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Thousands of refugee claimants already in the system awaiting a hearing will have their asylum claims terminated under new eligibility criteria that are applied retroactively in a law that has just taken effect. Under the Strengthening Canada’s Immigration System and Borders Act, which received royal assent Thursday night, anyone who first arrived in Canada after June 24, 2020, will not...
Ottawa has soft-launched a promised program to transition current work permit holders to permanent residence, as soaring numbers of migrants are running out of status in Canada, says Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab.
The Liberal party has restored some Canadians’ confidence in its ability to manage immigration, though a majority still believe the Conservatives are better equipped to fix the beleaguered system, according to a new poll. A year after implementing some seismic policy changes to reduce immigration intakes, the Liberals are closing the gap with the opposition Conservatives in public perception of...
More visible minorities ran and were elected in the spring federal election compared to the previous election, an increase that a new report found was driven by representation in parties on the right. There were 315 visible minorities representing the six major parties, according to the report published by the Institute for Research on Public Policy. The candidates accounted for...
Ottawa is considering dissolving a joint federal-provincial working group on asylum seekers after accusing three Conservative premiers of weaponizing the refugee crisis for political gains. On Wednesday, Immigration Minister Marc Miller called out the three provincial leaders — Alberta’s Danielle Smith, Blaine Higgs of New Brunswick and Tim Houston of Nova Scotia — who are facing upcoming re-election bids or...
Canada’s refugee system has been the envy of the world. It’s recognized as being orderly, fair and efficient when compared to any other western country. But as the number of asylum seekers keeps surging here — and with the queue and processing times getting longer, the beleaguered system is in desperate need of a rethink to save it from spiraling...
It was a day after his constituency office was found vandalized, with windows smashed and pink paint sprayed over, but that didn’t stop Immigration Minister Marc Miller from cracking jokes with the audience at a special citizenship ceremony in Toronto to mark Cirque du Soleil’s 40th anniversary. “Anyone want to change their mind? You still have time,” Miller said jokingly...
The Liberal government is set to announce two new pathways that would give caregivers from abroad permanent residence upon arriving in Canada, a step intended to update and replace existing pilot programs that will wind down later this month. Immigration Minister Marc Miller will announce two new pilot programs on Monday afternoon as part of the federal government’s efforts to...
Housing migrants in federal prisons is a temporary measure as border enforcement officials try to modify their own facilities to accommodate “high-risk” detainees, says Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc. In response to concerns raised over proposed legislative changes to immigration detention, LeBlanc said the Canada Border Services Agency will use a section of a penitentiary “independently and separately” from Correctional...
Two former Liberal cabinet ministers are urging the Trudeau government to cancel its plans to start using federal prisons to hold immigration detainees, citing a recent inquest recommendation to end the practice of detaining migrants in jails.
Before Justin Trudeau's government landed on a plan to bring in about 400,000 permanent residents per year, cabinet considered a proposal that would have opened the door significantly wider in a single year, the Star has learned. Amid growing scrutiny of Ottawa's immigration rates, internal government documents show the Liberal government rejected an option to raise the immigration rate to...
As soon as Canada announced it would cap the number of international students here, experts anticipated a dogfight among Ontario colleges for the limited new study permits for the province. One prediction was that the colleges would throw Kitchener-based Conestoga College — the school with the most international students in the country — "under the bus."
It appears the federal government will soon assign a fixed number of international study permits for each province. Starting later this year, the federal government will assign a fixed number of international study permits to each province, according to a Universities Canada memo obtained by the Star that offers a first glimpse at the level of cuts to the international...