immigration

Ontario’s immigration minister attacked the Trudeau government’s policies on border crossers just days after turning down a federal offer to get briefed on the same issue.

A diverse crowd of protesters took to the streets of Montreal on Sunday, October 7, 2018, to march against racism and denounce the newly-elected Coalition Avenir Quebec government.

For a long time after I came to Canada, I thought I would never feel at home again. I thought, “this must be what it means to be an immigrant — to never feel at home.”

The Coalition Avenir Québec's resounding election victory could clear the way for the party to make good on its vow to cut immigration, a position that worries Quebec businesses and experts who cite labour shortages. They nonetheless see the party's fiscal conservatism as a plus.

A fresh look at Canada's ability to defend against possible online threats to the next national election will among a new federal cybersecurity centre's first tasks.

Parti Québécois supporters watched quietly from Montreal as Coalition Avenir Québec supporters celebrated a majority win in Quebec City, and their own party leader, Jean-François Lisée, lost his riding to a candidate from Québec solidaire.

Quebec voters made history on Monday evening, electing the right-leaning Coalition Avenir Québec to form its first ever government. The CAQ defeated the ruling Liberals in the province's Oct. 1 general election.

With a robust economy and a main opponent seen as vulnerable, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard calculated that a longer election campaign would be the secret to securing a second mandate.

At a downtown Montreal hotel last week, Quebec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Masse looked out at members of the city's business community and calmly declared she wanted a revolution.

Statistics published Tuesday by the federal government shows the Mounties apprehended 1,747 irregular migrants between official border crossings in August, a jump of 113 from July.

Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault said on Sunday, September 16, 2018, he was on "solid ground" with his immigration proposals, despite having incorrectly answered a question on the subject.

A federal benefit program for children “unfairly and arbitrarily” excludes some families without permanent resident status, including those paying taxes, says a research report released Friday.

Promises to seniors and local farmers were overshadowed on Day 14 of the provincial election campaign after a Parti Quebecois candidate was formally charged with impaired driving and refusing to obey a police officer.

May Chiu, a family and human rights lawyer, ran in a previous provincial election for Quebec solidaire, which bills itself as the most environmentalist, left-leaning and socially conscious of the four major political parties.

Over the summer with the kids away, construction crews have hastily been erecting temporary, metal-clad extensions to aging school buildings across Montreal, to help cope with ever-increasing enrolment.