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 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.
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Some Canadian refugees are more equal than others
January 19, 2016 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Some refugees and asylum-seekers come to Canada saddled with debt and without full access to health care — and some don’t.
Which one you are depends on where you’re from and when you got here.
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