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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.
Global News – ‘Meant to Be’: Syrian Refugees Reunited with Help from Regina Family
Abdulnaser Alkhatib, the youngest of seven children, fled to Jordan with his family during the Syrian civil war. Alkhatib’s mother, two brothers and one sister, along with their spouses and children, were among the first 25,000 government-sponsored Syrian refugees welcomed to Canada in 2016. They all settled in Regina. But Alkhatib, his wife, Hiam, and their two kids were left behind in Jordan. Now, they’re together again.
CBC News – Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot Moves Forward in Greater Sudbury
The program is part of the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and modeled on the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program. RNIP will help qualified newcomers with confirmed job offers with another option for permanent residency for them and their families. The goal is to bring in immigrants who are committed to living in Sudbury, which will help address some of the challenges the city is facing — finding qualified people to fill jobs and keeping them here.
National Post – Suspect Arrested After Documents Stolen from Quebec Immigration Minister’s Car
Simon Jolin-Barrette confirmed the theft Thursday, saying his house keys and electronic tablet were also taken. He stressed that the stolen papers were working documents and not confidential, and access to his electronic device was disabled as a precautionary measure. Jolin-Barrette wouldn’t say, however, whether his car was locked.
CBC News – ‘I Cringed’: How Some Former and Current Soldiers Reacted to Don Cherry’s Poppy Comments
When Shawn Stewart, a retired army major, heard Don Cherry’s comments about the poppy and “you people” during the hockey game Saturday night, he says he cringed. “I cringed in the sense that, I totally understood his motivation and his devotion and support to the Canadian Armed Forces — fallen and alive. I just think there was a much better way to say it.”
Globe and Mail – New Statistics Canada Study Suggests Decline in Citizenship Rate Tied to Income
The researchers found that between 1991 and 2016, the citizenship rate in Canada rose about five percentage points, but the increase was largely driven by people who had been in Canada for over a decade. But beginning in 1996 and until 2016, the citizenship rate for those who’d been in the country for less than 10 years began to fall. Using adjusted income measurements, Statistics Canada found that for those with incomes below $10,000, the drop was 23.5 percentage points, compared to just three percentage points for those with incomes over $100,000.
CTV News – Court Rules Against Warrantless Searches of Phones, Laptops at U.S. Border
A federal court in Boston has ruled that warrantless U.S. government searches of the phones and laptops of international travellers at airports and other U.S. ports of entry violate the Fourth Amendment. Tuesday’s ruling in U.S. District Court came in a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation on behalf of 11 travellers whose smartphones and laptops were searched without individualized suspicion at U.S. ports of entry.
