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April 18, 2019

Advocates cry foul over ‘buried’ changes

A man who told police he was from Mauritania in Africa is taken into custody by RCMP officers after walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

Ottawa - A government crackdown on asylum seekers who enter Canada at “irregular” border crossings has refugee advocates crying foul.

Published in Canada
March 29, 2019

Asylum funds allocated poorly, advocates say

A woman and her family from Sudan are taken into custody after arriving by taxi and walking across the U.S.-Canada border into Quebec.

OTTAWA - Refugee advocates are welcoming a federal budget pledge to spend $1.8 billion over five years to accelerate the processing of asylum claims, but concerns are being raised about how funds will be allocated.

Published in Canada
August 14, 2017

Nick Volk was a housing champion for people in need

Nick Volk in 2003

Nick Volk was a fighter who chose sides in the battlefield of Toronto’s pricey real estate market. The Harvard-educated gentleman who began his career in the American foreign service chose the side of the poor.

Published in Canada
June 8, 2015

AP: Number of abortions in U.S. has gone down since 2010

Pro-life advocates participate in a prayer vigil in January near the entrance to a Planned Parenthood clinic in Smithtown, N.Y., that performs abortions. An AP survey shows that the number of abortions has declined in most states.

WASHINGTON - An Associated Press survey of abortion in the United States this decade has revealed that the number of abortions has gone down by 12 per cent since 2010.

Published in International