February, 08, 2012
| May 11, 2011 When the 41st session of Parliament begins, many Canadians with diverse ethnic backgrounds will take their seats in the House of Commons. The NDP will welcome nine new MPs who were born abroad, while the Conservatives are adding five to their caucus. | |
| April 27, 2011 On April 23, NDP Leader Jack Layton held a campaign press conference for "members of the ethnic media" in Toronto, where he fielded questions on everything from the Sikh riots to Afghanistan, China and domestic issues. In doing so, Mr. Layton was following in the footsteps of his other two national party opponents, Conservative Leader Stephen Harper and Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff, who have already both held so-called "ethnic media roundtables" during the campaign. | |
| April 20, 2011 Stephanie Mooney works at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore and is a member of the Washington, DC Area Expat Canadian Meet-up Group. She's one of an estimated 2.8 million Canadians living abroad, around 1 million of them living in the United States. Pursuing a career in medical research, she looked in vain for a fellowship based in Canada, but instead found one down south. | |
| April 20, 2011 Even experts say they have a hard time figuring out each party's position.
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| April 20, 2011 The French and English debates are over and the leaders are back on the hustings. | |
| April 13, 2011 Conservatives face difficult time selling their anti-human smuggling plan.
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| April 13, 2011 Representatives from the two Sri Lankan diasporas in Canada say they want to see a revamped Canadian immigration system that puts a focus on clarity and efficiency—and they aren't happy with the way the Conservative government has managed the system so far. | |
| March 30, 2011 But many details remain unclear, leading to concerns the minister is giving himself too much latitude.
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| March 30, 2011 On Dec. 2, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney held a teleconference with members of the ethnic media. The day before, the Liberal Party had come out and sworn it would fight bill C-49, a controversial piece of legislation introduced to fight human smuggling. | |
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