Canada

OTTAWA – As Canada plans to significantly ramp up its immigration levels in the coming years, some policy experts are worried about potential effects on health care, housing and the labour market. But Immigration Minister Sean Fraser insists that Canada needs more newcomers to address labour shortages and demographic changes …

Ottawa — Canada’s relationship with the Indo-Pacific region has been forged through generations of deep person-to-person connections. As a major source of newcomers to Canada and the fastest-growing economic region in the world, the Indo-Pacific will continue to play a vital role in Canada’s immigration strategy. As part of the …

TORONTO: Over 8000 Sikhs participated in “1984 Sikh Genocide” Remembrance Truck and Car Rally organized by the secessionist group Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) which at one point brought the traffic to standstill and blocked the highways leading to Toronto downtown. The main highway and dozens of linked roads were choked …

Responding to queries from Hindustan Times about Canadian Government’s stand on the referendum scheduled for November this year, aimed at carving out a separate state of Punjab from India, a spokesperson of the country’s Foreign Ministry, stated in an email response: “Canada respects the sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of …

The Canadian Federal Government will pump CA$ 19 billion into the country’s provinces and territories as part of Safe Restart Agreement aimed at economic recovery with precautions being exercised to prevent another outbreak of Covid-19. Many provinces across the nation have accelerated reopening of various sectors of the economy, but …

Canada has handled the coronavirus outbreak better than many of its allies, including the United States, said Justin Trudeau on Wednesday, in a rare public comment on the faltering effort to contain the pandemic in the US. Canada – with a population a tenth of the size of the United …

OTTAWA – Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong in the wake of new Chinese national security legislation and could boost immigration from the former British colony, top officials said on Friday. China imposed the legislation this week despite protests from Hong Kongers and Western nations, setting what …

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to do a ride-along with a Peel Police officer. The viewpoint from a police cruiser is very different from that of my own car. People behave differently on the road when they spot a police car in the vicinity. We responded to …

TORONTO: The Ontario government says the necessity of frequent travel between the U.S. and Canada is the complicating factor holding up approval for Major League League Baseball to play in Toronto amid the coronavirus pandemic. Lisa Anne MacLeod, Ontario’s Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Sport, said MLB’s plan is more …

Confused over Canada-U.S. border restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic? Perhaps you’re wondering why you see U.S. license plates in a local parking lot when the Canada-U.S. land border is closed to tourists. Or you’re stumped why your neighbour was able to fly to New York last week, but you can’t …