Day: 26 May 2024

Mass Deportation on the Horizon

TORONTO – I do not envy the task of Minister Miller who is responsible for Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). In these next few weeks, according to none other than Prime Minister Trudeau, a week ago, in Winnipeg, who announced a “plan” for [mass] deportation designed to reset Canada’s immigration policies. There were no details other than admissions that “some people” had been “gaming the system”. 

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CBSA towards strike: border disruption expected during summer

TORONTO – Unions representing thousands of “border” workers (i.e. from the Canada Border Services Agency – CBSA) expect disruption at airports and land crossings this summer, after the majority of the agency’s members voted in favor of the strike: to be precise, 96% of the members of the Customs and Immigration Union (CIU) and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) voted “yes”.  (more…)