Ottawa’s transgender community cautiously optimistic
“I once thought I was the only one in Ottawa,” Amanda Ryan says. “I once thought I was alone.” Imagine what it would be like to leave behind everything you know — everything that is comfortable and familiar — and start over. That’s exactly what Ryan had to do. The Ottawa resident remembers the first time she went out in public as a woman. “I went to the door a dozen times” before stepping outside, she says. “I came back in to...
Plan to resettle 25,000 refugees should be suspended: Saskatchewan premier
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall’s request for the Liberal government to rethink its acceptance of 25,000 Syrian refugees shows “a limited understanding of the resettlement process,” says a Carleton University political scientist. James Milner, an immigration expert, said Wall’s comments are concerning because they are “completely unfounded.” Wall released a letter Monday, asking Canada’s new prime minister to re-evaluate his...