gun restrictions: But they directed much of their criticism at Trump, seeking to draw a link between the shootings in Dayton and El Paso that have left more than two dozen dead and months of presidential rhetoric against immigrants and people of colour, according to CTV. There is complicity in the president's hatred that undermines the goodness and the decency of Americans regardless of what party, New Jersey Sen. At public events and on television, several candidates pointed to a need for more gun restrictions, such as universal background checks. Cory Booker said. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said confronting white nationalist terrorism would be embarrassing for a president who helped stoke many of these feelings in this country to begin with. To say nothing in a time of rising hatred, it's not enough to say that 'I'm not a hate monger myself.' If you are not actively working against hate, calling it out, you are complicit in what is going on. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

montreal laundromat: Sandwiched between a Bengali garment shop and a South Asian grocery in the multicultural Parc-Extension neighbourhood, Ahmed's office helps about 15 people a day transfer 15,000 on average -- mainly to Bangladesh but also India, Pakistan and Senegal, according to CTV. Ahmed's business is steady, but he frets he could be losing ground to shadow banking competitors, who operate outside normal banking regulations. They say, 'hawala people give me a better rate, ' he explains. Behind a desk in a backroom above another Montreal laundromat, one of those rivals works the phone between customer sit-downs. They want to help their family. We help people get money back to their home, back to Somalia, the young man says, a security camera peering down the hall outside the door. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

anti-immigrant manifesto: The suspect is described as a 21-year-old white male, and the FBI is reportedly investigating the incident as a hate crime, according to National Observer. Before the rampage, the shooter allegedly posted an anti-immigrant manifesto on an online message board. At least 20 people are dead and 26 injured after a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday afternoon, according to state officials. Not long after the shooting, social media users started speculating on the motive and ideology of the shooter and it didn't take long for some to settle on an unfounded narrative blaming antifa, shorthand for anti-facists, for the bloodshed. The so-called Border Resistance' exercise involves a militancy training tour that will converge on a 10-day siege in El Paso, TX.' Not long after the shooting, social media users started speculating on the motive and ideology of the shooter and it didn't take long for some to settle on an unfounded narrative... writes RVAwonk ElPaso Shooting The Daily Caller has been described in one Harvard University study as a key website that legitimated and normalized the paranoid style that came to typify the right-wing ecosystem in the 2016 election. Could today's shooting At the El Paso Walmart be related the Antifa border resistance militancy training tour, I wonder if the shooter is one of their's Lana Lana Beware August 3, 2019Most of these claims stemmed from a Daily Caller article published on July 30, which falsely reported that antifa is planning a terror campaign and siege of El Paso The far-left Antifa movement is reportedly planning a terror campaign and siege of El Paso, Texas in an attempt to raise awareness of alleged abuses at the U.S.-Mexico border, the Daily Caller reported. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

obhrai: Deepak was a constant source of joy inside the Conservative caucus, said a statement from heartbroken leader Andrew Scheer, with whom Obhrai shared the battle to lead the party in 2016 and 2017, according to National Observer. He brightened every room he walked into and often injected warmth, kindness, and good humour into our deliberations. The unexpected news came Saturday morning in a statement that said Obhrai he just turned 69 last month, roughly the same time he was diagnosed with an advanced Stage 4 case of the disease died abruptly in Calgary while surrounded by members of his family, who described themselves as shocked by his sudden departure. I know I speak on behalf of my Conservative colleagues when I say that he will be missed tremendously. I was shocked to hear that because he seemed to be in fine form the last time I saw him when the House was still sitting, Scheer said. ; Obhrai is the fourth Conservative MP to die in the last four years, and the second this year B.C. MP Mark Warawa died in June of pancreatic cancer. In an interview, Scheer said he only heard a few days ago that Obhrai had taken ill. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

street disorder: The local reports did not provide further details on the vessel or the nationality of the crew.article continues below Trending Stories Man who says he was mistakenly arrested and beaten by Vancouver cops suing VPDVancouver hotel manager says street disorder on Hastings strip turning away tourists Why is a former Vancouver councillor bringing developers to meet the mayor Amanda Tapping on coping with miscarriage The news agency reported the ship was seized near Farsi Island, where a Revolutionary Guard naval base is located, according to Vancouver Courier. The island sits in the Persian Gulf between Saudi Arabia and Iran, north of the Strait of Hormuz. State TV and the semi-official Fars news agency reported that seven crew members were detained when the ship was seized late Wednesday carrying 700,000 litres 185,000 gallons of smuggled fuel from Iran. Guard commander Gen. State TV and other local media also ran footage of the ship, but did not show any flag or identifying marker for the vessel. Ramazan Zirahi was quoted by Iran's state TV saying the ship was seized in Iranian territorial waters and had been transporting diesel fuel. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

recapped limbaugh: Meadows of Parker wrote his Letter to The Editor Media, Dems created border 'crisis,' July 25 he was parroting conservative radio; at least publish a unique perspective, please, according to Rabble. He recapped Limbaugh's and Schnitt's daily tripe, including their rabble-rousing chant here insults against The Democratic Socialist Party, Crooked Clinton, and Obama. Saturday Aug 3, 2019 at 6 00 AM When Mr. Those so-called journalists re-use their tired techniques to befuddle the ignorant who cannot understand what a fact is or how it is derived. Those techniques began with Tip O'Neil's playbook to take truthful news stories and cast doubt on their veracity, which is all the Republicans had for Robert Mueller, casting stones at his choices of analysts, the sources of the Russian problems, that more Republicans than others got indictments, and loudly using their five minutes to state overused GOP mantras. Legacy news outlets and the conservative media lean to left or right, respectively, but FOX was openly created for the market-share profits from those who felt they were under-represented. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

border city: The attack on Saturday was followed less than a day later by another shooting that claimed nine lives in a nightlife district of Dayton, Ohio, according to CTV. That shooter was killed by police. A local prosecutor announced that he would file capital murder charges, declaring that the alleged assailant had lost the right to be among us. Together the two assaults wounded more than 50 people, some of them critically, and shocked even a nation that has grown accustomed to regular spasms of gun violence. Detectives sought to determine if it was written by the man who was arrested . The border city has figured prominently in the immigration debate and is home to 680,000 people, most of them Latino. Investigators focused on whether the El Paso attack was a hate crime after the emergence of a racist, anti-immigrant screed that was posted online shortly beforehand. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

investigations unit: The SIU says the officers tried to talk to the man, who was threatening to harm himself, according to CTV. The agency says the situation escalated and the man set himself on fire after the officers fired plastic projectiles from an anti-riot weapon in an attempt to subdue him. The Special Investigations Unit says officers responded to a 911 call about a man in distress outside the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada office on Exeter Road around 1 p.m. Firefighters, who were already on scene, quickly extinguished the fire and the 48-year-old man was taken to hospital for treatment of serious injuries. The SIU is an arm's length agency that investigates reports involving police where there has been death, serious injury or allegations of sexual assault. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

spy: Perhaps it was only a matter of time before this franchise got so big that it would produce spinoffs, and Hobbs & Shaw breaks away from la familia to follow the exploits of two of the series's former antagonists turned unlikely heroes Diplomatic Security Service hulk Luke Hobbs Dwayne Johnson and rogue spy Deckard Shaw Jason Statham . Hobbs and Shaw, who earned a grudging respect for one another by the end of The Fate of the Furious, team up again to protect Shaw's sister, Hattie Vanessa Kirby an MI6 agent who's trying to stop a bio-engineered supervirus from falling into the hands of a multinational tech company that wishes to eradicate most of humanity and repopulate the planet with mechanically enhanced superhumans, according to Rabble. This tech-eugenicist outlook is personified by the corporation's chief foot soldier Brixton Lore Idris Elba whose electronically upgraded eyes, super strength, and bulletproofing make him, in his own words, a black Superman. Its narrative trajectory has traced the improbable transformation of talented thieves who steal wholesale goods into international agents capable of foiling geopolitical terrorist threats. The virus is a McGuffin that keeps David Leitch's Hobbs & Shaw moving, but the film is by and large less interested in its apocalyptic stakes than its leads, particularly Johnson, whose charismatic, boastful persona is hardwired into everything from the tempo of the film's dialogue to its extravagant action. Hobbs and Shaw's conversations suggest nothing less than wrestling promos, as both men are prone to launching into competing monologues in order to affirm their masculine supremacy. As much as the absurdity of the Fast & Furious series has remained grounded in the chummy relationship between its stars, so, too, does the quick-witted chemistry shared by Johnson and Statham anchor their characters' adventures. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

statement: Deepak was a constant source of joy inside the Conservative caucus, said a statement from heartbroken leader Andrew Scheer, with whom Obhrai shared the battle to lead the party in 2016 and 2017, according to CTV. He brightened every room he walked into and often injected warmth, kindness, and good humour into our deliberations. The unexpected news came Saturday morning in a statement that said Obhrai -- he just turned 69 last month, roughly the same time he was diagnosed with an advanced case of the disease -- died abruptly in Calgary while surrounded by members of his family, who described themselves as shocked by his sudden departure. I know I speak on behalf of my Conservative colleagues when I say that he will be missed tremendously. I was shocked to hear that because he seemed to be in fine form the last time I saw him when the House was still sitting, Scheer said. In an interview, Scheer said he only heard a few days ago that Obhrai had taken ill. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

el: Two law enforcement officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity identified the suspect as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius, according to Vancouver Courier. El Paso police didn't release his name at a news conference but confirmed the gunman is from Allen, near Dallas. Authorities were investigating the possibility the shooting was a hate crime, working to confirm whether a racist, anti-immigrant screed posted online shortly beforehand was written by the man arrested in the attack on the 680,000-resident border city.article continues below Trending StoriesLRB on extracurriculars in schools Harbour seal bumps kayak, sends man into water VIDEO Marpole Oakridge Community Centre to move Legal weed is a lot more expensive than your dealer Statistics Canada El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen said the suspect was arrested without police firing any shots outside the Walmart near the Cielo Vista Mall, about 5 miles 8 kilometres from the main border checkpoint with Ciudad Ju rez, Mexico. Many of the victims were shot at the Walmart, according to police, who provided updates about the shooting in English and Spanish throughout the day in the largely Latino city. The shooting came less than a week after a 19-year-old gunman killed three people and injured 13 others at the popular Gilroy Garlic Festival in California before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The scene was a horrific one, said Allen, adding that many of the 26 people who were hurt had life-threatening injuries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

deliberations i: He brightened every room he walked into and often injected warmth, kindness, and good humour into our deliberations, according to Vancouver Courier. I know I speak on behalf of my Conservative colleagues when I say that he will be missed tremendously. The unexpected news came Saturday morning in a statement that said Obhrai he just turned 69 last month, roughly the same time he was diagnosed with an advanced Stage 4 case of the disease died abruptly in Calgary while surrounded by members of his family, who described themselves as shocked by his sudden departure. article continues below Trending StoriesLRB on extracurriculars in schools Harbour seal bumps kayak, sends man into water VIDEO Legal weed is a lot more expensive than your dealer Statistics Canada Here's the summer 2019 weather forecast for B.C. Deepak was a constant source of joy inside the Conservative caucus, said a statement from heartbroken leader Andrew Scheer, with whom Obhrai shared the battle to lead the party in 2016 and 2017. In an interview, Scheer said he only heard a few days ago that Obhrai had taken ill. Obhrai is the fourth Conservative MP to die in the last four years, and the second this year B.C. MP Mark Warawa died in June of pancreatic cancer. I was shocked to hear that because he seemed to be in fine form the last time I saw him when the House was still sitting, Scheer said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

fact-checking partner: Since its inception, the program has expanded to include more than 50 fact-checking partners working in 42 languages, according to National Observer. Currently, the only sense we have of how many people our fact-checks are reaching comes from data on visits to our own website, Full Fact said in the report. The 46-page report offers the first assessment of Full Fact's involvement in the social media company's fact-checking project, which was launched in December 2016 following widespread criticism of Facebook's failure to address fake news on the platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election. Facebook Canada announced it was joining the initiative in June 2018, along with Agence France-Press AFP as its fact-checking partner, to vet Canada-focused news on its platform. In May, the project fact-checked a quote by Theodore Roosevelt that was falsely attributed to Canada's seventh prime minister, Wilfrid Laurier. The partnership will extend at least through the October 2019 federal election. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

employees union: The candidates' next stop is Nevada, an early primary state and battleground state, where pocketbook issues prevail and labour still holds sway, according to CTV. About 500 union members on Saturday are primed to grill the candidates on their economic vision and their commitment to workers at a forum hosted by American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, a public employees union that counts 1.6 million people among its members. That won't be the case this weekend. At least 19 White House hopefuls, including former Vice-President Joe Biden, California Sen. Bernie Sanders and Massachusetts Sen. Kamala Harris, Vermont Sen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

recapped limbaugh: Meadows of Parker wrote his Letter to The Editor Media, Dems created border 'crisis,' July 25 he was parroting conservative radio; at least publish a unique perspective, please, according to Rabble. He recapped Limbaugh's and Schnitt's daily tripe, including their rabble-rousing chant here insults against The Democratic Socialist Party, Crooked Clinton, and Obama. Saturday Aug 3, 2019 at 6 00 AM When Mr. Those so-called journalists re-use their tired techniques to befuddle the ignorant who cannot understand what a fact is or how it is derived. Those techniques began with Tip O'Neil's playbook to take truthful news stories and cast doubt on their veracity, which is all the Republicans had for Robert Mueller, casting stones at his choices of analysts, the sources of the Russian problems, that more Republicans than others got indictments, and loudly using their five minutes to state overused GOP mantras. Legacy news outlets and the conservative media lean to left or right, respectively, but FOX was openly created for the market-share profits from those who felt they were under-represented. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee support: He explained how the Conservatives would approach Saudi Arabia after being contacted by The Canadian Press, according to CTV. The Conservatives, O'Toole said, would try to re-engage with Riyadh even though it has earned international condemnation over last fall's killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Erin O'Toole, the Conservative critic for foreign affairs, said in an interview they would try to win some trust with Saudi Arabia by focusing on improving commercial ties and by offering more aid, development and refugee support in the Gulf region. Once you have a relationship, you can then work on issues related to human-rights concerns about the actions of Saudi Arabia vis-a-vis the Khashoggi incident, democratic reforms, all these sorts of things, said O'Toole. If you have zero relationship, we're basically just yelling into the wind. He added a Conservative government would seek out common ground in a similar way with China, India and the Philippines, with Saudi Arabia perhaps the biggest challenge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

saudi rights: The kingdom's legal system has long been criticized because it treated adult women as minors, requiring they have a man's consent to obtain a passport or travel abroad, according to CTV. Often a woman's male guardian is her father or husband, and in some cases a woman's son. The new laws, a potential game-changer for Saudi women's rights, are to go into effect by the end of the month. The changes were widely celebrated by Saudis on Twitter, with many posting memes showing people dashing to the airport with luggage and others hailing the 33-year-old crown prince believed to be the force behind these moves. Other changes issued in the decrees allow women to register a marriage, divorce or a child's birth, and obtain official family documents, which could ease hurdles women faced in obtaining a national identity card and enrolling their children in school. But the changes also drew backlash from conservatives, who posted clips of senior Saudi clerics in past years arguing in favour of guardianship laws. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

khashoggi incident: The Conservatives, O'Toole said, would try to re-engage with Riyadh even though it has earned international condemnation over last fall's killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to National Observer. Once you have a relationship, you can then work on issues related to human-rights concerns about the actions of Saudi Arabia vis-a-vis the Khashoggi incident, democratic reforms, all these sorts of things, said O'Toole, adding a Conservative government would seek out common ground in a similar way with China, India and the Philippines. Erin O'Toole, the Conservative critic for foreign affairs, said in an interview they would try to win some trust with Saudi Arabia by focusing on improving commercial ties and by offering more aid, development and refugee support in the Gulf region. If you have zero relationship, we're basically just yelling into the wind. O'Toole acknowledged that for some Canadians, re-establishing ties with Saudi Arabia will be a tough sell following Khashoggi's death. ; One year ago Friday, the first of a series of critical tweets about Saudi Arabia's arrest of women's rights activists was posted on Canadian government Twitter accounts, including one belonging to Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland. We're not having any impact on them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

algonquin peoples: And while Canadians seem to vaguely understand Parliament Hill sits on the homeland of Algonquin peoples, institutional land acknowledgements seem to miss one horrifying and morbid detail about our legislative buildings, according to NOW Magazine. Yes, Canadians tend to acknowledge that the land we are on was first inhabited by nations that were not respected. Canada's original inhabitants are all too familiar with being pushed aside. But no one seems to be acknowledging the most symbolically charged building in Canada may contain remains from Indigenous burial sites.A 2015 archaeological study conducted by Stantec Consulting as part of a rehabilitation of Parliament's Centre Block states that a few pieces of pre-contact Aboriginal pottery had been found on the Parliament grounds. In the 1840s, approximately 20 Indigenous skeletons were excavated from a burial site across the river from the Parliament buildings near the current grounds of the Canadian Museum of History. Because many of the materials used to build the buildings originated from nearby sources, it is a widely-held belief in Algonquin communities that the mortar used to bind the bricks of the Parliament buildings contains sand taken from one of the four confirmed ancient Algonquin burial sites located in the National Capital Region. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

refugee support: The Conservatives, O'Toole said, would try to re-engage with Riyadh even though it has earned international condemnation over last fall's killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, according to Vancouver Courier. Once you have a relationship, you can then work on issues related to human-rights concerns about the actions of Saudi Arabia vis-a-vis the Khashoggi incident, democratic reforms, all these sorts of things, said O'Toole. Erin O'Toole, the Conservative critic for foreign affairs, said in an interview they would try to win some trust with Saudi Arabia by focusing on improving commercial ties and by offering more aid, development and refugee support in the Gulf region.article continues below Trending Stories All the road closures for Celebration of Light fireworks and Pride events Vancouver police make arrests in distraction thefts Harbour seal bumps kayak, sends man into water VIDEO Trans Link rolls out pink bus for Vancouver Pride Parade He explained how the Conservatives would approach Saudi Arabia after being contacted by The Canadian Press. He added a Conservative government would seek out common ground in a similar way with China, India and the Philippines, with Saudi Arabia perhaps the biggest challenge. We're not having any impact on them. If you have zero relationship, we're basically just yelling into the wind. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

sector workers: McKenzie said it is rare for a judge to grant leave to appeal a lower court's decision denying an injunction, according to National Observer. Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, prohibits some public sector workers, including teachers and police officers, from wearing religious symbols at work. Catherine McKenzie, a lawyer for the applicants, said Quebec Court of Appeal Chief Justice Nicole Duval Hesler did not give a reason for granting leave to appeal in a ruling from the bench. McKenzie and other lawyers representing a national Muslim organization, a civil liberties group and a university student who wears an Islamic head scarf had asked for an immediate stay of the central components of the law while their full legal challenge is heard. He noted in his written ruling that the applicants were severely limited in their stay application because Bill 21, adopted in June, invokes the Canadian Constitution's notwithstanding clause. They argued the law was causing serious harm to religious minorities because it encroached on federal jurisdiction, it was impermissibly vague and it violated a citizen's right to participate in their democratic institutions. ; But Superior Court Justice Michel Yergeau ruled on July 18 that the groups had failed to demonstrate the law is creating enough damage to warrant the stay. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shanese steele: That was at 2 p.m, according to National Observer. By that time, Leila Moumouni-Tchouassi had already been fired. That was when she knew her boss would fire her in their scheduled meeting 90 minutes later. Half an hour later, Shanese Steele was fired. Wong is a 23-year-old queer Hong Kong-Canadian who worked for the organization as a policy analyst on a government-funded project that aimed to address systemic barriers that women face in Canada's legislatures. All three women were employees of Equal Voice, a multi-partisan group with the goal of empowering young women and achieving equal representation in politics. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cent: Out of 13,000 people they surveyed, about 7.6 per cent overall said they felt depressive symptoms, while only 1.5 per cent of chocolate-eaters in that group reported feeling those symptoms, according to CTV. The study, published in journal Depression and Anxiety, also found that people who consumed between 104 and 454 grams of dark chocolate per day were 57 per cent less likely to have depressive symptoms than those who abstained from chocolate. Those who ate dark chocolate were less likely to report depressive symptoms, according to researchers from University College London, in collaboration with the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services Canada. These results provide some evidence that consumption of chocolate, particularly dark chocolate, may be associated with reduced odds of clinically relevant depressive symptoms, the authors said in the study's abstract. The teams had set out to find any link between chocolate and people's moods. According to the research, there was no such link between depressive symptoms and eating milk or white chocolate. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ctv news: Everything from a request for Canada to label Putin a war criminal to a call to ban cartoons on products such as cereal boxes have graced the pages of the e-petition portal, according to CTV. While some e-petitions flounder, others get thousands of signatures providing a peek at the public's pulse when it comes to issues on Canadians' minds. If the petition gets more than 500 signatures, the government is forced to issue an official response within 45 calendar days. CTV News has combed through the e-petitions from this parliamentary session to find out which five e-petitions convinced the most Canadians to sign their name and to look at what the government had to say in response. The popularity of an e-petition also isn't necessarily an indicator of broad public support, as factors including social media and news coverage can bloat the number of signatures. 5 Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Sharia law Sponsor Conservative MP James Bezan Number of signatures 57,731 Derrick James from Winnipeg brought forward the fifth most popular e-petition on the parliamentary petition portal in March 2017. Disclaimer e-petitions aren't necessarily a reflection of the views of the politician who sponsored it, as politicians generally sponsor any e-petition brought forward by their constituents. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

pittsburgh post-gazette: The council notified the Pennsylvania State Police on Nov. 13, 2018 that they were going to need coverage from that agency as of Nov. 30, 2018, while they worked to come up with a long-term solution, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported, according to Rabble. When the East Pittsburgh Police Department was disbanded, city officials promised they were in the middle of talks to launch a multi-community police force that would cover their territory, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The East Pittsburgh Borough Council voted to dissolve the borough's police department in the wake of the officer-involved shooting death of Antwon Rose. However, residents began complaining about the lack of police presence the day after the East Pittsburgh police shut down when there was no obvious state police presence on their streets. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

shanese steele: That online conversation, taking place under the hashtag notsoequalvoice, has included stories shared by young women who were delegates at the Daughters of the Vote conference, which brought 338 young women -- one from every federal riding -- to Parliament Hill this spring, according to CTV. The fallout began after three young women -- Shanese Steele, 26, and Cherie Wong and Leila Moumouni-Tchouassi, both 23 -- were dismissed from their jobs at the national organization's Ottawa office following months of tension and issues with management. Equal Voice, a multi-partisan organization dedicated to getting more women elected at all levels of government, had four members of its board of directors resign in recent days as young women have been tweeting about what they call negative experiences with the organization. Eleanor Fast, executive director of Equal Voice, said she cannot comment on internal human resources matters, but she defended the organization against allegations that their identities played any sort of role in terminating their employment. The insinuation in that regard is completely false. The recent staffing changes had nothing to do with anyone's race, ethnicity, religion, Fast said in an interview. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.