Canada pledges beefed-up border, immigration restrictions to appease Trump

December 17, 2024March 8, 2025amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

TORONTO, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Four Canadian ministers publicly unveiled on Tuesday a border security plan they had privately presented to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump‘s incoming administration, with an emphasis on surveillance, intelligence and technology.

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Canada promised Trump a border crackdown. Easier said than done.

December 16, 2024January 12, 2025amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Six Lego-like concrete blocks mark the end of a rural road at the U.S.-Canada border. The police vehicle, revving through blowing snow, crunches to a stop.

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Canada pulls refugee welcome mat, launches ads warning asylum claims hard

December 2, 2024January 12, 2025amp Leave a comment

Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Once presenting itself as one of the world’s most welcoming countries to refugees and immigrants, Canada is launching a global online ad campaign cautioning asylum-seekers that making a claim is hard.

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Canada hints at fast-tracking refugee refusals

November 26, 2024January 12, 2025amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada’s immigration minister says he plans to propose measures to reform the country’s refugee system, potentially fast-tracking refusals of cases deemed to have little chance of succeeding.

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Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu

November 12, 2024January 12, 2025amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

A teenager is in critical condition in a British Columbia children’s hospital, sick with Canada’s first presumptive human case of avian influenza.

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Canadian police brace for ‘worst-case scenario’ of asylum-seekers fleeing Trump

November 8, 2024November 10, 2024amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canadian police and migrant aid groups are bracing for an influx of asylum-seekers fleeing President-elect Donald Trump’s United States at the same time Canada deals with record numbers of refugee claimants and is trying to bring in fewer immigrants.

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Canada judge who headed residential school abuse investigation dies

November 4, 2024November 10, 2024amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The judge and senator who chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission into Canadian residential schools’ abuse of Indigenous children has died. He was 73.

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Canada should have acted sooner on migration, minister says

October 25, 2024November 2, 2024amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

The Canadian government should have acted sooner to stem the flow of temporary migration into the country, Immigration Minister Marc Miller told Reuters on Friday.

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Canada’s immigration cuts could hurt labor pool, industry groups say

October 24, 2024November 2, 2024amp Leave a comment

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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Canada to cut immigration numbers, government source says

October 23, 2024November 2, 2024amp Leave a comment

By Anna Mehler Paperny – Reuters

Canada will sharply lower the number of immigrants it allows into the country for the first time in years, marking a notable shift in policy for the government as it tries to remain in power.

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Canada pledges beefed-up border, immigration restrictions to appease Trump

Canada promised Trump a border crackdown. Easier said than done.

Canada pulls refugee welcome mat, launches ads warning asylum claims hard

Canada hints at fast-tracking refugee refusals

Teen in critical condition with Canada’s first presumptive human case of bird flu

Canadian police brace for ‘worst-case scenario’ of asylum-seekers fleeing Trump

Canada judge who headed residential school abuse investigation dies

Canada should have acted sooner on migration, minister says

Canada’s immigration cuts could hurt labor pool, industry groups say

Canada to cut immigration numbers, government source says