By W. Andy Knight The Trinidad and Tobago government should be complimented for providing refuge to Venezuelan migrants who are arriving in large numbers as a result of the deteriorating conditions in Venezuela. Over 3.7 million Venezuelans have fled the country (most of them to Colombia, Peru and Chile). It is estimated that over 60,000 […]
Editorial Where is the carnival heading ? First we learned that Richard de Lima, the Chief Executive Officer of the Festival Management Corporation (FMC) which runs the Toronto Caribbean Carnival, was on “administrative leave.” Shortly afterwards. we were told by a highly placed FMC official that “Richard de Lima is no longer with us.” What […]
By David Jessop Being a Head of Government or a Foreign Minister is a thankless task. Although normally advised by a small number of able civil servants and Ambassadors, the pressure that senior politicians personally experience can be acute, particularly when they have to make choices affecting national security or a country’s international relations. For […]
Many in Toronto’s Caribbean community have been complaining about fraudulent immigration consultants. Sukhram Ramkissoon, in his widely read Immigration Matters column, has written time and time again about some of these unscrupulous dealers in fraud who took money from various persons and never did the work for which they were paid. And there are horror […]
Editorial We have to fight back Shortly after the Ontario provincial elections last year, we reminded our readers in an editorial that people usually get the government they deserve. We were referring, of course, to the not-so-Progressive Conservative government of Premier Doug Ford and the fact that many people in the Black community had declared […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon June deadline for applications for ‘Interim Pathway’ for caregivers Major changes have been made to Canada’s Live-In Caregiver Program .Back in November 2014, two new streams were created – the Caring for Children Pathway and the High Medical Needs Pathway- and in March this year, a new Interim Pathway was announced. […]
By David Jessop In a more normal world, a Communication produced by the European Commission (EC) setting out the main elements of Europe’s future policy towards Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) might only be of passing interest. However, at a time when international relations are in flux, and Washington has claimed the right to […]
Summer is almost here and people are shedding their coats, jackets and long johns for shorts and tee shirts. Politicians are on the platforms, Conservatives trying to convince the voters that tax cuts for the wealthy are great for the masses and that trickle down economics will benefit the majority of citizens. Liberals are opposing […]
Immigration Matters Sukhram Ramkissoon Persons who obtained landed status through a ‘marriage of convenience’ can be removed from Canada Regular readers of this column would be familiar with the term “marriage of convenience.” Or “business marriage,” as it is sometimes called. Simply put, a ” marriage of convenience” is one in which one of the […]
A new study by researchers at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry provides the first evidence that the body’s own defence system could be a major contributor to tooth decay and filling failure. Published in biomedical journal Acta Biomaterialia last week, the study shows that the decay of dentin (that hard substance beneath the […]
