Canada Immigration Visas (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The number of Canadian visas being granted will be maintained as the country plans to leave the immigration policy unchanged. The Canadian Immigration Minister, Jason Kenney, revealed the department’s report for 2010 which stated that Canada is to accept the same number of immigrants as in 2009. The minister supported the view saying that the Canadian [...]
Canada Immigration Visas (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Canadian immigration invited young people to take a part in its writing and artwork competition which is being launched to give younger generations of Canadians understanding of the diversity and tell them more about the history of the country. The competition, the Mathieu Da Costa contest, takes its name after the first man of African descent to enter Canada. The Canadian immigration minister, Jason...
Global Visas Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... or doing anything about it. This is a slight embarrassment for the Canadian Immigration minister, Jason Kenney, who has been seen to be an advocate of the foreign worker program, just last month announcing plans to improve the working conditions of this low-skilled sector. The report also said that Canada was failing in their efforts of lowering the backlog of applications for Canadian...
Global Visas News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... Todd Baylis. The association feel so strongly about the issue they are petitioning the minister, Jason Kenney, to speed up deportations.
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A special reception was held at the NAC to honour Peter Milliken, who recently became Canada’s longest serving Speaker. The food was crap, but the place was packed. Below is the Speaker and Labour Minister Rona Ambrose. Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin. Heather Bradley from the Speaker’s office. Natural Resources Minister Lisa Raitt. Liberal MP Ralph Goodale. Immigration Minister Jason...
Pine River World News (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... of view, Mr. Gunaratna is not credible," said Lorne Waldeman. In Ottawa, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney suggested Tuesday he was heeding the advice of the government's expert for now. "It's our view [the migrants] constitute a flight risk and we are not entirely satisfied about their backgrounds," Kenney said. An immigration hearing Monday for one of the migrants...
Tyee - Home (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Conservative candidate Diana Dilworth at Minister Jason Kenney's side.Five tight battleground ridings are poised to tip towards Tories.Seat tallies tell the tale. Tories won bigger than pundits said.PM's first year is the number three story of 2006.If the Conservative campaign now underway in New Westminster-Coquitlam says anything about how Prime Minister Stephen Harper hopes to win...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
This is a total waste of time... The Federal Court has ordered a judicial review into the decision to ban a controversial British MP from entering Canada last spring. George Galloway was refused entry in March. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said it was due to Galloway’s outspoken support of Hamas, a Palestinian political group listed as a terrorist organization in Canada. He...
SWAC Girl (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... bloggers I know who plan to attend are Crystal Clear Conservative, Jane from Bearing Drift, and Jason Kenney but will be watching for others. We parked in the Marriott garage and Matt Wells pulled in and parked two spots over. Barb thanked him for all his hard work and then he headed inside to join other Bolling staffers. I'm sitting beside a young blogger from Real Clear Politics,...
Macleans.ca (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Rick Dykstra, Mario Silva, Gerry Byrne, Kirsty Duncan, Todd Russell, Shelly Glover, Rob Clarke, Scott Brison, Pablo Rodriguez, Leona Aglukkaq, Greg Rickford, Andrew Kania, Dominic LeBlanc, Randy Hoback, Lisa Raitt, Jason Kenney, Brian Masse, Blaine Calkins, Russ Hiebert, Helena Guergis, Rona Ambrose, John Baird, Bernard Bigras, Mike Lake, Scott Simms, Glenn Thibeault, Paul Calandra, Dean...
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I'm not sure Jason Kenney has a grip on his portfolio. He has been criticised by the left for being racist, when he clamped down on Tamils; and he probably responded by launching an attack on Brandon Huntley. But what is disturbing is that his latest move is to reduce the numbers of certain categories of immigrants; namely refugees and family members, yet retain high overall numbers;...
Immigration Watch International (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Canada plans to cut substantially the number of refugees it will accept in the coming year from people who make their claim after arriving in the country, according to new government figures. Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says Canada expects to accept between 9,000 and 12,000 claims in 2010, including their dependants, from people who apply for [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... of these people are quite vulnerable," Fraser added at a news conference.But Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said the government has been aware of the problems and has already responded with tougher regulations.Last month, Ottawa moved to ensure that employers who abuse foreign workers will be blacklisted and denied permission to hire another foreigner for two years.The new rules...
Hocemo Li Na Kafu? (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... was reminded of this when I read an article yesterday about how the Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney (I believe I've made my about the man elsewhere on this blog) is seeking to . is often admired for its independence from the government (contrast with the UK Home Office), though it seems likely in light of Kenney's announcement that pressure will be put on the IRB...
I Luv SA (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... you will be processed in about 18 months. Amazing; talk about f**ked up priorities. Okay, so Jason Kenney will claim he is aware of this, and that is why he is setting limits on refugee and family numbers. Give me a break; you need to set limits AND accelerate the rate at which deserving applicants can gain access. All the current system does is make the ideal applicants dishonest,...
