Une alliance nationale visant à fournir une base factuelle pour l'établissement et l'intégration des nouveaux arrivants, ainsi que pour la promotion de communautés accueillantes au Canada
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.
CBC News – How a Social Enterprise Is Employing Refugee Women — And Keeping Waste Out of Landfill
Repurposing fabric from furniture and drapery stores, and giving women meaningful employment, are two pillars on which Skilled Accents rests. Many of the women are from Syria or Iraq and most are refugees to Canada, explained Habib. The idea for the social enterprise was born in 2017, when founder and CEO Kay Habib noticed how much time she was spending crafting custom accent pillows for her interior design clients.
CBC News – ‘Time to Get Some Facts Out’: Pro-Immigration Billboards Go Up in Halifax Area
Less than two weeks after a controversial political ad warning Canadians to “Say NO to Mass Immigration” was taken down in Halifax, nine new billboards sharing a pro-immigration message have gone up in the Halifax area. The Halifax Chamber of Commerce, the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia and EduNova (an industry association for education and training firms) have teamed up to place digital billboards across Halifax and Dartmouth.
Le Soleil – Patient condamné pour avoir méprisé un employé d’origine arabe
Le Tribunal des droits de la personne a condamné un patient à 9500 $ en dommages moraux et punitifs pour avoir tenu des propos discriminatoires envers un travailleur de la santé. Selon les faits rapportés par le jugement, le plaignant, d’origine arabe, travaillait comme infirmier auxiliaire dans un hôpital de la région de Montréal. Lors d’un échange avec un patient, ce dernier lui a demandé agressivement de s’en aller, lui a dit de retourner chez lui et l’a traité de façon méprisante à cause de son origine ethnique.
National Post – B.C. Man in Terror Case Ordered Released by Federal Court but Awaits Deportation
A British Columbia man who glorified terrorism by the Islamic State group in multiple Facebook posts has been ordered released from immigration detention by the Federal Court. The court upholds a decision made in August by the immigration division of the board, which ordered Othman Hamdan released. Hamdan has been in custody since September 2017, when the Canadian Border Services Agency arrested him on the same day he was acquitted of terrorism-related charges based on Facebook posts calling for so-called lone-wolf attacks.
CTV News – Ottawa Gives Quebec $250M to Cover Costs Related to Asylum Seeker Influx
The federal government is giving Quebec $250 million in compensation for costs the province incurred following the influx of asylum seekers across the U.S. border. Quebec’s immigration minister said Thursday the federal money completely covers the province’s expenses in connection with the thousands of people who crossed irregularly from the United States in 2017 and 2018. Simon Jolin-Barrette said in a statement that Ottawa has also agreed to cover the province’s expenses related to asylum seekers in 2019.
Global News – Canadian Nationalist Party Granted Eligibility to Become a Registered Party in the Upcoming Federal Election
Elections Canada informed the Canadian Nationalist Party on Thursday that it had met the requirements under the Canada Elections Act to qualify as a registered party during the October election. The requirements include garnering a minimum of 250 eligible voters to support the application. The party, founded in 2017 by 28-year-old Travis Patron, espouses anti-immigrant and anti-LGBTQ2 views. The party’s policies on its website include deporting “illegal migrants.”
