According to a recent Institute for Research on Public Policy study by Jeffrey Reitz — Pro-immigration Canada: Social and Economic Roots of Popular Views –  Canadians’ continued support of high levels of immigration “is underpinned by belief in immigration as an economic benefit and pride in Canadian multiculturalism.” Released this week,  the study’s data indicates [...]

The Hon. Justin Trudeau, Member of Parliament for Papineau, makes a return visit to our offices today at 3 pm for a DMS Editorial Board to discuss Bill C49 and other citizenship and immigration issues with a number of our partner publishers.  We plan to live blog the proceedings here, so we hope you’ll come back and join [...]

Over the last 12 months, there seems to have been a renewed sense of Canadian pride, of citizenship. According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), during the first six months of this year alone, there were 1,185 Citizenship Ceremonies. In all of 2009, there were 2,223 ceremonies, with about 20% of those held outside of [...]

On October 1, Lori Abittan, President and CEO of our parent company Multimedia Nova Corporation, officially joined The Historica-Dominion Institute’s Passages to Canada Speakers’ Bureau. “I am excited and honoured to join with Passages to Canada because it will help strengthen the good work we have been involved in,” Abittan said in the official press [...]

This afternoon at 1:45 pm, we will be hosting the Hon. Eric Hoskins, Ontario’s Citizenship & Immigration Minister for an Editorial Roundtable discussion in our main boardroom. Minister Hoskins has been a member of the Ontario legislature since 2009 after winning the Toronto riding of St. Paul’s. A practicing family doctor and well known for [...]