#1 — CBC | Government has no plans to bring back Khadr
The Canadian government still has no plans to push for the repatriation of Omar Khadr, an aide to Prime Minister Stephen Harper and a cabinet minister said Wednesday.
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#2 — CBC | Ex-Hells Angel gets immunity and $3M
A former member of the Hells Angels was paid $3 million and given immunity, in exchange for acting as a witness for Quebec provincial police, a Radio-Canada investigation has discovered.
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#3 — Globe | Harper sets a trap for the opposition
After weeks of being pilloried for shuttering the Commons, Stephen Harper is trying to win back disaffected Canadians by adding extra House sittings in March and April to recoup some lost time.
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LFP | Rae predicts ‘major confrontation’ when Parliament resumes
#4 — Globe | Despite heart-surgery flap, the Rock stands behind Danny Williams
Premier Danny Williams was sequestered in an undisclosed U.S. location Wednesday as he prepared for a medical procedure that has triggered ridicule south of the border about Canada’s health system but support at home for the popular politician.
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#5 — Globe | Vancouver police attack ‘cancer’ of gangs
Dubbing criminal gangs a “cancer” on Vancouver’s health, city police Wednesday announced 14 gang-related arrests as part of a sweep that has come to a head a week before the Winter Olympics begin.
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#6 — NP | Canada to match California, Quebec on tailpipe emissions
OTTAWA – Environment Canada is drafting vehicle tailpipe regulations to match the climate change goals of Quebec and California, according to a recently released federal document.
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#7 — NP | Not native? Then leave reserve, Mohawks say
The Kahnawake reserve on Montreal’s South Shore has issued eviction notices to 25 residents, saying they are not native enough to remain there.
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#8 — OC | Carleton expert to study stress among city police investigators
The Ottawa Police Service is about to expose the stressed-out, overworked soul of its criminal investigative services to an outsider who will study what lies behind the thin blue line.
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#9 — MG | Olympic history has been rife with scandal
From judges to juries; doping to, well, dopes: the Olympic Games have had their share of scandals.
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#10 — Star | Forces’ ‘credibility’ at stake
OTTAWA–Withdrawing from a fast-moving war presents a security challenge, a financial burden and a logistical nightmare for any army.
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So, when did Charest become minister of Immigration, and declare that foreign students graduating from a Quebec Univerity will be fast tracked into Canadian Citizenship.
Meanwhile in the Times of India
MUMBAI: From February 14, foreign students graduating from Quebec will be issued a ‘certificate of selection’ to become a citizen of Canada. This was announced by Jean Charest, the premier of Quebec, during his visit to Mumbai university on Monday morning. “The certificate will help fast-track the citizenship process,’’ Charest said.
So who runs Canadian immigration and other federal rules and regulation, the federal government or the province of Quebec?
Quebec is the one province in Canada that manages its own immigration. I can’t remember exactly when that happened. But, it did.
Emigration out of India is a industry. For example, it is standard practice to have billboards up advertising a school for nurses that will ensure that you get certified to emigrate to Canada or Australia. It makes you scratch your head and wonder, a third world country that needs these nurses is going to the expense to train them to send them to Canada. We certainly need more nurses, our kids took a BA in Gender Studies to make sure they vote for Iggy … but I digress.
Charest is just piggy backing off that emigration phenomenon. But as my Montreal friends complain: Québec brings in immigrants who have to promise to stay a couple of years, during that period they learn English, then they move to Toronto.