in Beijing earlier in the week, according to Metro News. Yosuke Ideguchi scored in injury time to deliver hosts Japan victory in front of more than 20,000 fans, including pro-Pyongyang ethnic Koreans living in Japan, who chanted and waved North Korean flags. There were doubts the game could even go ahead with North Korean nationals currently banned from entering Japan as part of the sanctions against Pyongyang. The championship features Japan, China, North Korea and South Korea. Japan coach Vahid Halilhodzic was keen to promote the peace-making role of soccer. It comes amid a backdrop of North Korea performing a series of missile tests in recent months and South Korea and the United States undertaking military exercises. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

funding reprieve: The funding reprieve comes as the White House and congressional leaders are negotiating a longer-term agreement, building off a Thursday meeting involving Trump and congressional leaders, according to The Chronicle Herald. The White House and lawmakers said the bill will give them more time to negotiate several end-of-the-year agenda items, including the budget, a children's health program and hurricane aid. The president signed the two-week spending measure in private at the White House after the House and Senate acted to prevent a government shutdown this weekend. Administration and congressional aides were continuing the talks on Friday. I think that will happen, Trump said Thursday in the Oval Office. We hope that we're going to make some great progress for our country. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country: He fought for a year in the war against Russian-backed separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine that broke out a few weeks after those protests, according to CTV. Back then, we just had stones and sticks. He's tougher now than during the massive 2014 protests that drove Ukraine's pro-Russia president to flee the country, he says. Now most of us are military men -- we have been to war and we have nothing to lose, the 55-year-old said. But the current protests, focusing on Ukraine's endemic corruption, tap a deep strain of discontent in a country prone to upheaval. The protesters have set up a few dozen tents, a far smaller showing than the sprawling encampments that filled parts of downtown in the 2014 demonstrations and the 2004 Orange Revolution that forced a rerun of a fraudulent presidential election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

house meeting: The measure passed the House 235-193, mostly along party lines, and breezed through the Senate on a sweeping 81-14 tally barely an hour later, according to Toronto Star. It would keep the government running through Dec. 22, when another, and more difficult, shutdown problem awaits. The shutdown reprieve came as all sides issued optimistic takes on an afternoon White House meeting between top congressional leaders and U.S. President Donald Trump. The bill now heads to Trump for his signature. The trickiest topic, and a top priority for Democrats, involves protections for immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. Read more U.S. lawmakers OK bill to make it easier to carry concealed weapons across state lines Topics at the White House session included relief from a budget freeze on the Pentagon and domestic agencies, extending a key children's health program and aid to hurricane-slammed Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lot: When I learned about some of these songs, everybody knows White Christmas and a lot of people know it's Irving Berlin and a lot of people know that Irving Berlin was Jewish, according to CBC. But Sammy Cahn and Johnny Marks and Gloria Shayne Baker and Mel Torm and Jay Livingston and Ray Evans ... all wrote these wonderful Christmas songs, and I couldn't believe that nobody had actually told this story before, Charters told the Calgary Eyeopener. And that this trend hadn't really received a lot of coverage got writer/producer Jason Charters thinking. And the documentary Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas was born. My mom is Jewish and my dad is Anglican. Jewish mom, Anglican dad I grew up with these two traditions, he explained. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

group hezbollah: In Paris, he received the reassurances he was looking for, according to The Chronicle Herald. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States and other attendees wanted to help Lebanon move forward on security and prepare for national elections slated for May. Saad Hariri, who scrambled Lebanese politics by resigning from his post last month and then rescinding the move, has turned to Lebanon's global backers to endorse a policy of dissociation that many hope will extract the tiny country from the escalating rivalry between Saudi Arabia and Iran. He added that it was critical to ensure the disengagement of the militant group Hezbollah from regional conflicts, including Yemen's civil war. Lebanon has been buffeted by regional rivalries and the war in neighbouring Syria. French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Belgium would host a conference next year to find ways to help Lebanon handle its massive refugee population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

house: These kids don't just need a bed or a room, said Karen Francis, executive director of Matthew House, according to Toronto Star. They need a community, they need a family, they need a place to belong. Five unaccompanied youth refugees will move into a cozy four-bedroom home, operated by Matthew House, a non-profit charity that helps refugees with their settlement needs. The long-term youth home is the second residence of its kind. The new house was purchased by C3 Toronto, also known at Christian City Church International, and the residents will live rent-free, with utilities and maintenance covered by the church. The organization's first residence for refugee youth houses seven. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

leadership accelerator: If we want to attract more new Canadians, if we want to grow our population, they need to be able to see themselves reflected in leadership roles, see a future for themselves in New Brunswick, said Alex Leblanc, the executive director of the New Brunswick Multicultural Council, according to CBC. If province wants immigrants, it has to take big steps, advocate says New Brunswick welcomes first Syrian refugees A Syrian man's desperate plea, a former refugee's answer More than 4,000 immigrants settled in New Brunswick last year, many of them young and looking for bright futures. Imagine NB, a two-year bilingual leadership accelerator, is aimed at teaching immigrant youth the skills to be decision-makers in areas they're passionate about. A recent report by the Atlantic Provinces Economic Council estimated an additional 5,500 newcomers arrived in 2017. They were chosen based on leadership potential, their level of engagement, and their ability to speak English or French. At the end of October, a committee of judges named 28 young newcomers from across the province to the Imagine NB youth delegation. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ont .,: Also returning from that rink are vice-skip Ina Forrest of Armstrong, B.C., and Dennis Thiessen of Sanford, Man., at second, according to Metro News. Ideson, from London, Ont., will also be joined by newcomers Marie Wright of Moose Jaw, Sask., at lead and alternate James Anseeuw of Oak Bluff, Man. He played lead on the team that won gold four years ago in Sochi. Team Canada is a very dedicated group of athletes that have been completely focused on performance excellence and exceptional team dynamics, Curling Canada high-performance director Gerry Peckham said Friday in a release. Canada will try to win Paralympic gold for the fourth straight time. They will do the Maple Leaf proud, on and off the ice. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.