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Border agency can transfer Alberta immigration prisoners after agreement ends
A patch is seen on the shoulder of a Canada Border Services Agency officer's uniform in Tsawwassen, B.C., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. The Canada Border Services Agency says there are alternatives to holding immigration detainees in provincial jails after Alberta said it would no longer agree to do so. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
world
U.K. bill seeks to remove videos of migrant crossings
FILE PHOTO: A damaged inflatable dinghy lies on the beach in Gravelines, one of the beaches used by migrants to leave by small dinghies the coast of northern France to cross the English Channel in an attempt to reach Britain, near Calais, France, December 14, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo
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Ottawa eyes ‘aggressive measures’ to clear immigration backlog, memo reveals
FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait to be tested after they arrive at Toronto's Pearson airport after mandatory coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing took effect for international arrivals in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada February 15, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio/File Photo
politics
Immigration minister says Canada needs more newcomers as targets get mixed reviews
Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Sean Fraser responds to a question during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. As Canada plans to significantly ramp up its immigration levels in the coming years, some policy experts are worried about potential effects on health care, housing and the labour market. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
opinion
Relax – higher immigration alarmism makes more noise than sense
Andrew Coyne
report on business
Immigration to Canada hits record high in 2022
canada
CBSA detainee dies in custody on Christmas Day in Surrey, B.C.
A patch is seen on the shoulder of a Canada Border Services Agency officer's uniform in Tsawwassen, B.C., Friday, Dec. 16, 2022. Border officials say a detainee at an immigration holding centre in Surrey, B.C., has died after being found unresponsive on Christmas Day. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
No, immigration is not some magic pill for saving the economy
David Green
report on business
Dozens of migrant workers in Vancouver victims of immigration scam, lawsuit alleges
An Immigration Canada office in Montreal, Sunday, July 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
canada
Pandemic, slower U.S. migration see Canada closing gap with U.S. in workforce race
People cross the road in downtown Toronto on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Since the global onset of COVID-19, Canada has been gradually closing the gap with the United States when it comes to attracting and keeping an important economic prize: new permanent residents. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
economy
Immigration backlog leads to surge of legal cases against federal government
Ahmed D. Hussen, right, Minister of Immigration, hands out flags during a citizenship ceremony to 30 new citizens at the ISS of BC Welcome Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Dignitaries, family members and friends welcomed 30 new citizens in a special Canada 150 citizenship ceremony. Rafal Gerszak/The Globe and Mail
charting retirement
What happened to Canada’s workers?
People shop for bottled water after a boil water notice was issued for the entire city of Houston on Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022, at Walmart on S. Post Oak Rd. in Houston. (Mark Mulligan/Houston Chronicle via AP)
economy
Canada wants to welcome 500,000 immigrants a year by 2025. Can our country keep up?
opinion
Canada must stop detaining migrants in provincial jails
Lloyd Axworthy and Allan Rock
canada
Doug Ford says housing on protected Greenbelt needed due to rising immigration
Ontario Premier Doug speaks during a press conference at Queen's Park in Toronto on Monday Nov. 7, 2022. Ford is justifying his proposal to remove a swath of land from the environmentally protected Greenbelt in order to build homes by saying the housing crisis has worsened and will become more dire because of increased immigration. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
canada
Quebec can’t take in more than 50,000 immigrants per year, Legault says
Quebec Premier François Legault speaks at a news conference prior to his government's first cabinet meeting since his party was re-elected, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2022, at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
opinion
We cannot take Canadians’ positive views on immigration for granted
Konrad Yakabuski
opinion
Immigrants are the great insulators against the worst economic and political threats we face
John Ibbitson
canada
Canadians more supportive of immigration than ever, new poll finds
A young new Canadian holds a flag as she takes part in a citizenship ceremony on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on April 17, 2019. Within the span of just a few minutes, an online tool from Statistics Canada offers an evocative snapshot of Canada's ever-shifting population through a series of demographic models.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Former Edmonton MLA and son sentenced to house arrest in immigration fraud case
alberta
Former Edmonton MLA and son sentenced to house arrest in immigration fraud case
A gavel sits on the desk of the clerk during a House of Commons Committee on Canadian Heritage looking into safe sport in Canada on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
canada
Federal immigration committee to investigate allegations department misled a judge
Minister of Public Safety Marco Mendicino arrives at a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
world
‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin released to house arrest, fights deportation
FILE — Anna Sorokin sits at the defense table during jury deliberations in her trial at New York State Supreme Court, April 25, 2019, in New York. A U.S. immigration judge cleared the way Wednesday, Oct. 5. 2022, for fake German heiress Anna Sorokin to be released from detention to home confinement while she fights deportation, if she meets certain conditions. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
opinion
Constitutional government, and with it the unity of the country, is under attack – on two fronts
Andrew Coyne
opinion
François Legault: The divisive premier of all Quebeckers
The Editorial Board
canada
Immigration could be source of conflict between Ottawa and Quebec’s re-elected CAQ
CAQ Leader Francois Legault makes his victory speech to supporters at the Coalition Avenir Quebec election night headquarters, in Quebec City, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Control over immigration and Quebec's religious symbols ban could be sources of conflict between the federal government and the province as Premier François Legault begins his second mandate. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
canada
Quebec re-elects François Legault with landslide majority
Quebec Premier Francois Legault addresses an election night rally in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, October 3, 2022. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger
canada
Polling stations close in Quebec election
A man walks by an elections Quebec sign in L'Assomption, Que., Sunday, September 25, 2022. as advance polling begins ahead of the the Quebec election on October 3rd. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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A Canadian company is among Morgan Stanley’s top 16 global mining stocks
Teck Mining Company's zinc and lead smelting and refining complex is pictured in Trail, B.C., on Nov. 26, 2012.
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Parties promise to limit immigration in Quebec election
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canada
Legault says accepting more than 50,000 immigrants a year ‘suicidal’
Coalition Avenir du Quebec leader Francois Legault attends a breakfast meeting at the Chamber of Commerce while campaigning Wednesday, September 28, 2022 in Montreal. Quebec votes in the provincial election Oct. 3, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
canada
Nova Scotia will stop holding federal immigration detainees in provincial jails
Nova Scotia's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on July 3, 2020. Nova Scotia has become the second Canadian province to announce an end to holding federal immigration detainees in provincial jails, a shift that human rights advocates hope becomes a national trend. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
canada
Quebec election: Immigration becomes political fodder as parties spar over ‘capacity’
An asylum seeker lifts trolley bags as he crosses into Canada from the U.S. border near a checkpoint on Roxham Road near Hemmingford, Quebec, Canada April 24, 2022. Picture taken April 24, 2022. REUTERS/Christinne Muschi
canada
Legault casts himself as moderate defender of Quebec in first debate as opposition leaders accuse him of being out of touch
Conservative Leader Eric Duhaime, Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade, Quebec Solidaire co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Parti-Quebecois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, CAQ Leader Francois Legault and moderator Pierre Brunei, left to right, stand on the set prior to the leaders debate in Montreal, on Thursday, September 15, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/POOL/Martin Chevalier