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.


CTV News – Feds Postpone Popular Immigration Program to Sponsor Parents, Grandparents

The parents and grandparents program normally opens for applications once a year, and often in January. But Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino has given notice that the application process for 2020 is being postponed. “These instructions will allow the Department sufficient time to complete the development of a new application intake management process,” he wrote. The application process for the wildly popular program has been reworked several times in recent years following criticism and problems with the system.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-postpone-popular-immigration-program-to-sponsor-parents-grandparents-1.4749013

La Presse – Immigration : le programme de parrainage des parents et grands-parents retardés

Le Programme de parrainage des parents et des grands-parents accueille normalement les demandes en janvier, mais il ne le fera pas comme prévu en janvier 2020. Le ministère de l’Immigration, des Réfugiés et de la Citoyenneté affirme que le gouvernement a besoin de plus de temps pour élaborer un nouveau processus de réception des demandes. Il s’agit de la plus récente tentative du gouvernement libéral de remanier ce programme très populaire qui permet à environ 20 000 parents ou grands-parents d’être admis chaque année au Canada, dans le cadre de la réunification des familles.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/national/201912/31/01-5255404-immigration-le-programme-de-parrainage-des-parents-et-grands-parents-retarde.php

Globe and Mail – Nova Scotia Approved Record Number of Immigrants to the Province in 2019

The province’s Office of Immigration approved 2,780 applications as of Dec. 27, up 21 per cent over 2018 and more than 300 per cent over 2013. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab says the province’s population is at an all-time high and getting younger, while filling persistent labour needs in key sectors, including health care. Since 2018, 52 physicians and 184 continuing care assistants have been approved to move to Nova Scotia through various immigration programs.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-nova-scotia-approved-record-number-of-immigrants-to-the-province-in/

ICI Colombie-Britannique-Yukon – 40 ans après son arrivée, une réfugiée cambodgienne revient sur son expérience canadienne

Quarante ans après l’arrivée de sa famille au Canada, une réfugiée cambodgienne se remémore son expérience et plaide pour davantage de soutien pour les nouveaux arrivants. Le 3 décembre 1980, Y-Dang Troeung, ses parents et ses deux frères aînés atterrissent à Montréal lors d’une journée enneigée, dans le cadre du Programme de parrainage privé de réfugiés du gouvernement canadien.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1452503/y-dang-troeung-refugies-immigration-accueil-integration-culture-Canada

CBC News – He’s From Rwanda, She’s From Canada. This Married Couple Had Never Spent a Christmas Together — Until Now

Emily Knope never once questioned if it was worth it. Despite being more than 11,000 kilometres away from the love of her life, having to communicate over a crackly phone connection and repeated failed attempts to bring him to Canada, she knew almost from the start that they had to be together. Ben Tuyisenge never doubted it either.But when it came to Tuyisenge coming to Canada, that wasn’t an option, the couple learned. Among the reasons: Tuyisenge’s lack of family ties in his home country.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ben-buyisenge-emily-knope-toronto-1.5408292

Montreal Gazette – Low Unemployment Rates in Quebec Mask Systemic Discrimination, Experts Say

While news headlines declare Quebec is currently experiencing a labour shortage and its lowest unemployment in decades, the unemployment rate among visible minorities in its urban centre, Montreal, is double — even triple, depending on the group — that of non-visible minorities. Statistics Canada uses the term “visible minority,” which is defined by Canada’s Employment Equity Act as individuals other than Indigenous people who are non-Caucasian or non-white. Racialized minorities is increasingly used by experts in its place.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/low-unemployment-rates-in-quebec-mask-systemic-discrimination-experts-say