FOCUS ON HEALTH Four in five adolescents don’t exercise enough: WHO Four in five adolescents worldwide do not get enough physical activity, to the detriment of their health, the World Health Organization said last week, warning that girls especially need more exercise. In its first ever report on global trends for adolescent physical activity, the […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon An open letter to Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino Dear Mr. Minister, First of all, let me congratulate you on your appointment as Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship. It comes as no surprise that your appointment has been greeted with elation in your riding of Eglinton-Lawrence with its large immigrant community. […]
Just after the September 11th destruction of the World Trade Centre buildings in New York, several articles were published announcing the death of irony. But the current “impeachment” show, starring US President Donald Trump, and which is now monopolizing all American media, seem to have forgotten that they had announced the death of languages’ most […]
By David Jessop A long-standing precept of diplomacy has been that nations and their representatives do not intervene directly in the internal politics of other nations. It is an approach based on the long-established principle of state sovereignty and self-determination. This now appears to be coming to an end, driven largely by a US President […]
Kuba Shand-Baptiste We’ve come a long way from the days of telling children that they should be seen and not heard. Once a display of insubordination, in 2019 the audacity of piping up at the dinner table or offering unsolicited opinions is no longer considered a punishable offence for a child. Thankfully, that much-needed […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon Immigration officers do make mistakes Readers of this column may have come across the term “marriage of convenience.” What does it really mean ? With respect to immigration,simply stated, it means one in which one of the parties – husband or wife- entered into the marriage for the sole purpose of […]
Letter To The Editor The ‘Caribbean Heritage Month’ commess Dear Editor, When it comes to commess and bacchanal, no one, it seems, can beat the people from the Caribbean. We are past masters of the art of bacchanal. And we didn’t leave this art behind when we migrated to Canada. Oh No! You might […]
On December 28th, 2016, , a 19 year-old black man, was beaten so badly by an off-duty Toronto police, Michael Theriault, and his younger brother Christian Theriault, that he lost an eye. The incident occurred in Ajax outside the home of Jim Silverthorn, who witnessed the incident. Silverthorn’s interest was sustained as a desperate Miller […]
A few days ago on the CBC Radio morning show, a presenter expressed surprise when, as he walked the streets of Toronto on his way to work, he saw so few poppies displayed on the clothing of pedestrians. The explanations for this state of affairs range between the possibilities that most persons were wearing winter […]
By Sukhram Ramkissoon Humanitarian and Compassionate factors are assessed by Immigration Officers to determine whether to grant an exemption from certain legislative requirements. This is required under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to allow applications to be processed within Canada for permanent residence status. So it is important that when authorized persons represent non […]
