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Canada won’t accept Palestinian refugees displaced by controversial Israeli settlements: Immigration minister

Chris Alexander’s remarks are an apparent reversal of Canada’s official position on the decades-old territorial dispute between Israel and Palestinians Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said Sunday Canada will not get involved in resettling Palestinian refugees displaced by the expansion of controversial Israeli settlements. “We are not going to resettle in Canada … the hundreds of

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Community Groups Welcome Province’s Announcement On Anti-Racism Directorate

Community organizations working to advance racial equity and racial justice in Ontario welcome the announcement made by Premier Kathleen Wynne on her plan to establish an Anti-racism Directorate to combat racism in Ontario. Colour of Poverty/Colour of Change (COPC) is a province-wide initiative made up of individuals and organizations working

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CTV Don’t Let Refugees Become Scapegoats: Anti-Racism Groups

TORONTO — As Canada prepares to receive 25,000 Syrian refugees, a coalition of anti-racism groups is calling on all Canadians to ensure those seeking refuge don’t become scapegoats for anger over the terrorist attacks in Paris.

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Refugees Should Not Be Made Scapegoats For Paris Attacks, Ontario Groups Say

CBC News · Posted: Nov 19, 2015 3:24 PM ET | Last Updated: November 19, 2015 In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, photo, a Syrian refugee child sleeps in his father’s arms. Canada has vowed to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees, and anti-racism groups worry they will become scapegoats for anger over the Paris attacks. (Muhammed

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Muslim Women Accosted On TTC, Racist Graffiti Scrawled On GO Train

CBC News · Posted: Nov 19, 2015 11:54 AM ET | Last Updated: November 20, 2015 Metrolinx staff discovered this anti-Muslim graffiti in a GO Transit train on Wednesday night. This image has been modified to obscure profanity. (Metrolinx) Two Muslim women were accosted and verbally assaulted on a Toronto subway train on Wednesday night, the TTC

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Rule against hijab stands: world soccer body

An 11-year-old Ottawa soccer player said Saturday she will continue to fight to wear her hijab, even though the the world’s top soccer association has refused to change its rules on the issue. “I thought it was disappointing because I thought I would actually make a difference, but I didn’t,” Asmahan Mansour told CBC News

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Immigration minister rules out resettling Palestinian refugees

Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said Sunday Canada will not get involved in resettling Palestinian refugees. “We are not going to resettle in Canada … the hundreds of thousands who want to live in a Palestinian state because they want to go home eventually,” Alexander told CTV’s Question Period. “That is the objective

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Ontario judges reject two charter challenges of liberal government’s sex assault reforms, passed after Ghomeshi case

With Bill C-51 now in effect, defence lawyers have brought the first wave of Charter challenges — but two different judges ruled the regime is constitutionalvva OTTAWA — Defence lawyers in two separate Ontario cases have failed to strike down the Liberal government’s overhaul of sexual assault trial laws, a package of reforms widely seen

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43,000 sign petition demanding Canada revoke Myanmar leader’s honorary citizenship

A petition calling for the Liberal government to revoke Myanmar de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi‘s honorary Canadian citizenship was presented at Parliament Hill Tuesday. Gatineau, Que.-based advocate Fareed Khan, who started the online petition in September amid the ongoing persecution of the country’s Rohingya population, unveiled the 2,000-page document in front of politicians such as Liberal MP Alexandra Mendes, Conservative MP

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Toronto Lifts Curtain On Extremism Prevention Plan Quietly Operating For More Than 2 Years

Extremist groups like ISIS seek to radicalize Western youth. Toronto police spoke this week about their program to prevent it. (Reuters) Police in Toronto

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