page ruling: The judge's 600-page ruling in the case was posted online earlier this month, according to CTV. That was really pushing the edge, Lesperance told CTV's Your Morning on Monday. Lesperance cites one recent judge's decision from a lawsuit in which the judge said Chinese millionaire Guoqing Fu bought multiple multi-million-dollar homes in Canada while claiming just 97 in worldwide income on his taxes. He says the situation would have gone unnoticed if Fu's family and his partners, the Xia family, had not turned on each other and exposed their activities in court. The judge's ruling from the case indicates Fu had a large and successful business in China, yet he only claimed a miniscule worldwide income of 97.11 on his Canadian income tax return, despite spending millions on three different homes. These were two parties...who fell out and decided to sue each other in civil court, Lesperance said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

kim: But as one of my favourite TV characters, Mr, according to Toronto Star. Kim of Kim's Convenience, discovers week by week, it does not actually work that way. Canada does promote itself as a multicultural society, and new immigrants might easily be forgiven for assuming that they are free to continue their cultural beliefs and practices here. The lie of multiculturalism that Chauhan referred to becomes apparent once we realize that how Canada promotes itself as multicultural and how Canadians behave toward multiculturalism in real life do not always match up. In public and in most workplaces we don't say this because we are too nice, but we actually mean it it is better to speak an official language well, learn to skate and know how to bake a half-decent butter tart. When I look around, it seems that most Canadians consider that you are free to continue your particular cultural beliefs and practices but primarily just in your own homes and your own communities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

museum staff: But thanks to a global revival of interest in the scientist, the collection is now drawing big crowds from home and abroad, according to CTV. Museum staff say some 130,000 people visited last year, compared to about 30,000 a year in the past -- when its audience included generations of local school children but hardly anyone from abroad. The Serbian museum, dedicated to everything to do with the 19th-century inventor and electricity pioneer, remained in relative obscurity for decades under the communist-run former Yugoslavia. Now the small museum is ranked among the top must-see destination for tourists. He experimented with X-ray and radio technology, working in rivalry with Thomas Edison. Tesla is best known for developing the alternating current that helped safely distribute electricity at great distances, including from the hydro-electric plant at the Niagara Falls in mid-1890s. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ravi ragbir: We know that this is psychological warfare they're instituting against the community so that people will believe there is no hope, according to The Chronicle Herald. Ragbir, a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago who leads the New Sanctuary Coalition of New York City, a coalition of 150 faith-based pro-immigrant groups, was among a number of activists who have been detained in recent weeks as President Donald Trump's administration has stepped up efforts to deport people with criminal records. When you look at who they're taking away, it is evident that activists and leaders are being picked up, Ravi Ragbir told The Associated Press. Ragbir was in Washington with his wife on Tuesday to attend Trump's State of the Union address, both as guests of lawmakers. He said the president's speech was filled with cruel, empty, hollow words. He said afterward that it was difficult to see the reaction from people in the room who totally bought into what he was saying. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

videos show: Each video includes a pitch by the local mayor or a well known member of the community, according to CBC. Businessman Peter Llewellyn, who is featured in the Georgetown video, said it's important to showcase what each community has to offer. The videos show off fishing communities, parks, shopping areas, businesses and schools. We're not doing enough marketing' So many people come here and discover Georgetown, he said. People are surprised, which shows me we're not doing enough marketing. They're discovering we have more jobs here than men, women and children, plus we have a college here. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jan: Vancouver School Board trustees voted 5-3 against a motion to change its name at the Jan. 29 board meeting.article continues below Trending Stories Shark found on South Delta beach PHOTOS Strong reactions to BC Liberals leader candidate's ad aimed at Chinese voters Two women sue over photos taken secretly in Red Barn Market store's washroom Vancouver police increase presence in the Downtown school naming saga continues Monday evening Things are looking up for new Crosstown elementary Green Party trustees Janet Fraser, Judy Zaichkowsky and Estrellita Gonzalez, along with NPAers Lisa Dominato and Fraser Ballantyne, voted against the motion, according to Vancouver Courier. First brought forward by Vision trustee Allan Wong, the motion sought to change the school's name to Alexander Won Cumyow elementary school. Crosstown elementary school will remain Crosstown elementary. Cumyow was a Chinese-Canadian activist, court interpreter and legal advisor from the late 1800s and up until his death 1955. Wong's motion was supported Monday by One City trustee Carrie Bercic and fellow Vision trustee Joy Alexander. None of Vancouver's more than 110 schools reflect Asian-Canadians in name. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

evening prayers: They were men who came together to pray, to celebrate peace, according to National Observer. Let's not forget it. ; His father, Khaled Belkacemi, was one of six men who died when a gunman fired into the Islamic cultural centre during evening prayers. These men who fell last Jan. 29, my father among others, were good and loving men, pillars in their communities, he told the crowd on the one-year anniversary of the tragedy. On Monday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard were among the large number of people who gathered near the mosque to mark the anniversary of the tragedy. Those men were Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42, Abdelkrim Hassane, 41, Belkacemi, 60, Aboubaker Thabti, 44, Azzeddine Soufiane, 57, and Ibrahima Barry, 39. The vigil began with the reading of the victims' names and the number of children they had. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

country stars: Kendrick Lamar opened the show with a gun-rattling performance while country stars mourned victims of the country's largest mass shooting, according to The Chronicle Herald. These are the top moments of Sunday's Grammy Awards FIRE AND FURY The Grammy Awards didn't hold back in a pre-recorded skit aimed at President Trump, which featured a surprise appearance by Hillary Clinton and others reading embarrassing passages from the Trump tell-all Fire And Fury. Artists arrived on the red carpet with white roses to show support for female equality, but others skewered Trump or criticized his administration's treatment of immigrants with the Statue of Liberty serving as a backdrop. The skit featured musicians such as John Legend, Cher, Snoop Dogg and DJ Khaled reading portions of the book as an audition for the audio book. Predictably it was a hot topic on Twitter soon after, prompting United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley to post that the segment was trash. Rapper Cardi B added her own opinion after reading about Trump's regular routines, saying This is how he lives his life But it was Clinton's appearance that gathered the loudest applause from the crowd at Madison Square Garden. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

dhs officials: Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said during a speech at the Woodrow Wilson Center Monday that the changes were aimed at better protecting the country against terrorism, crime and fraud, according to Metro News. President Donald Trump has worked to restrict the number of refugees allowed into the country, including signing a four-month ban on refugees last year. But DHS officials say they are working to implement new screening measures for applicants from those high-risk countries following a 90-day review. The administration won't publicly confirm the 11 countries. But officials say they intend to review the list and update it six months from now. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jury selection: Colten Boushie was 22 when an SUV that he was a passenger in drove onto a farm near Biggar, Sask., on Aug. 9, 2016, according to Toronto Star. An altercation ensued and Boushie, from the Red Pheasant First Nation, was shot and killed. Stanley, 56, was formally arraigned on a charge of second-degree murder and pleaded not guilty before jury selection began. In the end, seven women and five men were chosen for the three-week trial as well as two alternates. It was really difficult to sit there today and watch every single, visible Indigenous person be challenged by the defence. Article Continued Below During the selection process, a number of both middle-aged white men and visible minorities were rejected. react-text 155 Gerald Stanley has pleaded not guilty and is out on bail. /react-text Liam Richards / THE CANADIAN PRESS A lot of my family didn't come today because they already felt that a decision had been made and I came with hopes that it would be different, said Jade Tootoosis, who is Boushie's cousin. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lawmakers plan: Allegations of sexual harassment have had a big impact on Capitol Hill in recent months, forcing resignations and retirements on both sides of the political aisle as well as ongoing Ethics Committee investigations, according to CTV. Wearing black to SOTU isn't about Trump, tweeted Rep. Here's a look at some of the ways lawmakers are using the speech to make a point ------ METOO Many female Democratic lawmakers plan to follow the lead of celebrities at this year's Golden Globe Awards by wearing black to the State of the Union. Lois Frankel, D-Fla. Some lawmakers are also bringing attention to the issue through the guest they have invited to the State of the Union. It's about showing solidarity with a movement- from hotels to farm fields, to Congress, we're standing with workers to end sexual harassment in all workplaces. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

news agency: Zen confirmed reports by the Asia News missionary news agency that the Vatican had asked Shantou Bishop Peter Zhuang Jianjian, 88, to step down in favour of Bishop Joseph Huang Bingzhang, according to CTV. Huang was excommunicated by the Vatican in 2011 after he was consecrated without papal approval. Cardinal Joseph Zen, the most vocal opponent of Pope Francis' opening to China, bitterly criticized the proposed changing of the guard in Shantou diocese and revealed in a Facebook post Monday that he had travelled to the Vatican earlier this month to personally raise it with the pope. Zen said that he was exposing the confidential information -- including the contents of his Jan. 14 audience with Francis -- so that the Chinese faithful may know the truth to which they are entitled. The issue of bishop nominations is the key stumbling block in Vatican-Chinese relations that were officially severed when Beijing ordered Chinese Catholics to cut ties with the Holy See soon after the foundation of the Communist state in 1949. My conscience tells me that in this case, the right to truth should override any such duty of confidentiality, he wrote. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

universite laval: They originally came from Morocco, Algeria and Guinea, according to Toronto Star. They were fathers, sons, husbands, brothers and respected members of the local Muslim community. This was the day when six Muslim men were shot dead after evening prayers in a Quebec City mosque.A local halal grocery store owner, a professor at Universite Laval, three civil servants and a pharmacy worker were brutally slain that night. Remember their names Ibrahima Barry aged 39 Mamadou Tanou Barry aged 42 Khaled Belkacemi aged 60 Aboubaker Thabti aged 44 Abdelkrim Hassane aged 41 and Azzedine Soufiane aged 57 . One year later, it is time to pause and reflect on some of the lessons we must learn from this tragedy. Legal experts have said sections of the Criminal Code dealing with terrorism are aimed at those who commit the crime in collaboration with a terrorist group, meaning it's difficult to prosecute a lone gunman. Lesson 1 The alibi of white exceptionalism Article Continued Below While condemned as a terrorist attack by many, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the accused shooter, Alexandre Bissonnette, a 26-year-old student from Universite Laval, faces first-degree murder charges but has not been charged with any terrorism crimes. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

process right: The plaintiffs said many of the thousands of children the government seeks to deport each year appear before judges without a lawyer because they can't afford one or find one to take their cases for free, according to Metro News. The result is an unfair process that pits children with no ability to navigate complex legal issues against seasoned government attorneys, the groups say. The judges rejected a claim by the American Civil Liberties Union and immigrant groups that children have a constitutional due process right to a free attorney.A system already exists to give the children a fair hearing, and requiring the government to provide free attorneys would be an expense that would strain an already overextended immigration system, a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said. Ahilan Arulanantham, legal director at the ACLU of Southern California, said the group had not decided its next step. The 9th Circuit considered a case filed by a 13-year-old boy identified only as C.J. who fled Honduras with his mother after facing death threats, including a gun to his head, when he refused to join a gang. The statistical evidence, which the court acknowledged, is that children are many, many times more likely to win their cases if they have legal representation, he said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

talent show: He stepped down from his role in October, according to CBC. Gilbert Rozon steps down after misconduct allegations surface on social media But it seems organizers are determined to put together an all-star lineup and dispel rumours about the festival's uncertain future. It's been a difficult couple of months for the festival, ever since sexual misconduct allegations came to light concerning founder and then-president Gilbert Rozon. This news comes not long after the festival announced that another huge name would perform for free at Place des Festivals The Beach Boys. They also announced that Mado Lamotte will be back for a fifth edition of her Mado's got talent show, featuring drag-queens, circus artists and comedians. The Beach Boys will play a free, outdoor show in downtown Montreal in July. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

team name: Bringing an MLS club to Miami, Beckham said, has been a hell of a journey, according to CTV. The journey is now complete, in some respects Beckham has his team, and Miami is back in Major League Soccer. Fitting, since nothing in his quest went as planned. Beckham and MLS announced Monday that the long-awaited franchise is now born. The biggest hurdle, it seems, has now been cleared. It took Beckham nearly four years just to get this far with Miami, and there are a slew of details still to come -- such as the team name, logo, when it will start play and when the stadium will open. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

watson: I truly don't believe I deserve prison at all, Mohamud said in the Dec. 12 letter, filed in the official court record on Thursday, according to The Chronicle Herald. He added So if the concern is risk assessment then deportation would set everyone's hearts at ease. Abdirahman Sheik Mohamud told federal Judge Michael Watson that he didn't want to leave his family but called his proposal completely fair and just. Mohamud, who was born in Somalia and came to the U.S. at 2 years old, may eventually get his wish. At sentencing on Jan. 22, Mohamud told Watson that he knew what he'd done was wrong and that he'd fallen into the trap of radicalization while abroad. After Mohamud was sentenced to 22 years in prison last week, the local Homeland Security Investigations office said it would seek to strip him of his citizenship and deport him to Somalia. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

ballot tally: Stavros Malas, who ran as an independent with the support of the communist-rooted AKEL party, finished second with 30.25 per cent . Nicholas Papadopoulos, leader of the centre -right DIKO party and the son of late Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, trailed in third place with nearly 25.74 per cent . The result means that Anastasiades and Malas will go head-to-head on Feb. 4, according to Metro News. The two men also faced each other in the second round of the 2013 presidential election, which Anastasiades went on to win by one of the widest margins in Cypriot election history. The final ballot tally showed President Nicos Anastasiades garnering 35.5 per cent of the vote. Speaking after the polls closed, Anastasiades expressed his readiness to invite other parties to form a coalition government and repeated a pledge not to seek a third term if he won a second one. What takes precedence is the good of our homeland, to deal with problems with realism and a comprehensive program Anastasiades said. The nation's presidency does not carry terms limits. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

cape breton: The Farmer's Daughter Market is a busy stop on the Trans-Canada Highway that employs 100 people, according to CBC. With almost the entire staff of university students planning to return to class, Coulombe and her sister thought they might have to shut down their year-round business. In the fall of 2016, the co-owner of the Farmer's Daughter Country Market in Whycocomagh, Cape Breton, couldn't figure out how she would keep her business operating. We started putting ads up on Service Canada and stuff like that, and we weren't getting anyone local, we were getting people from overseas, said Coulombe. So we actually put ads on Kijiji right across the country, but we didn't get anyone there either, she said. We looked into doing immigration and stuff, but that was going to take too long. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

coalition government: Stavros Malas, who ran as an independent with the support of the communist-rooted AKEL party, finished second with 30.25 per cent, according to The Chronicle Herald. Nicholas Papadopoulos, leader of the centre-right DIKO party and the son of late Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos, trailed in third place with nearly 25.74 per cent. The final ballot tally showed President Nicos Anastasiades garnering 35.5 per cent of the vote. The result means that Anastasiades and Malas will go head-to-head on Feb. 4. Speaking after the polls closed, Anastasiades expressed his readiness to invite other parties to form a coalition government and repeated a pledge not to seek a third term if he won a second one. The two men also faced each other in the second round of the 2013 presidential election, which Anastasiades went on to win by one of the widest margins in Cypriot election history. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

friend: Two closets' Coming out as queer and Muslim in the wake of Orlando Man missing since 2010 was romantically involved with accused killer Bruce McArthur, says friend You're in the wrong place to be a homosexual, the friend recounted to Faizi's family after his disappearance, according to CBC. You should try to find God or leave. It was a conversation his family wouldn't learn about until after the 44-year-old went missing in 2010, according to his nephew, Bobac Faizi. It seems that conflict would remain with Faizi, whose nightlife his nephew says remained hidden from his family, including his wife and children, until it was discovered he may have been corresponding with various men. Toronto Police Service Seven years later, much remains unanswered not only about the life Faizi may have felt he had to keep secret, but about why it is that he seemed to vanish without a trace. The disappearance of Abdulbasir Faizi in 2010 along with those of Majeed Kayhan and Skandaraj Navaratnam led to the creation of Project Houston. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

lists: This is leading to work permits being issued with the names in the wrong order last as first and first as last, according to Toronto Star. The invalid permits are leaving refugees unable to provide for their families. Unlike the Canadian passport, which lists a person's last name followed by their first name on two separate lines, the Eritrean passport lists the first name followed by the last on one line. Read more Opinion Do Black migrants lives matter at the U.S.-Canada border Article Continued Below Canada's refugee board abruptly changes its scheduling system amid surging backlog Rule keeping refugees' dependants away draws fire I couldn't work, I couldn't help myself and my family, said Abduselam Aman, a refugee from Eritrea who applied for a work permit for himself and his wife in March 2017, two months after they arrived in Canada. react-empty 180 My wife still doesn't have her permit. Aman and his wife, Munira Abdulkeni, received their work permits with their names switched around two months after applying a mistake most employers will not look past. We are lost, we don't know who to contact anymore or what to say. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

work: This is leading to work permits being issued with the names in the wrong order last as first and first as last, according to Metro News. The invalid permits are leaving refugees unable to provide for their families. Unlike the Canadian passport, which lists a person's last name followed by their first name on two separate lines, the Eritrean passport lists the first name followed by the last on one line. I couldn't work, I couldn't help myself and my family, said Abduselam Aman, a refugee from Eritrea who applied for a work permit for himself and his wife in March 2017, two months after they arrived in Canada. We are lost, we don't know who to contact anymore or what to say. My wife still doesn't have her permit. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

grassroots coding: Grassroots coding, gaming groups tackle tech's diversity crisis Women In seeks to boost gender diversity in gaming Passmore is a researcher at the University of Saskatchewan Human-Computer Interaction Lab in Saskatoon, according to CBC. Driven to find out more about the impact of the lack of diversity in games, he started researching the impact to health and psychology. That one game where there is a Hispanic protagonist those sorts of tokenizing examples just don't match up with the actual data we're seeing, he told CBC Radio's Afternoon Edition on Friday. We started out talking to friends, people of colour, we created a survey that asked the types of questions that are on people's minds but get buried or not approached, said Passmore. Passmore said the results showed that the lack of diversity affected people in different ways depending on their own experiences. Effect is similar to 'everyday' racism researcher The 92-question survey was tested and then released to almost 300 Americans. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

jerusalem: I think there are very good reasons to question the theory that unilateral recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel would contribute to the consolidation of peace in the Middle East, Steinmeier was quoted as telling the Jordanian daily Al-Ghad in an interview published Sunday, according to Metro News. One of the pillars of Germany's position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the need to preserve the status of holy sites and to negotiate the final status of Jerusalem within the framework of the two-state solution, Steinmeier, a former foreign minister, told Al-Ghad. Abdullah II spoke at the start of a meeting with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who also expressed concern about President Donald Trump's recognition last month of contested Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Jordan's monarch serves as custodian of a major Muslim shrine in Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem and the kingdom's Hashemite dynasty derives much of its political legitimacy from its special role in Jerusalem. I think our views on Palestine and Jerusalem are well known to you, the king told the German president Sunday. Jordan is also home to a large Palestinian population. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.

malaysian delegation: The team visited a hospital set up by Malaysia and distributed relief goods in another camp, according to CTV. It is very important that we're here, because what the Rohingya people are going through is despicable and it's very, very tragic. Yeoh, a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Development Program, visited sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar on Saturday as part of a Malaysian delegation led by the Southeast Asian nation's military chief. It should not be allowed, she said. Nearly 700,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar since August in what the U.N. has described as ethnic cleansing. Every single one of them deserves to have the human rights that should be given to them. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.