Archive for the ‘Immigration/Refugee’ Category
Daniel Proussalidis - February 20th, 2013
An alarming new report warns the next year “could be even more troublesome” for Canada than 2012 in terms of global trouble spots and economic worries.
“The Middle East is in worse shape than at the beginning of the Arab Spring; Iran looms ever more ominously … North Korea threatens the U.S. with nuclear weapons; the tone between China and Japan and other players of the region over islands dotting the South and East China Seas has become harsher,” said the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDAI) in its latest strategic outlook. Read more…
Tags: Africa, canada, canadian forces, CDAI, Conference of Defence Associations, cyber security, middle east, outlook, strategic outlook, terrorism, threats
Categories: Budget, Conservatives, Economy, Environment, Foreign affairs, G20, General, Government, Haiti, Immigration/Refugee, Military, Politics, Public Safety, United States |
John Robson - February 7th, 2013
The Globe and Mail, channeling Bob Rae, editorially scorned the Harper Administration for considering ”knee-jerk legislation” that would strip dual citizens of citizenship “if they go abroad to commit acts of terrorism, or acts of war against this country and its allies”. Even as rhetoric this is feeble; as analysis it is doubly so. Regrettably it seems to reflect widely held elite attitudes.
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Categories: Conservatives, Foreign affairs, Government, Immigration/Refugee, Liberals, Public Safety |
John Robson - January 25th, 2013
Earlier this week, responding to reports that Canadians may have been among the terrorists in the Algerian hostage-taking, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Jason Kenney tweeted that he “can’t begin to understand those who turn their backs on Canada to embrace the death cult of jihadi extremism”. Since he’s the point man on keeping them out maybe he’d better start trying.
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Categories: Conservatives, Foreign affairs, General, Government, Immigration/Refugee, Politics, Public Safety |
Daniel Proussalidis - January 23rd, 2013
New billboards in Hungary tell residents not to bother coming to Canada to file an unfounded refugee claim because the rules have changed and they’ll quickly be deported.
“People with unfounded claims will be deported faster,” warn the billboards, bearing the Government of Canada logo and directing people to the Citizenship and Immigration website. Read more…
Tags: change, changed, changes, claimant, claimants, claims, failed, failure, Gypsy, Hungary, Kenney, Roma
Categories: Conservatives, Foreign affairs, General, Government, Immigration/Refugee, Politics, Public Safety |
Daniel Proussalidis - January 14th, 2013
As Canada prepares to help French forces staring down Islamist forces in Mali (see here for the full story), we’re learning more about just how much those Islamists have changed Mali since last March. For decades, Mali was known as an oasis of tolerance and a fairly stable country in a rather turbulent part of the world. That all changed in the wake of a military coup and resulting power vacuum that Islamists exploited.
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Tags: Christian, Christianity, coup, Islam, Islamist, Mali, Muslim, persecution, religion, Sharia, tolerance
Categories: Foreign affairs, General, Immigration/Refugee, Military, Politics |
