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Child migrants head for US to flee crime Drawn by belief they are allowed to stay By Alberto Arce, The Associated Press
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Visitors to the Ottawa Chinese Community Service Centre’s annual fair welcoming newcomers to Canada. Story on Page 3 Photo: Ellen O’Connor
RRIAGA, Mexico—Five years ago Gladys Chinoy’s mother left Guatemala for New York City, where she went to work in a restaurant and saved money for the day when she could bring her daughter north. This month, convinced U.S. authorities were allowing unaccompanied children to stay in the country once they made it across the border, Gladys’ mother told her to memorize her phone number and board a bus to Guatemala’s northern border on the last day of school. With nothing but the clothes on her back, the 14-year-old took a Continued on page 15
A century later, Canada before the First World War seems a world apart By John Ward, The Canadian Press
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TTAWA—From a century away, the Canada of 1914 seems to exist in another world. It was the world of Anne Shirley and Green Gables, of Stephen Leacock’s “Sunshine Sketches’’—quieter, more rustic, more bucolic. The country was much smaller, with a population of about 7.5 million. Just under half the population was urban. Only four cities, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg and Vancouver held more than 100,000 people. Continued on page 9
Bill would create different classes of Canadian citizens And allow it to banish people from the country: Canadian Bar Association By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press
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TTAWA—The public thinks it is “absolutely legitimate’’ to strip dual nationals of their Canadian citizenship if they commit acts of treason, terrorism or espionage, says the federal immigration minister. Chris Alexander told the House of Commons the Conservatives won a strong mandate to reinforce the value of Canadian citizenship based on allegiance to the country. Opposition MPs put Alexander on the defensive on June 11 over Tory legislation that would greatly broaden the
grounds for taking away citizenship— even from some people born in Canada. Currently, someone may be stripped of Canadian citizenship for attaining it through false representations. The federal bill would increase the scope to include those born in Canada but eligible to claim citizenship in another country—for instance, through their parents—and expand the grounds for revocation to include several criminal offences. Toronto lawyer Rocco Galati is spearheading a planned constitutional challenge of the provision, calling the government proposals reckless.
NDP multiculturalism critic Andrew Cash said the bill, currently before the Senate, would allow the government to deport a Canadian-born citizen who happens to have citizenship Continued on page 8
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