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Three co-owners of Marina Dosa and Tandoori Grill in Calgary were sentenced to 90-day weekend jail terms this week after being convicted of defrauding temporary foreign workers from India.
Manikandan Kasinathan, Chandramohan Marjak, and Mary Roche were found guilty of fraud over $5,000 for illegally collecting $44,000 from three immigrant employees under false pretenses. Justice Sandra Mah ordered the offenders to repay the stolen funds and serve 18 months probation.
The workers, who came to Canada between 2017 and 2020, were coerced into paying fabricated government fees while enduring gruelling 14-hour workdays and substandard living conditions.
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Canada faces a mounting challenge as nearly one million work permits have expired by late 2025, with close to another million set to lapse throughout 2026.
This could result in roughly two million individuals without legal status by mid-2026, with South Asian nationals comprising approximately half of this figure.
The situation has intensified due to recent policy shifts that have narrowed pathways to permanent residency, particularly affecting international students and temporary workers. Communities are already witnessing social strain, with makeshift settlements emerging and exploitation by unscrupulous operators targeting vulnerable populations.
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Statistics Canada's latest quarterly data show that Canada admitted 102,867 immigrants in the third quarter of 2025, maintaining steady immigration levels compared with previous quarters.
However, the period also saw a significant increase in emigration, with 41,203 Canadians leaving the country—nearly double the Q2 2025 figure.
Meanwhile, 21,147 former emigrants returned home during the same period. Net emigration reached 20,056, reflecting growing outward migration patterns.
These findings offer crucial insights into Canada's evolving demographic landscape and highlight the complex interplay between immigration and emigration in shaping the nation's population dynamics.
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The Canadian restaurant sector is bracing for serious challenges as federal immigration restrictions threaten to worsen an already critical staffing crisis.
With Ottawa slashing temporary resident admissions by 43 percent for 2026, industry leaders warn this could add another 50,000 vacant positions to the nearly 150,000 openings expected by 2027.
Restaurant operators, many of whom are immigrants themselves, say the cuts not only make it harder to recruit reliable staff but also block pathways to permanent residency for workers who have spent years building their careers here.
About 40 percent of restaurants are currently operating at a loss or barely breaking even, and with one in four restaurant workers being immigrants, the sector fears these policy shifts will push operations to the breaking point.
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