August 20, 2018 – Today the Honourable Ahmed Hussen, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, announced that for 2019, Canada will accept up to 20,000 application for sponsorship of parents and grandparents next year.

A recent tweet by federal Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland calling for the release of Raif and Samar Badawi, currently being detained in Saudi Arabia, has sparked strong reactions from the Saudi government.