AHN News Staff Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (AHN) – The recent influx of boat people from poor Asian nations to Canada has Ottawa looking at tightening rules on human smuggling. Among the measures the Tory-led government is planning to put in place are to ban refugees from returning home until they acquire citizenship and prohibit [...]
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Ottawa Tightens Rules On Human Smuggling
October 21st, 2010 
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Comments OffNine Moroccan Stowaways Arrested In Canada
October 8th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Montreal, Quebec, Canada (AHN) – Canadian border agents have arrested nine people in Montreal who entered the country illegally aboard a vessel from Morocco. The nine were found inside a container van on the MSC Lugano shortly after the ship docked about 2 a.m. Thursday. Officials of the Canadian Border Service Agency [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: agency, AHN, Arrested, border, British Columbia, Canada, canadian border service, canadian border service agency, immigration and refugee board, Lugano, mediterranean shipping company, Montreal, montreal quebec canada, Moroccan, Morocco, Nine, Ottawa, Portugal, Quebec, ship, Stowaways, Switzerland, vessel Comments OffOttawa Enters Into Tentative Deal With Public Service Alliance Of Canada
October 5th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The federal government of Canada and the Public Service Alliance of Canada have entered into a tentative agreement that would cover about 95,000 public employees. Treasury Board President Stockwell Day announced the deal Monday with Canada’s largest federal union. The pact provides for a 5.3 percent salary [...]
Posted in Car Licensing Tags: AHN, Alliance, budget, Canada, Deal, Enters, federal government of canada, government, group, Into, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, President John Gordon, Public, public service alliance, public service alliance of canada, service, stockwell day, Tentative Comments OffOttawa Removes Freeze On Employment Insurance Premiums
September 30th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The federal government of Canada will announce on Thursday that it will lift the freeze on Employment Insurance premiums. The freeze was part of the economic stimulus package offered by Ottawa to battle the recession. The lifting of the freeze was originally scheduled Jan. 1, 2010, but [...]
Posted in Car Licensing Tags: economic stimulus package, Employment, employment insurance premiums, finance minister jim flaherty, Freeze, insurance, liberal party leader, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, Premiums, Removes Comments OffCanada, Britain Pledge Higher Aid For Africa To Cut Malaria Deaths
September 22nd, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Leaders of two G7 nations have pledged higher aid for Africa to cut malaria deaths and other major causes of mortality in the continent. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on Tuesday at the United Nations anti-poverty summit that Ottawa will increase its contribution to [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: Africa, AHN, aid, Britain, Canada, canadian prime minister stephen harper, causes of mortality, continent, Deaths, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, Ghana, higher, Malaria, malaria deaths, millennium development goals, New York, NY, Ottawa, Pledge, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, summit, U.K., United Kingdom, United States, Zambia Comments OffFirst Nations Ask Ottawa For $2 Billion More For Education
September 21st, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The Assembly of First Nations is asking the federal government of Canada to increase funding for education for aboriginal youth by $2 billion. The extra money seeks to bridge the gap between funding for regular Canadian schools and those for natives. Shawn Atleo, national chief of the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: AHN, assembly of first nations, Billion, Canada, education, education gap, federal government of canada, First, high school graduation, lack, More, Nations, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, Parliament Hill, Percent, Quebec, Shawn Atleo, youth Comments OffOntario Court: Blood Services Can Ban Gay Men From Donating
September 10th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – The Ontario Superior Court upheld Thursday a policy of Canadian Blood Services to ban gay men from donating blood. Justice Catherine Aitken dismissed the constitutional challenge raised by gay groups because the CBS is not a government body, so it was not in violation of the country’s [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tags: AHN, Blood, Canada, canadian aids society, canadian blood services, CBS, Court, Donating, Freeman, From, Gay, Justice Catherine Aitken, kyle freeman, North America, Ontario, Ottawa, ottawa ontario canada, Services, thornhill ontario Comments OffOttawa Faces Tough Decision On Employment Insurance Rate Hike
September 10th, 2010 davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ottawa will have to make a tough decision on a proposed large increase in employment insurance premiums by Jan. 1. On one hand, workers, employers and the political opposition are moving against the planned premium hike. They have sent Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister James [...]
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