Canada’s population recorded its lowest level of growth in more than 15-years. Statistics Canada reported that at 35,851,800 our population increased by only 308,100, in the year ending July 1, 2015. The primary reason was due to immigration policy.  Approximately 239,800 immigrants were admitted to Canada during the 12-month period, down from 267,900 the previous

With the upcoming Canadian general election less than a month away, the three main parties contesting the election – the Conservatives, the New Democrats, and the Liberals have been attempting to win over voters with their proposals for Canada’s often contentious refugee and immigration policy. Though much of the criticism of Canada’s current immigration system

The Conservative Party’s political rivals went on the offensive this morning after Statistics Canada revealed that the country fell into a recession during the first half of 2015. The NDP was the first party to react after Statistics Canada made their quarterly GDP report public. Andrew Thomson from the NDP said Stephen Harper has presided

A new report from Canada’s largest private sector union says Stephen Harper and the Conservatives are managing the most poorly performing economy the country has seen since the end of the Second World War. The authors, economists Jordan Brennan and Jim Stanford assesses how Canada has changed over 10 years of Conservative government resulting in a

Immigration staff shortage and red tape are slowing down the application process of refugees seeking asylum in Canada, despite a growing number of Canadians lining up to sponsor Syrian refugees. Asylum seekers are required to fill out 60-page documents, obtain United Nations approval, and undergo intensive interviews, in order to be granted refugee status in

With Canada facing growing criticism for its strict refugee policy, demonstrators across Canada are holding rallies and marches demanding changes to the country’s immigration policies. From Victoria to Hamilton to Vancouver, local communities have planned protest marches and candlelight vigils in support of the refugees fleeing Syria and other war-torn countries. It reflects collective acts

The recent image of a Syrian toddler whose lifeless body lay on a Turkish beach, prompted Canada’s Citizenship & Immigration Minister Chris Alexander to suspend his re-election campaign and issue a statement designed to evoke compassion.  Despite this ploy which took place against the backdrop of the world’s worst refugee crisis since the Second World War, the

The civil war in Syria is now in its fifth year and in this time over 4 million refugees have fled the country while nearly twice as many have become internally displaced. Hundreds of thousands of these refugees, along with others fleeing threatened areas in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere, are undertaking perilous journeys

The image of drowned Syrian child Alan Kurdi put a human face on the suffering of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing their war-torn country. The disturbing image also motivated many individuals around the world to help the refugees through a variety of means, including financial aid, personal sponsorship and more. Here is how people in

Canada is facing a legal challenge to the new Citizenship Act brought into force this year, with attorneys and a civil liberties group claiming the Act creates a « two-tiered” system for citizenship. The Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, and a naturalized Pakistani have mounted a collective legal challenge to