Revised Canadian citizen test results in more failures

More people than ever are failing the citizenship exam since Immigration Canada increased the difficulty level of the test last year in March of 2012. The CBC reports that there is a correlation between education level and how much of a decrease can be seen in their pass rate.For example, those with a bachelor’s degree saw an 8 % decrease in their pass rate, whereas those with a high school education dropped as much as 15 %. It should also be noted that those with a bachelor’s education an

First Nations face controversial property bill battle

A bill which the Conservative government claims will protect the property rights of people living on reserves is about to become law. Critics of the bill which deals with matrimonial property on reserves, argue the government’s approach to this issue continues a long history of patriarchal treatment, and ignores the true reasons why women are in these situations in the first place; mainly poverty, overcrowded reserves, and higher than average crime rates. The government claims the bill is de

Canada's surveillance program copies U.S. model

Americans were up in arms last week that an invasive surveillance project commissioned by the National Security Agency (NSA) known as "PRISM". Now, Canadians may be questioning just how much internet security and privacy they really have in light of the new trans-national "Security Perimeter".With a little digging it became clear that it wasn’t very difficult to find out the extent of  corresponding surveillance in Canada. Defence Minister Peter Mackay had signed a directive on November 2