This week’s question: Do you believe that international aid to Haiti reaches the people most in need? Tonia Dyer Former President Association Haitianne Du Grand Toronto No I do not believe that international aid to Haiti reaches the people most in need . Of the 2.4 billions in humanitarian funding, […]
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 […]
Cricket Canada has announced the appointment of Nitish Kumar as its new captain of the senior men’s national team. The 22-year-old Kumar who is a top order batsman and an off-break bowler has represented Canada in 16 ODIs and 6 T20Is. He made his ODI debut against Afghanistan at Sharjah in February, 2010 and his […]
This week’s question: Do you believe that Caribbean and Mexican migrant farm workers in Canada should be granted permanent resident status? Michelle Dickson Program Coordinator No I don’t think they should be granted permanent residence status as I assume most workers are the sole providers for their family. We wouldn’t just be […]
By Gerald V. Paul The “Harvesting Freedom”caravan, organized by activists from Justicia for migrant workers, which left Leamington on September 4, arrived in Ottawa on the weekend with its petition calling on the federal government to grant migrant farm workers permanent resident status. The activists were planning to present the petition to Prime Minister Justin […]
By W. Andy Knight In February 2006, my son and I attended my grandmother’s funeral in Barbados. The day we were heading back to Canada, we ran into Pirates of the Caribbean star, Keira Knightley, in the Grantley Adams airport. Naturally, my 16 year old son wanted a photo with Keira and I obliged. In […]
Toronto City Councillor Michael Thompson says he is disappointed that no concrete action has yet been taken on his proposal for the establishment of a registry to document the arrival of children entering Canada as immigrants. In an interview on the weekend, the Jamaica-born councillor told The Caribbean Camera that he was still awaiting word […]
Gaping holes in our country’s systems for the protection of newly immigrated children have literally cost 17 year old Melonie Biddersingh her life. That is in itself a shameful stain on our society. Unfortunately, we have now earned ourselves further shame. We have to admit that, five years after Melonie’s death came to light, we […]
Family members from Canada, the United States, England and Barbados got together in Trinidad on Sunday to celebrate the 100th birthday of Viola Rochester-Doyle. In picture, Mrs. Rochester-Doyle with her son, Eddison, former Chief Financial Officer of the Festival Management Committee (FMC) which has been running the Toronto Caribbean Carnival for the last ten […]
By Lincoln Depradine Grenadians living in Canada no longer are required to purchase American currency to obtain a passport at the Toronto-based Consulate General, which is headed by Derrick James. James made the announcement at a recent town hall meeting in Toronto. Previously, Grenadians were required to pay US$125 for a new passport and US$250 […]
