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Chris Alexander has been appointed as the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration. He was Canada’s first ambassador in residence to Afghanistan after the 9-11 terror attacks, quickly becoming a passionate advocate of his country’s mission to save what he saw as an embattled, war-torn people in a scarred but beautiful land. Alexander’s promotion came after a two-year apprenticeship on the back benches where he distinguished himself as a polished communicator of the government’s message — one also highly capable of the spirited bare-knuckled partisanship of the toughest of his fellow Tories.

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/ExAfghan+envoy+Alexander+joins+Harper+cabinet+immigration/8662717/story.html#ixzz2ZQMaUMCh

After twice failing his immigration interviews due to nervousness, Hui Xin Liang on his third attempt brought with him notes prepared by his lawyer detailing his courtship with his Canadian wife. However, an immigration officer at the Canadian visa post in Hong Kong said the “cheat sheets” found in his bag were proof that Liang’s marriage to Wei Hong Xie of Toronto was a fraud and rejected the couple’s latest spousal sponsorship application. Last summer, the couple thought their ordeal was over when an Immigration and Refugee Board appeal tribunal overruled the officer’s decision. However, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney subsequently appealed the tribunal’s decision to the Federal Court of Canada. After another year of delay, Liang, a driver, and Xie, a restaurant worker, recently won the final round of the battle when the court dismissed the minister’s request.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/07/12/federal_court_judge_upholds_decision_that_immigration_cheat_sheets_were_memory_aid.html

Refugeehealth.ca offers a variety of content, including: details about medical coverage available to refugees in B.C.; cultural and political profiles as well as information about specific health issues related to countries refugees commonly come from, as well as guidelines and tools for treating common illnesses. It also provides a database of Lower Mainland community resources (dentistry, legal, housing, parenting, physiotherapy, mental health and optometry) that’s searchable by city, language spoken and coverage accepted. The site’s patient handouts have proven to be the most popular component of the site, and hundreds of downloadable versions are featured on a variety of topics (including women’s health, HIV, hepatitis, mental health, etc.), available in 17 languages. Anyone can access the handouts through the website.

http://www.nsnews.com/health/Website+bridges+cultures+language/8657979/story.html

Le Canada est souvent perçu comme l’un des pays à la politique migratoire la plus juste et généreuses, mais depuis 2002, la possibilité ouverte pour les entreprises canadiennes de recruter des ‘travailleurs étrangers temporaires’ en dehors du système national a totalement changé la donne. Les immigrés se retrouvent coincés dans un système où ils n’ont aucun droit, révèle le documentaire « La fin de l’immigration ? » de Marie Boti et Malcom Guy […] diffusée le 28 juin, sur Radio Canada et le 15 juillet dans le cadre du Cinéma sous les étoiles, à Montréal. Pays réputé généreux avec les migrants qu’il accepte sur son territoire, le Canada a très discrètement, mais très profondément modifié son rapport à la migration. […]

http://www.yabiladi.com/articles/details/18426/canada-l-immigration-retour-l-exploitation-docu.html

The provincial government announced in May that the cap on the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) is being increased, bringing the annual level of nominees from 4,000 to 4,450. The increase, granted by the federal government, was contingent on bringing the program more in tune with labour market needs. To that end, the Ministry of the Economy held province-wide public consultations, which wrapped up Friday. […] The nominee program takes off some of the pressure to bring Aboriginals into the work force, said Doug Elliott, a statistician whom Aboriginal organizations have consulted on education and economic issues for almost 30 years. “We’ve been spending 20 years trying to improve the educational levels for the Aboriginal population,” Elliott said. “(And) we haven’t been very successful. Now we’re saying we’re not solving that problem and the economy needs workers, so we’ll go with the immigrant nominee program.”

http://www.paherald.sk.ca/News/Local/2013-07-13/article-3314414/Immigrant-program,-Aboriginal-joblessness-a-thorny-issue/1

Obliger les futurs citoyens canadiens à prêter serment à la Reine est discriminatoire et constitue une violation de leurs droits constitutionnels, feront valoir trois résidants permanents, vendredi, devant la Cour supérieure de l’Ontario. Ils rejettent le serment pour des raisons religieuses ou des principes personnels. Selon eux, prêter allégeance au Canada suffit. La Loi sur la citoyenneté demande au candidat de jurer ou d’affirmer qu’il sera «fidèle et de porter sincère allégeance à Sa Majesté la Reine Elizabeth Deux, Reine du Canada, à ses héritiers et successeurs». Les demandeurs avancent qu’en raison de leurs croyances, protégées par la Constitution, le serment est un obstacle à profiter des droits de la citoyenneté tels que voter et obtenir un passeport canadien. Les gens qui naissent au Canada ou ailleurs dans le monde de parents canadiens sont automatiquement citoyens et n’ont pas à prêter serment

http://www.rcinet.ca/fr/2013/07/12/preter-serment-a-la-reine-discriminatoire-selon-de-futurs-citoyens/