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Vancouver, December 5, 2011 — Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, today announced allocations for settlement funding for British Columbia for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. “The Government of Canada wants newcomers to integrate into Canada. That is why we have tripled settlement funding since 2005-06,” said Minister Kenney. “We are committed to ensuring […]

The day someone becomes a Canadian citizen is a memorable one. Many of you who are here today came to Canada as immigrants yourselves and became Canadian citizens, so you know what I mean. As Minister of Citizenship, I have had the honour of attending many citizenship ceremonies, and I find each one just as

Ottawa, December 9, 2011 — Canada is proposing changes to the Private Sponsorship of Refugees (PSR) Program that would help to reduce backlogs and improve processing times, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. “These proposed changes would result in faster processing times, thereby improving the efficiency of the PSR Program,” said Minister

Ottawa, December 13, 2011 — Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney today announced the expansion of the international visa application centre (VAC) network into West Africa. The six new VACs that are scheduled to open on December 16 will be located in Nigeria (Lagos), Mali (Bamako), Niger (Niamey), Cote d’Ivoire (Abidjan), Senegal (Dakar) and Cameroon

Ottawa, December 15, 2011 — Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today that former Member of Parliament Mario Silva will chair the Task Force for International Cooperation on Holocaust Education, Remembrance and Research (ITF) in 2013. “I am proud of the leadership role that Canada is taking to further Holocaust education, and combat

Ottawa, December 15, 2011 — Live-in caregivers will be able to get open work permits about 18 months sooner, thanks to a processing change announced today by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney. “Too many live-in caregivers have completed their work obligations but must continue living in the home of their employer, waiting for

This week, the RCMP charged two people with offences under section 29(2)(a) of the Citizenship Act for allegedly attempting to mislead Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) into believing they met the residence requirements to obtain Canadian citizenship. CIC officials referred this matter to the RCMP and cooperated in the investigation. These cases are just two

Ottawa, December 20, 2011 — Joyce Frustaglio has been appointed as a Citizenship Judge in Toronto (St. Clair office) and Ted Salci has been appointed as a Citizenship Judge in Niagara Falls, both for three-year part-time terms, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. Prior to her appointment, Judge Frustaglio served the residents of

Ottawa, December 19, 2011 — The first Parent and Grandparent Super Visa has already been issued, Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism announced today. “We pledged to process the Parent and Grandparent Super Visa in less than eight weeks,” the Minister noted. “We’ve issued the first of the Super Visas in just two

The atrocity of the Holocaust stands out as unique in history for its cruelty, brutality and horror, for the vast scope of the Nazis’ genocidal plot, and for the systematic and bureaucratic way in which it was implemented — what philosopher Hannah Arendt called ‘the banality of evil’. Today, on the 67th anniversary of the