Eleanor Guerrero Campbell: By the time this issue of Canadian Filipino Net appears online, the Trudeau government would have been in office for a little over a year,

Eleanor Guerrero Campbell: Both the mandate letter to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Minister John McCallum and the Speech from the Throne are re-assuring of the federal government’s commitments to deliver on its 2015 election platform on immigration.

Temporary foreign worker programs (TFWP) or “guest worker” schemes are an example of contradictions in liberal democratic states

Eleanor Guerrero Campbell: First, tell us more about the Prime Minister’s ‘Mandate Letters’ to his Ministers. Are they merely a repetition of the election platform?

Eleanor Guerrero-Campbell: November 4 this year marks the first-year anniversary of the federal government under the leadership of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who, a year ago, campaigned on their platform, “Strong Middle Class”.

Dear Mr. Duterte,
I did not vote for you for one big reason:

Nelson Didulo has been involved all his life in civic organizations from YMCA International to Vancouver Folk Festival, to United Confederation of Filipino Associations in Canada.

Unlike many people I know, I retired without much thought about how I was going to survive.

Beautiful British Columbia – to anyone who has ever visited B.C. – is a place synonymous with breathtaking scenery.

How do we begin to understand why very few students of Filipino heritage are able to complete high school in Canada compared to youths of other immigrant families?

My name is Joy and I came to Canada last October 27, 2015. Moving from the Philippines, we had so many obstacles to go through.

While on a recent family vacation, I read and learned from Noam Chomsky, one of the most prolific intellectual and political activists of today, about what he termed as “Muasher doctrine”.

Words of wisdom from Canadian Filipinos in elected public office (Second of a series)

Community service at the heart of politics 

In recent years, a number of articles have appeared in international media outlets about how a robust economy has catapulted the Philippines 

A vibrant culture, world-class hospitality, natural wonders and a friendly English-speaking population are among the winning traits that the Philippines hopes will lure more foreign retirees into living and staking their future in the country.