Media Roundup

La revue de presse fournit des liens aux articles récents et archivés, à la fois en anglais et en français, sur l’immigration et la diversité lesquels ont été publiés dans les média locaux et nationaux. Il y a également des articles internationaux. Cette section est mise à jour hebdomadairement.


Globe and Mail – COVID-19 Slows Visa Processing, Leaving Many Families Separated

Hundreds of Canadians and permanent residents are frustrated by the length of time it is taking to bring their spouses to Canada as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced visa offices around the world to close and application processing has slowed. Eligible Canadians and permanent residents can sponsor their spouse or dependent children to become permanent residents of Canada, which is usually a 12-month process. But COVID-19 has lengthened waiting times, and nobody knows how much longer they will have to wait.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-covid-19-slows-visa-processing-leaving-many-families-separated/

Info Radio-Canada – Racisme à la Défense nationale : Le ministre Sajjan ordonne une enquête

Le ministre Harjit Sajjan a ordonné la tenue d’une enquête concernant des gestes à caractère raciste commis dans un bureau du ministère de la Défense nationale situé dans la capitale fédérale. Cette affaire remonte à 2016. Un superviseur travaillant pour le ministère de la Défense nationale (MDN) à Ottawa a affiché dans la cuisine du bureau une image montrant une camionnette blanche destinée à ressembler à une publicité pour une entreprise de déménagement de Détroit.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1717540/discrimination-grief-minorites-visibles-denonciation-bureau

Radio-Canada – Manifestations au pays pour régulariser tous les migrants, sans exception

Des manifestations ont eu lieu samedi à Halifax, Montréal, Toronto et Vancouver afin de lancer un appel à régulariser toutes les personnes migrantes, sans exception, notamment pour permettre un meilleur accès aux soins de santé, qui est d’autant plus essentiel en pleine pandémie de COVID-19. Tout le monde est essentiel! Voilà l’un des slogans de la manifestation convoquée en avant-midi place Émilie-Gamelin, au centre-ville de Montréal, par divers groupes de femmes, ainsi que de défense des droits des locataires et des travailleurs, à l’initiative du réseau Solidarité sans frontières.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1717279/coronavirus-immigration-travailleurs-etrangers-sante–manifestation

Global News – Migrant Workers in Canada Stage Multi-City Protest, Call for More COVID-19 Protections

Migrant workers and other non-permanent residents — many of whom have been working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic — took to the streets in cities across Canada on Saturday, calling on Ottawa to grant them greater rights and protections. Temporary foreign farm labourers, care workers, international students and undocumented workers who have been working throughout the pandemic as “essential workers” say they are being left behind by the Canadian government.

https://globalnews.ca/news/7138902/coronavirus-canada-migrant-workers-risk/

CTV News – Demonstration in Montreal Calls on Government to Regularize Migrants

Protesters gathered in Montreal Saturday calling on the government to grant asylum to all migrants, without exception. “Everyone is essential!” read one demonstrator’s sign at the protest held at Place Émilie-Gamelin, in the city centre, organized by Solidary Across Borders. “It is not only asylum seekers who have worked in the health field who deserve recognition,” argued a participant at the rally.

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/demonstration-in-montreal-calls-on-government-to-regularize-migrants-1.5010913

London Free Press – Essex Health Unit Trying to Find a Place to House Migrant Workers After Farm Shut Down

Essex County officials were scrambling Thursday to figure out where to put hundreds of migrant workers required to isolate after the health unit essentially shut down a Leamington farm overrun with COVID-19. “We’re working on that with the farm and the Ministry of Health right now, working on isolation accommodations and making sure that everything is in place to isolate appropriately and allow the health unit to follow up with everyone,” said Theresa Marentette, CEO of the Windsor-Essex County Health Unit.

https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/essex-health-unit-trying-to-find-a-place-to-house-migrant-workers-after-farm-shut-down/wcm/b6cc9bde-1c39-4676-8ff7-23116b16665c/