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A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec as he was allegedly on his way to New York to conduct a mass shooting at a Jewish centre entered Canada last year on a student visa, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, charged last week in an ISIS terrorism plot, …
Read More »Government could revoke citizenship of Toronto ISIS suspect, minister says
The government will consider revoking the citizenship of a Toronto man accused of plotting a terrorist attack for ISIS, Immigration Minister Marc Miller said on Wednesday. Miller told reporters he had begun “preliminary work” to determine whether there was sufficient evidence to rescind the suspect’s Canadian citizenship. Ahmed Fouad Mostafa Eldidi, …
Read More »Canada’s immigration minister expected to announce study permits plan
Immigration Minister Marc Miller is expected to outline a plan Monday to reduce the number of international students issued permits to study in Canada. The move comes as the federal cabinet is in the midst of a three-day retreat in Montreal preparing for the upcoming sitting of Parliament. It also …
Read More »No new money for asylum seekers after Toronto mayor meets refugees minister
The fight over jurisdictional responsibility, funding commitments and care for thousands of refugees in city shelters and church buildings saw the federal minister in charge of the file meeting with Toronto’s mayor, where he said he hadn’t come with the intention of writing a cheque. Minister of Immigration, Refugees and …
Read More »Protesters burn injunction, landfill blockade remains despite court order – Winnipeg
Tensions continue to rise over demonstrations at a Winnipeg landfill, as a judge ruled Friday afternoon to grant a temporary injunction removing a blockade. After a court injunction was issued for the blockade to be removed by 6 p.m. Friday, it still remained late into the night. Protesters even burned …
Read More »‘Heartless’: Miller criticizes Manitoba government’s decision not to search landfill – Winnipeg
The federal minister of Crown-Indigenous relations is criticizing Manitoba’s government for standing in the way of a search for the remains of two slain Indigenous women believed to be in a landfill, as others say the jurisdictional battle is leaving the victims’ families and the City of Winnipeg in limbo. …
Read More »‘Proper recognition’: Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario Métis sign self-governance deal
Three Métis groups signed a deal Friday with the federal government that recognizes them as Indigenous governments, putting them on equal constitutional standing with First Nations and opening the door to further negotiations such as compensation for land lost. Read more: All Métis residential school survivors must be recognized, MNC …
Read More »Feds to fund feasibility study to search landfill for alleged Winnipeg serial killer victims
By The Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 15, 2022 7:40 pm Updated December 15, 2022 8:43 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government says it will fund a feasibility study on a potential search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for the remains of two Indigenous …
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