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December 14, 2011

Alberta, Iran—then Canada

So you're a Parliamentary Press Gallery reporter and you want to get an answer to a simple, innocuous question from a federal department?

December 14, 2011

After 10 years, time to get serious in Afghanistan

The Bonn 2 international conference on Afghanistan, held Dec. 5, concluded with a joint announcement of Afghanistan and the international community on "Transition to Transformation Decade"—another decade that will require financial and military support beyond 2014, the year for the planned withdrawal of American and international forces.

December 14, 2011

Fear that we are losing control of our borders

Canadians are increasingly nervous that our generous system of refugee and immigration policy is being abused. They want to see fairness.

December 14, 2011

Canuck firms caught in US regulator's dragnet

It's an unpleasant surprise for a public company to be served with an enforcement action by a securities regulator from any jurisdiction, and even worse when management doesn't know the company is subject to the regulator's jurisdiction.

December 14, 2011

Be tougher enough on Egyptian military: Mazigh

Canada selective in response to Arab Spring, says Maher Arar's wife.

December 14, 2011

Live-in caregiver program improving

In her op-ed in last week's edition of Embassy, Manuela Gruber Hersch wrote that some stakeholders in the live-in caregiver sector question whether the federal government's recent decision to have employers bear the financial burden of bringing live-in caregivers to Canada is a hidden tactic to scrap the program.

December 7, 2011

Live-in caregiver changes prompt problems

Canada's live-in caregiver program has been successful for decades. However, changes in April 2010 designed to protect foreign caregivers and a decreased quota of permanent residence applications for 2012 have many in the industry concerned about the program's future.

December 7, 2011

Stop blaming others, start fixing problems

On July 21, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews announced they would release the names, photos and other identifying information of 30 men wanted for deportation from Canada. The ministers linked the men to war crimes or crimes against humanity, although none had been found guilty of such crimes by a criminal court.

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