Marie Woolf

Two federal ministers have been asked by MPs to testify before the immigration committee about what is being done to clamp down on illegal job selling to immigrants – abuse of a federal program to bring in workers from abroad.

Federal Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot program matches peoples’ skills with a job and offers a route to permanent residence

Catherine Tait told the committee Tuesday that the estimated shortfall of $125-million has now been reduced to about $20-million for the fiscal year

Students gave examples of a litany of antisemitic abuse and harassment experienced at Canadian universities

Ottawa to set targets for the number of temporary residents it will allow after consulting with provinces

The bill would reverse a change by Stephen Harper’s government in 2009 which stripped children of a Canadian parent born outside Canada of their automatic right to citizenship

Ottawa Police say limited co-operation from witnesses to a double killing at a wedding eight months ago has hampered their ability to investigate the case.

Her remarks come amid fears about the rise in abuse online, including misogynistic, antisemitic and Islamophobic attacks.

The delay has been greeted with dismay by industry experts who questioned why the CRTC's original timetable has been extended.

Global Affairs announced Thursday that the four would be banned from entering Canada and that it would freeze any assets that they may have here.