BY SUKHRAM RAMKISSOON A reader of this column phoned me the other day to discuss a problem which his gay friend is experiencing. He said his friend who lives in Trinidad is “harassed, beaten and discriminated against ” by people ” back home.” The caller said he remembered that about 30 years ago, thousands of […]
OTTAWA – The Liberal government is boosting the base number of immigrants allowed into Canada next year to 300,000, to help drive economic growth as the country grapples with an aging demographic. Speaking to reporters after tabling his annual report in Parliament on Monday, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister John McCallum said the new target […]
In my last two columns, I replied to questions from readers about immigration issues. This week I will address a problem dealing with sponsorship which came to my attention in a letter from another reader. Similar problem are reported to be not uncommon in the Caribbean community. Question: Dear Mr. Ram: I […]
Mary Lihua Zhang Immigration consultant Only those undocumented immigrants who have no criminal records and who have been working and paying taxes for 10 years and more in Canada, should be granted permanent residence. This is aligned with the ultimate objective with respect to our immigration law which is to permit Canada to pursue the […]
As I mentioned in my last column, during the last few weeks, I have received letters from several persons seeking solutions to immigration problems. Last week I replied to a letter from a migrant farm worker who wanted to know what were his chances of obtaining permanent resident status in Canada. This week I will […]
During the past few weeks, I have received letters from several persons seeking solutions to immigration problems. This week I will reply to one of the letters which came from a migrant farm worker. I believe his question will be of interest to many readers of this column. However, please note that the information provided […]
By Dhaman Persaud Kissoon Canada’s immigration policy has been generally geared towards filling an economic need. If one traces the history of the treatment of workers in Canada, a common theme emerges. Whenever there was a downturn in the economy or the need for workers lessened, the government passed restrictive laws. The first major example […]
Maryam Monsef who came to Canada as a refugee and became a Cabinet Minister at the age of 30, has recently found herself in the glare of unfavourable publicity. Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions in the present Liberal government, is in the news because it is alleged that she claimed that she was born in […]
BY SUKHRAM RAMKISSOON I have recently received phone calls from several people requesting information about sponsorship of their spouses who they did not declare in their applications for permanent residence in Canada. So this week I will discuss what is described as “excluded relationships.” Let’s look at the recent case of a woman from Afghanistan […]
By Gerald V. Paul “Harvesting freedom,” a migrant farm workers caravan, which left Leamington, Ontario on September 4 last , rolled through several agricultural communities in Southern Ontario this week on its 1,500- kilometre journey to Ottawa to present a petition to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Immigration Minister John McCallum. Justicia for Migrant Workers […]
