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Folk-blues-roots festivals are usually held in the summer in rural areas. But Winterfolk, which runs in Toronto this Friday to Sunday, turns that on its head and does just the opposite: it’s a folk-blues-roots festival right in the heart of Toronto, right smack-dab in the middle of winter. It’s based out of the west Danforth – five stages in four local venues, all within walking

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distance of either Broadview or Chester subway stations. With more than 150 musicians, including plenty from Toronto’s vibrant roots scene, chances are you’ll run into a performer from your own Toronto neighbourhood. It’s founded and still directed by longtime North York folkie Brian Gladstone, who is also a noted performer; Swamperella from Parkdale is a headliner; noted roots guitar player Tony Quarrington from Bloor West Village is being feted; and other >>>LOCAL, page 9

ON THE PITCH: East York Collegiate, left, and Wexford Collegiate players go for the ball during boys indoor soccer east region varsity action on Monday at the Major League Sportsplex. East York defeated Wexford 1-0.

The Agnes Macphail Public Speaking Contest will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 19. The annual contest showcases the best oratory by students in the East York area. Now in its 17th year and organized by the East York Agnes Macphail Recognition Committee, the competition is named after Canada’s first female Member of Parliament and Ontario MPP, who was also a teacher and tireless social jus-

tice advocate. Eligibility was limited to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who will participate in the final round of speeches. The event will take place in the East York Civic Centre’s True Davidson Council Chambers, 850 Coxwell Ave. at 7 p.m. There is free parking in the staff parking lot near Mortimer Avenue. For further information, contact Lorna Krawchuk at ltkrawchuk8@aol.com or 416425-4431.

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Community Skate in East york WINTER FUN: At right, members of the Ice Dream Synchronized Skating Team perform during the community skating party Sunday hosted by Councillor Janet Davis at East York Arena. Below, skaters get ready to hit the ice. Bottom right, Madaleine Lem, left, and her father, Leon, at East York Arena. Bottom left centre, William Ho-Cortina and his mother Patricia.

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It came down to the wire but in the end Toronto Fire Services (TFS) has decided to spare the aerial fire truck at Station 324 at 840 Gerrard St. E. at Carlaw Avenue from the chopping block. A briefing from Toronto Fire Chief J.W. Sales did not include the local fire vehicle among the four trucks in Scarborough, Etobicoke and Bloor West being removed from service on a permanent basis. “I am so pleased that the aerial fire truck will remain at Station 324 in Riverdale and that the fire chief listened to the community, recognizing the need to retain fire service levels in the growing Carlaw-Dundas neighbourhood, in East Chinatown, the West Don Lands and other waterfront communities,” said Councillor Paula Fletcher in a recent email. Planning studies She pointed to planning studies now underway on Queen Street East, the CarlawDundas Corridor, South of Eastern, and in the Port Lands including the Film District and Cousins Quay. “I look forward to the opportunity to work with the fire department and city planning to ensure that an

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The aerial fire truck from the Riverdale station is shown in action at this four-alarm fire last July at the corner of Broadview Avenue and Gerrard Street East. Despite earlier plans to remove the truck from service at the Riverdale station as part of the city’s budget process, it has been restored.

updated fire service plan is put in place for these communities.” At this time, The Waterfront Precinct Plan doesn’t call for the construction of a new fire hall in the emerging West Don Lands and/or East Bayfront communities as the two fire trucks at Station 324 have been deemed adequate for servicing the area. Fletcher credited the Leslieville Business Improvement Area, Ward 30

resident Wilson Lee, and all of the residents and businesses who supported and enhanced her office’s efforts to save the truck. Lee, who has lived just a few blocks away from Station 324 for about a year and a half, called city council’s decision to cut fire trucks before studying fire needs a “huge mistake.” “I just thought it was absolutely ridiculous they’d consider getting rid of a fire

truck without doing a proper analysis,” said Lee, who set up an online petition at www.change.org calling for the retention of the current number of fire trucks at the Riverdale Fire Station until a fire service plan for the area is completed. Lee’s online petition received 541 signatures. “I’m just relieved (Toronto Fire Services) made a rational policy decision. I’m quite pleased,” he said, adding he’s

happy councillor Fletcher took on this important local concern. “I don’t think there’s anything more important than public safety.” The matter is a personal one for the first-time homeowner and his wife, Amrita Takhar, as trucks dispatched from the local fire hall were instrumental in stopping the spread of a small fire that broke out last fall outside their neighbour’s home. “It made me realize how great it is to have a fire hall just down the street. That incident definitely sensitized me to the importance of local fire trucks,” he said. Station 324’s aerial truck was also invaluable last July when a stubborn four-alarm fire engulfed a 100-year-old building in East Toronto Chinatown. “It was really hard for the firefighters to see what was happening beyond the north wall. It was hard to see the fire from the Gerrard (Street East) side,” said Rosita Lee, owner of the landmark building at the southeast corner of Gerrard Street East and Broadview Avenue, during a recent interview. “( The firefighters) could only use the aerial fire truck to see the fire. It was the only way to douse it. (The aerial truck) was a very useful vehicle to stop the spread of the fire to neighbouring buildings.”

While the building’s 70 residents were all able to escape unharmed, the blaze completely destroyed the threestorey building, which housed a grocery store on the main floor and residential units on the two upper floors. “That vehicle was there in a second. Nobody was injured or died because we have an aerial that could get there immediately,” said Fletcher, adding budget time is not the time for “big announcements” like eliminating fire trucks from service. “Nobody should ever be blindsided again with a ‘justtrust-me’ approach.” Three major landowners in Ward 30 – Castlepoint Numa, First Gulf Corporation and SmartCentres – also recently wrote letters to the city underlining the importance of maintaining an aerial fire truck along the waterfront and in downtown east. On Jan. 30, Toronto council voted against various motions to increase funding to TFS’ budget. The aerial truck was one of the cuts being considered. Toronto Fire Services used a portion of the additional $1.98 million it was allocated by city council for fire suppression to reinstate the aerial truck at Station 324 last week.

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Police are appealing for help in locating a man wanted for a shooting last year that left another man paralyzed. Police said the victim got into an argument with another man while walking in an alleyway near

Danforth and Greenwood avenues around 7 p.m. Jan. 24, 2013. The suspect allegedly walked away and returned with a gun. Det. Chris Scherk said the “random argument” then led to blows being exchanged. “The suspect in this case shoves the victim. The victim

punches the suspect and knocks him to the ground,” said Scherk, adding the victim was shot in the back while walking away. The victim was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and is now paralyzed. “Somebody has actually been wounded for life,”

Scherk said. “He’ll probably never walk again.” Police have identified a suspect as 20-year-old Javell Jackson, who is believed to have strong ties to the Danforth and Greenwood neighbourhood. “He still has family in the area, and he probably still has friends in the area,”

Scherk said. “I’m appealing to the community, his friends, his family, anyone: If you know where he is, tell us because justice needs to be done.” Anyone with information on Jackson is asked to call police at 416-808-5500 or anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 416-222-8477.

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ur libraries are not just about books. While today’s libraries offer a far more diverse and sophisticated range of materials to the user, a library’s true value comes from more than the tangible materials on its shelves. Consider the entertainer visits, educational experiences and community connections that happen within library walls in this city every day. The Toronto Public Library system has 98 branches, offering a range of ways citizens can interact with one another and get engaged. It’s those types of interactions that enable communities to evolve. This week, Metroland Media Toronto published its interview with new Toronto Public Library board chair Michael Foderick. You can see our story online at http://bit.ly/1bJfDj0 “The local library is the cornerstone of virtually every single successful neighbourhood in this city,” Foderick says. “That’s true from our view Etobicoke, to North York to Scarborough.” Libraries are meeting places. Facilities are They’re places to learn, and places to go get entertained. community Whether it’s an English converhubs in action sation circle at Flemingdon Park branch, a small business workshop at the Maria A. Shchuka, a garden society meeting at S. Walter Stewart or a baby time literacy program event in High Park, what you have is a community hub in action. Many of the city’s facilities – not just libraries – have that same multi-purpose aspect. Now think of your neighbourhood branch. It’s likely there is something it can offer you. But maybe there is something you can offer it? Many of the events that happen in our libraries involve sharing of knowledge or expertise. If you have the time and something to offer, why not volunteer? There are plenty of opportunities available. Visit http://bit.ly/1gm9fCn to find out more. It’s an exciting year for the Toronto Public Library. With openings of two new branches (Fort York and Scarborough Centre) before the end of the year, that will bring the total number of branches to 100 in the city. That’s strong coverage in a diverse city of 2.6 million people. To find out more about your neighbourhood branch, access our community listings at eastyorkmirror.com and click the Select a Community Listing from the drop-down menu in the right-hand column. You can also see what’s happening at your local branch in our events listings by clicking the Community Calendar icon at the top of the page.

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Celebrating 16 years of writing about East York

his week marks another milestone for this column as it was 16 years ago that I was first published in the East York Mirror. My first article was on how then mayor Mel Lastman had been snubbed by the then provincial Progressive Conservative government, with only one representative showing up for a meeting he had called. My conclusion was that Queen’s Park, not the mayor, were the ones who were really running the new City of Toronto. Sixteen years later that’s still my opinion, given the confused mess that we are operating in. Still, it’s interesting to reflect back on what it was like to produce a newspaper column 16 years ago. I used to have to fax the column into the paper as email was not in use in the newsroom and the online edition did not exist. There were online search

engines, but they were mostly primitive compared to what we have today. My primary goal at that time was to provide a balanced view of the impact of amalgamation upon the community of East York. propaganda There was a significant amount of propaganda coming out of Queen’s Park at that time about the “natural evolution” of the city and such. I knew from my reading that it was ideologically driven and little or no thought had really been given to the impact that amalgamation was going to have on the city. So I undertook to write from a counterpoint using what knowledge and understanding that I had of the topic in order to give a different perspective. The people of East York, and other parts of the city, deserved to know that there

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were other points of view on the topic of amalgamation and it was not “a done deal” as we had been told. Other cities, such as Indianapolis, Indiana had experimented with it, often with disastrous results. What was also important for my column was to ensure that the people of East York continue to have a voice in their local affairs speaking about the ordinary but important events of community life. To this end I have tried to include news and information about people, events, organizations and changes that make a community unique and vibrant. My biggest concern was that the many groups and organizations that had been supported by the borough would simply

disappear. Some of those fears were justified as we did lose the East York Symphony Orchestra, but we didn’t lose East York Canada Day. The reality now, 16 years later, is that we have a new generation of people who have moved into the community and many of the old East Yorkers have either moved out or passed away. community The community has changed — but it is my hope — that my column can continue to make a small but important contribution of keeping people aware of its identity and spirit. East York is not just a collection of houses but a place people can truly call their home. Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@insidetoronto.com

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What is secret to Ford’s steady support? Subway track work on this weekend Here are some recent data points about our mayor, that can only confound. One: Mayor Rob Ford’s approval rating has fallen, slightly, to 43 per cent according to a Forum Research poll released on the weekend. Two: on Tuesday, a small protest of women and their children, set up outside the mayor’s office, focused not on any city policy – but on Ford’s moral turpitude. The poll was released a day before and the protest came the day after Ford clarified, on YouTube, that he’d lied about using crack cocaine because he was “embarrassed,” as many people would be under the circumstances, and so chose to lie... as people, he said, do. And it all came days after Ford decided to drop all pretense about scheduling conflicts surrounding the Pride parade and out himself as what is effectively a homophobe, trying to haul down rainbow flags and snubbing World Pride as a matter of identity. It’s unlikely these two events will do anything to sway either the 40-odd per cent of Torontonians who continue

david nickle the city to approve of the mayor’s performance, or the undefined number of parents who can no longer conceal their disgust for the mayor. And therein lies the confounding puzzle: how it is that a man who has seemingly embraced bigotry, dishonesty and criminal substance abuse can hold the support of such a significant percentage of the city? To say that Toronto has a growing strain of conservatism is not enough. Toronto has, apparently, an unbelievably high level of tolerance for intolerance and dishonesty. That is so unbelievable, that it is unlikely to be true. What’s a more likely: many of us are deeply susceptible to locally based, retail politics. Willowdale Councillor John Filion spoke about the Ford phenomenon in his ward, where Ford did well in 2010 and still enjoys support. Filion has been described as a leftleaning councillor, insists he’s

really a centrist, and has managed to maintain the support of a ward whose voters have leaned to the right for two decades. Filion says he suspects many voters support Ford and himself for the same reason. “I’m a little like Rob Ford in that I’m out in the community all the time,” said Filion “They see me in the community, say, ‘that guy understands us.’ Last election, I often had people saying I’m voting for you and for Rob Ford. They basically say it because ‘we think you both care about us.’” Filion said he could see Ford winning in October, if the field is crowded and another candidate doesn’t emerge who provides the same feeling of commonality that he does, “I hope there’s someone else the public can identify with more,” said Filion. “I haven’t seen who they are yet. They really have to own their messages, or the Ford brothers will just body slam them and put them in a submission hold and throw them out of the ring.”

Dave Nickle is the Mirror’s city hall reporter. His column appears every Thursday.

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Kennedy and Warden Stations during the upcoming long weekend. Maintenance crews will take part in scheduled track replacement work from Feb. 15-17, and during that time there will be no service in either direction between Kennedy and Warden. Trains are expected to turn back at Victoria Park Station and riders wanting to travel further east will have to take a shuttle bus service which the TTC promises will operate near the same frequency as the subway – every three to five minutes. Regular bus service will not be effected and WheelTrans service is available at both stations. Normal subway service will resume at the start of Tuesday morning. For more information, visit www.ttc.ca Rahul Gupta is the Mirror’s transit reporter. His column appears Thursdays. Reach him on Twitter: @TOinTRANSIT

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Toronto Cat Rescue Adopt-a-thon WHEN: today and tomorrow 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. WHERE: PetSmart (East York), 835 Eglinton Ave. E. CONTACT: Alison Finkelstein, 416-5388592, COST: Adoption Fee Applies Adoption fee will be reduced to $90 for all cats and kittens at the adopt-a-thon only, payable by cash only. Murder and Mayhem at Du Cafe WHEN: 1 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Du Cafe, 885 O’Connor Dr. CONTACT: Sharon A. Crawford, words@samcraw.com COST: Free Meet Nefarius North, publisher Karen Blake-Hall and authors Linda Cahill and Steve Shrott. From the Mesdames of Mayhem Thirteen Anthology (Carrick Press, 2013). Donna Carrick, publisher and author Rosemary McCracken. Hosted by Sharon A. Crawford (also reading from Beyond the Tripping Point, Blue Denim Press, 2012). Jane Austen Midwinter Masquerade Ball WHEN: 2 to 10:30 p.m. WHERE: St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Karen Millyard, COST: Special prizes awarded for costumes.

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Skate For Camp! Skating Party WHEN: 2 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Withrow Park, 725 Logan Ave. CONTACT: Councillor Paula Fletcher, 416-392-4060, councillor_fletcher@toronto.ca COST: Free Join councillors Paula Fletcher and Mary Fragedakis with Eastview Community Centre for a skating party. All refreshment proceeds and donations help send kids to summer camp.

Complimentary Chair Exercise WHEN: 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. WHERE: Leaside United Church, 822 Millwood Rd. CONTACT: Eric Daw, 416-4500892 COST: Complimentary A one-hour class focusing on balance,coordination, strength, flexibility and posture. Facilitated by a qualified older adult specialist.

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Check out our complete online community calendar by visiting www.east yorkmirror.com. Read weeks of listings from your East York neighbourhoods as well as events from across Toronto.

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Tom McGee - Meet and Greet WHEN: 3 to 5 p.m. WHERE: Crescent Town Community Center, 2A The Market Place CONTACT: Phillipe Murphy-Rheaume, info@tommcgee. ca COST: Free Meet Tom McGee candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada in BeachesEast York.

w Monday, Feb. 17

Family Day at MPS WHEN: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. WHERE: Monarch Park Stadium, 1 Hanson

East York Historical Society WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: S. Walter Stewart, 170 Memorial Park Ave. CONTACT: Alan Redway, 416-4215328, www.eastyork.org/eyhs.html, alan.redway@gmail.com COST: Free Afternoon discussion group with speaker Gordon Sherk who will relate his memories about Governor’s Bridge where he lived for many years.

St., 1 Hanson St. CONTACT: Alicia Lashley, 647-267-9904, www.monarchparkstadium.com COST: $25/family of five in advance or $30/family of five at the door Bouncy castles, soccer activities, prizes, family races for all ages and more.

Riverdale Community Arts & Letters: 3 Greek Sisters WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. WHERE: Riverdale Branch, 370 Broadview Ave. CONTACT: Riverdale Branch, 416393-7720 COST: Free The 3 Greek Sisters will share their new cookbook.

Family Day Drop-In: Owls in the Valley WHEN: noon to 4 p.m. WHERE: Todmorden Mills Heritage Site, 67 Pottery Rd. CONTACT: 416-396-2819, todmorden@toronto.ca COST: adult $5.31, youth/senior $3. child $2. Learn about owls and what they eat by helping to dissect a real owl pel-

Cracking the Teenage Code WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Danforth Collegiate Institute School, 800

Greenwood Ave. CONTACT: Alisa Metcalfe, 416-699-5030 COST: Free Michael Eisen of Youth Wellness Network talks about Building Conscious Communication with your Teen.

w Thursday, Feb. 20

East York Garden Club Meeting WHEN: 7 to 9 p.m. WHERE: Stan Wadlow Clubhouse, 373 Cedarvale Ave. CONTACT: www.eygc.ca COST: Free Christine Moore talks about lavender.

w Friday, Feb. 21

TCDSB Staff Production: Surprise! WHEN: Feb. 21, 22, 28 and March 1; 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. WHERE: St. Patrick Catholic Secondary School, 49 Felstead Ave. CONTACT: 416-222-8282 Ext.2787 COST: $20; For tickets visit www.tcdsb.org/staffarts

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Does your child struggle with reading, writing and spelling? In grade four, most students switch from‘ learning-to-read’ to ‘reading-to-learn’. Students who read poorly are in serious trouble in every subject, no matter how smart they are. To catch up, struggling readers must improve faster than their classmates, but often find themselves falling farther behind each year. The Community Reading Project is here to help. You and your child are invited to Monday night drop-in reading clinics for

parents with students in grades three and up. They work with your child to identify specific missing skills, and then provide you with exercises and drills that you can teach. Come, and bring your student. It’s all FREE. The Monday night clinics are a spin-off from the Project’s existing Intensive Reading intervention, which runs every morning and provides two hours a day of one-on-one systematic, phonics-based reading training.

That program is for middleschool students who are far behind in reading and spelling, often helping them catch up several reading-grades over a few months. It is also free, but spaces are very limited. The Community Reading Project is upstairs in the Canadian Legion Hall at 1083 Pape Ave (at O’Connor). The free clinics run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. every Monday night. For information, call 416-230-4974.

FREE reading clinics on Monday nights Bring your student (Grades 3-8), we will work one-onone with you to identify missing reading skills and provide exercises to develop them.

Community Reading Project WHERE? Royal Canadian Legion, 1083 Pape Ave. (at O’Connor). WHEN? Monday Nights 6:30 to 8:30 (416) 230-4974 • tom.berend@cheeseandcrackers.ca

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Leaside Flames teams hot at annual select tournament Leaside Flames teams made nearly half of the championship games in the Leaside Hockey Association’s huge 100-team select house league tournament held last weekend. Of the 25 divisions, ranging from tyke to the oldest midget level, the Leaside club was represented in 12 finals. They won three and lost eight with one division not updated on the website. The three winning Leaside Flames teams were in: n Tyke gold: Leaside Flames (gold) 4-1 over North Toronto (white); n Novice gold: Leaside Flames (gold) 4-3 over Forest Hill Falcons; n Atom red: Leaside Flames (red) 5, Parkwoods 1. The eight Leaside finalists were in tyke red, minor novice black, novice red, novice white, minor atom red, bantam, midget (junior) and midget (senior) while the minor novice red championship game was not updated.

Cross-borough rivals the East York Bulldogs entered four divisions and won one of them – beating Leaside Flames (white) 4-1 in the

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Caiden Sayer of the Leaside Flames and David Bedkowski of the Ted Reeve Thunder fight for the puck during a game in the novice black division of the Leaside Select Invitational hockey tournament.

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Nicholas Lowe moves the puck for the Leaside Flames as they face the Ted Reeve Thunder in the novice black division of the Leaside Select Invitational hockey tournament Friday afternoon.

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Paul Cross performs during the 2011 Winterfolk Blues and Roots Festival at the Black Swan. The 2014 festival begins this Friday at a number of venues on Danforth Avenue.

Local artists to take stage at Winterfolk >>>from page 1 performers include East York’s Seb Agnello and Pilot Light, York’s Glen Hornblast and downtown’s Hotcha. As well there are noted roots musicians from across Canada including Ron Hynes from Newfoundland, Lynn Miles from Ottawa and Mean Mary James from Nashville. Most of the weekend is free

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tected,” the minister said in a release. Campaigners for the group I Vote Toronto have variously estimated the number of permanent residents in the city at 200,000 and 380,000 (about 15 per cent of the population), and say the city receives 50,000 immigrants a year. Alexander’s proposals would grant citizenship to permanent residents only if they remain in Canada for four of out of six years, instead of the current three out of four. Immigrants would also have to pay Canadian income tax during those years, and sign a declaration saying they intend to live in Canada. Tests to prove proficiency in either English or French

would be extended to applicants aged 14 to 64, instead of the current 18 to 54, and the applicants would no longer be allowed the help of an interpreter. There would be harsher penalties for citizenshiprelated fraud, and the minister would be able to revoke dual citizenship, or deny it to permanent residents who were found to be members “in an armed force or organized armed group engaged in armed conflict with Canada” or convicted of terrorism, treason or spying offences. The government can only revoke dual citizenships, because Canada has signed international agreements against rendering someone stateless. Citizenship could also be denied to applicants charged with or convicted of serious crimes outside of Canada. Already put in place is a rise in the application fee for citizenship from $200 to $400. (The Conservative

government in 2006 cut a organizations it represents hope to talk to Canadians $975 landing fee imposed on permanent residents by about the government’s the previous Liberal regime proposals. down to $460.) Douglas said she was parOn Friday, Feb. 7, the ticularly concerned about Ontario Council of Agencies requiring people over 60 to Serving Immigrants (OCASI) prove a language proficiency, said increasing the time and argued doubling the permanent residents wait application fee creates an “undue burden for before they can many folk.” fully participate Be a part of the About 85 per in Canadian discussion. Visit cent of Canada’s society “will this story on our not strengthen website and share permanent residemocracy in your thoughts in d e n t s b e c o m e Canada.” citizens - a figure the comments In an interview, we should be proud section. Debbie Douglas, about - but the OCASI’s executive minister’s proposbit.ly/1emKBNJ  director said the als will make this government was, more difficult to in effect, creating “two-tier achieve, she said. citizenship” because some Avvy Go, director of the Canadians could have their Metro Toronto Chinese and citizenship revoked. Southeast Asian Legal Clinic, “Citizenship is about equalalso said she is concerned ity,” and Canada’s criminal the government is making it justice system can deal with harder to become a citizen, criminal behaviour, said when it should be making Douglas, saying the Torontoit easier. based council and the 231 The proposed changes tell

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