Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has become the latest federal cabinet minister to be interrupted during a funding announcement event by critics of recent changes to Canada’s refugee system. […]The two local health care providers, who were calm and polite as they addressed the minister, said the cuts put the health and lives of patients at risk and called for an immediate moratorium. Aglukkaq replied she believes cutting health benefits to failed claimants is only fair and what Canadian taxpayers would expect. She added she doesn’t think many Canadians were even aware that for years, those denied entry were covered by tax dollars.

http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/politics/Health+Minister+Leona+Aglukkaq+interrupted+over+refugee+health+cuts/6960206/story.html

Facing public outcry and a human rights complaint, the city of Gatineau, Que., is getting rid of a controversial “statement of values” for immigrants that advises against honour killings, cooking smelly foods and being late for work. At the time of its publication last November, the city said the 16-point “guide” was intended to help immigrants integrate with their new community by imparting “essential values” shared by all Canadians and Quebecers. The city says it has removed the booklet from circulation and its website.

http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/politics/article/1229066–quebec-gatineau-gets-rid-of-controversial-guide-for-immigrants-from-city-website

One year after its creation, the federal government’s “Most Wanted” list still sparks controversy. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews calls it a resounding success: it has seen the capture, thanks to public reporting, of 26 fugitive immigrants, and the expulsion from Canada of 19 of those people. But the list, which appears on a government website and uses the public’s eyes and ears to capture men and women wanted out of Canada for potential war crimes, criminal convictions or links to terrorism and espionage, masks problems, say law and civil rights experts. It has also attracted international attention – not necessarily positive.

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British border officials will strike on the day before the start of the London Olympics in a row over jobs, pay and working conditions, their union said on Thursday. Thousands of Home Office staff, including immigration workers at London’s Heathrow Airport, a main gateway to the Games, are to stage a 24-hour strike on July 26. […]The strike falls on what is expected to be the busiest day in Heathrow’s history.

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While settlement services for immigrants get high marks from many of the people they serve, francophone and disabled newcomers say they often can’t get the help they need, according to a provincewide survey released Wednesday. More than 2,500 immigrants responded to the Making Ontario Home study, making it one of the largest surveys of newcomers in Canada outside government, according to its sponsors, the Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants (OCASI) and the provincial Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration.

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/life/Immigrants+Ontario+give+settlement+services+high+marks/6952230/story.html

The government says apprehensions of people for federal immigration violations have dropped to the lowest level in 40 years, reflecting a decline in the northbound traffic of illegal immigrants from Mexico. At the same time, the number of suspects booked by the U.S. Marshals Service for criminal immigration offenses has gone up dramatically, a function of tougher law enforcement on the U.S. side of the border.

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