immigration minister – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com A Blog all about Canadian Immigration Tue, 14 Jul 2026 17:22:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://www.akcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/favicon.jpg immigration minister – AKCanada https://www.akcanada.com 32 32 Canada Has New Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship https://www.akcanada.com/canada-has-new-minister-of-immigration-refugees-and-citizenship/ Wed, 11 Jan 2017 10:33:39 +0000 https://www.akcanada.com/blog/?p=1279 REPRODUCED FROM “THE GLOBE AND MAIL” A former Somali refugee is now overseeing Canada’s federal immigration policies after a cabinet shuffle Tuesday. Ahmed Hussen, who arrived in Canada as a refugee from Somalia at the age of 16, was sworn in as Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship at a Rideau Hall ceremony. He […]

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]]> A ‘happy day’ as Haitian orphans arrive in Canada https://www.akcanada.com/a-happy-day-as-haitian-orphans-arrive-in-canada/ Mon, 25 Jan 2010 16:51:49 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=340 OTTAWA-Twenty-four Haitian orphans stepped off an Air Canada A330 on Sunday into frigid cold to begin new lives in Canada. The children, ages 9 months to 11 years, were wrapped in blankets and whisked into the Canada Reception Centre. They are the first wave of some 180 expected to be approved for adoption by Canadian […]

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]]> 86 kids Canada-bound as Haiti OKs adoptions https://www.akcanada.com/86-kids-canada-bound-as-haiti-oks-adoptions/ Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:01:08 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/?p=337 OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Jason Kenney announced Friday that Haitian authorities had given approval for Canadians to adopt Haitian children and that the first 86 children could be brought to Canada by plane as early as this weekend. “Those will be the first children to arrive here in Canada,” Kenney told the media. An aide […]

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]]> Immigration Minister Comments On Proposed Changes to Canadian Immigration Application Process https://www.akcanada.com/immigration-minister-comments-on-proposed-changes-to-canadian-immigration-application-process/ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:05:10 +0000 http://akcanada.wordpress.com/2008/03/30/immigration-minister-comments-on-proposed-changes-to-canadian-immigration-application-process/ Immigration Minister Diane Finley defended her government’s proposed amendments to how the government will select new Canadians during a televised exchange on March 23, 2008.  The amendments came as part of the proposed federal budget tabled on March 14, 2008.  Critics argue that the changes will give the government unprecedented power over who  will be […]

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