By Anna Mehler Paperny and Ed White – Reuters
Canada’s immigration cuts, meant to ease strained housing and social services, could hurt the country’s labor pool, some industry groups said on Thursday.
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Warned by police, some of Canada’s Sikhs feel threatened by India
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters
Twice since July 2022, Moninder Singh, spokesperson for a Sikh advocacy group in Canada’s British Columbia province, has had police come to his door in the Vancouver suburb of Surrey.
Twice, Singh said, they warned him that he faced an imminent risk of assassination, though they did not say from whom.
Canada court orders new hearing in youth-led climate suit
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters
The court of appeal in Canada’s most populous province ordered a new hearing on Thursday in a youth-led lawsuit claiming Ontario’s climate plan violates young people’s rights.
The ruling – which refuted the lower court’s finding that the case is not governed by Canada’s Charter – sends the case back to a lower court for another hearing meant to determine whether Ontario’s climate target violates their rights and whether to order the province to devise a new target.
Canadian climate lawsuit by young people could sway global cases
Canadian court to consider when minors can be sentenced as adults
Long waits for Canadian visas leave Gazans in limbo
By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters
Reem Alyazouri’s escape from a bombarded Gaza City through Egypt ended in Toronto on Sept. 4.
But as she and her family wrestle with applications for work permits and health insurance, her mother and father remain stuck in Cairo waiting for Canadian visas after fleeing Israel’s war in the Palestinian enclave of Gaza seven months ago.
Canada prisons fail to follow solitary confinement rules, report finds
Disability rights groups challenge Canada’s assisted death framework
Canadian provinces seek to treat more drug users against their will
By Anna Mehler Paperny and Nia Williams – Reuters
With illicit drug use, homelessness and untreated mental illness reaching a crisis in parts of Canada, the governments of at least three provinces want to treat more people against their will, even as some health experts warn involuntary care for drug use can be ineffective and harmful.
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