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Marie-Jose Mastromonaco, Montreal School Board, temporary classrooms, Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant, Montreal,

Growing pains: Quebec schools bursting at the seams, buildings in terrible shape

Over the summer with the kids away, construction crews have hastily been erecting temporary, metal-clad extensions to aging school buildings across Montreal, to help cope with ever-increasing enrolment.

By Giuseppe Valiante | News, Politics | August 27th 2018

Justin Trudeau, Quebec, heckler, immigration

'There's no doubt that lady was a plant in there'

Given that she belonged to a social media group that openly discussed plans to attend last week's event, it is unlikely the prime minister's security detail or PMO officials were taken by surprise, he added.

By Teresa Wright | News, Politics | August 22nd 2018

Canadians believe in immigration but concerned about asylum seekers: study

Canadians are generally supportive of current immigration levels, a survey of public perceptions commissioned by the federal government suggests — but they are also worried and confused when it comes to the issue of asylum seekers.

By Teresa Wright | News, Politics | August 19th 2018

surveillance photo, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, United States border,

With focus on Mexico, apprehensions grow at the U.S. - Canada border

While the Trump administration fortifies the southern border, there's growing concern over the number of foreigners entering the country illegally across the porous northern border with Canada.

By Associated Press | News, US News, Politics | July 24th 2018

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen slams Ford government for 'regurgitating' Harper-style fear-mongering

Ontario cabinet minister Lisa MacLeod was conspicuously absent from the podium Friday as Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen started ripping into Premier Doug Ford's government.

By Fatima Syed | News, Politics | July 13th 2018

Justin Trudeau schools Doug Ford on refugees

Article 31 of the UN Refugee Convention, to which Canada is a party, says asylum-seekers can’t have penalties imposed on them for the way they enter a country, if they present themselves promptly to authorities and show "good cause" for their presence.

By Carl Meyer | News, Politics | July 5th 2018

Federal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen wants Doug Ford's Ontario to continue working with Ottawa

Days after Ontario's June 7 election, representatives from several immigration, refugee and settlement agencies gathered to discuss and strategize over the implications of Premier Doug Ford’s leadership would be on their sector. Some feared Ford would cancel the immigration ministry, which is exactly what he wound up doing.

By Carl Meyer & Fatima Syed | News, Politics | July 5th 2018

Baloney Meter: Are a majority of asylum seekers to Canada doomed to rejection?

"Trudeau and other politicians must realize the real-life consequences of their words when it comes to immigration. It is not compassionate nor prudent to give these individuals false hope when we know that the majority of the asylum claims before the Immigration and Refugee Board will eventually be rejected." — Conservative MP Michelle Rempel. CP tests this and a reply for accuracy.

By Teresa Wright | News, US News, Politics | June 29th 2018

Trudeau calls U.S. child migrant policy 'wrong' and 'unacceptable'

"I can’t imagine what the families who are living through this are enduring," said the prime minister, adding "this is not the way we do things in Canada."

By Teresa Wright | News, Politics | June 20th 2018

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in Ottawa.

Asylum-seeker claims to be processed faster: immigration minister

Asylum seekers who cross unofficially into Canada — only to wait many months for their refugee claims to be processed — may find their cases finalized sooner as a result of federal changes announced Friday.

By Teresa Wright | News | May 25th 2018

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