Canada’s auditor general has noted several inadequacies in the immigration department’s detection and prevention of citizenship fraud. Michael Ferguson found the most common reasons for stripping someone of Canadian citizenship were identity fraud, not meeting residency requirements and not reporting… »
Lynn Desjardins
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Lynn has dedicated her working life to journalism. After decades in the field, she still believes journalism to be a pillar of democracy and she remains committed to telling stories she believes are important or interesting. Lynn loves Canada and embraces all seasons: skiing, skating, and sledding in winter, hiking, swimming and playing tennis in summer and running all the time. She is a voracious consumer of Canadian literature, public radio programs and classical music. Family and friends are most important. Good and unusual foods are fun. She travels when possible and enjoys the wilderness.
Environment & Animal Life, Society
Neighbouring province of B.C. on wildfire alert
The province of British Columbia (B.C.) is taking a lesson from Alberta‘s massive wildfire and telling residents to prepare themselves in case they need to evacuate because of fire. Two wildfires have merged into one in northeastern B.C. near Fort… »
Access to information fees waived
The Canadian government is immediately withdrawing all but a five-dollar application fee for people requesting information from government agencies under the Access to Information law. It has also ordered its agencies to make documents available in the format that is… »
Immigration & Refugees, Politics, Society
Court disallows leeway on refugee loss of status
Refugee advocates say the Canadian government must act quickly to change a law that obliges it to strip refugees of their status under certain circumstances. A recent court decision prevents immigration officials from considering humanitarian arguments for not applying this… »
‘Most Asian city outside Asia’ celebrates heritage
May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada and the city of Vancouver is hosting a myriad of activities to celebrate its rich diversity and history. “Following the Silk Routes and Beyond in Vancouver” is an interactive photo exhibition “celebrating the… »
Many Canadians respond quickly to the census
Every household in Canada will get a request to fill in a census form in this first week of May and the initial response has been called enthusiastic. Monday was the first day and there were about 700,000 online responses,… »
Program trains police to combat elder abuse
Police in the city of Montreal will all soon be trained to recognize and handle elder abuse, reports Canadian Press. The police force struck a team which took three years to develop a model to train officers, and it hopes… »
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Military to help speed Syrian refugee processing
Talks are underway with Canada’s military so it may help speed efforts to bring more Syrian refugees to Canada, reports Canadian Press (CP). The immigration minister says, extra staff will be sent overseas this month to help, as they did… »
International, Politics, Society
‘Dark age’ drops Canada’s press freedom ranking
May 3 is World Press Freedom Day and Canada fell 10 places to 18th on a new list compiled by Reporters Without Borders. A report from this global press watchdog describes the tenure of Canada’s former Prime Minister Stephen Harper… »
Advocates sue over medical extra billing
An advocacy group is supporting a court case that seeks to oblige the Canadian government to stop doctors in Quebec province from billing patients for services that should be free under Canada’s publicly-funded health care system. Provinces accused of ‘gross… »
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