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A nation of immigrants: Newcomers’ share of Canadian population hits record

October 26, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Immigrants’ share of Canada’s population has hit its highest point in the country’s 150-year history and the biggest share among G7 countries, new data released by Statistics Canada showed on Wednesday.

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Canadian tribunal seeks revamp of C$20 billion deal for First Nations children

October 25, 2022October 26, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (CHRT), whose landmark decisions on discrimination against First Nations children set the stage for a historic C$20 billion compensation agreement, threw the deal into doubt after it said the agreement does not fully satisfy its orders.

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Canada-U.S. asylum-seeker pact fight goes to Canada’s Supreme Court

October 6, 2022October 26, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada’s Supreme Court Justices questioned whether asylum-seekers that Canada sends back to the United States are really automatically detained and if “safety valves” are available, peppering lawyers with questions during a hearing on Thursday over a U.S.-Canada asylum-seeker pact.

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Analysis: Canada top court ruling on asylum-seeker pact with U.S. may have ripple effects, lawyers say

October 4, 2022October 26, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A years-long fight over what Canada owes would-be refugees will have its day in the country’s highest court Thursday and the decision could have implications beyond the asylum system, affecting how Canada’s laws are challenged and how people prove their rights have been breached.

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Border-crossing asylum-seekers hit six-year high in Canada

September 27, 2022October 26, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The number of asylum-seekers entering Canada between formal border crossings has surged to the highest point since the government started tracking them in 2017, as dropped pandemic restrictions enable more travel and conflict and catastrophe displace people in many parts of the world.

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Waking to screams: How stabbings shattered tiny Canadian communities

September 8, 2022September 15, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Mark Arcand’s nephews woke to screams Sunday morning.

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In protests and politics, Canada’s ‘Freedom Convoy’ reverberates

August 4, 2022September 15, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Nia Williams and Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

In late January five friends, just a few years out of high school, piled into a rented camper van and drove 37 hours in the Canadian winter from southern Alberta to Ottawa to join anti-government protests led by a convoy of truckers.

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Cree singer reflects on ‘speaking the law’ to Pope Francis

July 29, 2022September 15, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A Cree woman who captured global attention with her anguished song before Pope Francis on Monday said she was moved to do so when he donned a gifted feathered headdress without first removing his skullcap – something she saw as disrespectful.

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Protest over 15th-century land grab doctrine interrupts papal Mass in Canada

July 28, 2022July 30, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Indigenous activists unfurled a banner demanding Pope Francis rescind 15th-century papal edicts justifying colonialism at a Mass he presided over Thursday, thrusting the doctrine to the forefront of his apology tour of Canada.

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Pope’s apology in Canada falls short for some indigenous survivors

July 27, 2022amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A historic apology by Pope Francis to survivors of residential schools in Canada evoked strong emotions for many as the pontiff begged for forgiveness but fell short of what some survivors and indigenous leaders had hoped for.

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