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.
CTV News – Winnipeg’s Somali Community Voices Concern Over Deportations
Members of Winnipeg’s Somali community held a small rally to speak out about deportations. They’re concerned asylum seekers, whose refugee claims in Canada have been denied because of criminal convictions, are being deported without valid travel documentation. The group says the country’s unsafe due to daily bombings and assassinations. Yahya Hasheem said if people are going to be deported, the group would like the Canadian government to do more to verify they’re from Somalia and make sure people are handed over to the authorities on arrival.
CBC News – Refugee Who Lost Fingers to Frostbite Entering Manitoba Pleads with MPs Not to Pass New Asylum Law
Seidu Mohammed, whose story focused attention on the border when he entered Canada in December 2016, told MPs on the finance committee Thursday morning that the rules would likely have barred his ultimately successful application. “This bill would put a lot of people at risk and I don’t think it should be passed,” he said Thursday during his testimony before a House of Commons committee. “I’m pleading with you guys … this bill should not be passed.” Mohammed crossed into Manitoba in December 2016 through a snow-covered field.
Toronto Star – Canada’s Refugee Changes Will Hurt Women Asylum Seekers, Organizations Say
A group of Canadian women’s organizations has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to withdraw controversial changes to asylum. Last year, the United States said it wouldn’t accept asylum claims based on fleeing domestic violence. Canadian organizations that help vulnerable women said the American decision would mean any woman whose asylum claim was denied in the U.S. would also be denied full access to Canada’s refugee determination system under the Liberals’ budget bill.
Global News – Work Permit Requirements Reduced for Spouses of Atlantic Program Immigrants
An announcement from the Atlantic Immigration Pilot on Wednesday says spouses can apply for an open work permit in areas such as food and beverage, servers or long-haul truck drivers. The federal Department of Immigration says in a news release that the change “supports the Atlantic Immigration Pilot’s goal to ensure newcomers who have come here, stay here.” Originally, only the spouses of those in high-skilled positions, such as managers, medical doctors or architects, were able to apply for a work permit.
CTV News – Former Senator Rebuked for Linking Hijab, Mutilation at Que. Secularism Hearings
Hearings into Quebec’s secularism bill veered off track Thursday when a former senator drew a connection between the Muslim head scarf, female genital mutilation and forced marriage. Quebec Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette quickly denounced the comments by Celine Hervieux-Payette. “Arguments must be presented in a manner that is respectful and moderate,” he said.
National Post – Gerard Bouchard Declares Opposition to Quebec’s ‘Radical’ Secularism Bill
A second prominent intellectual has told the Quebec government it is going down the wrong path with its secularism bill, saying there is no compelling reason to lump teachers among the public servants who’d be prevented from displaying their religious beliefs at work. Historian Gerard Bouchard was critical of the government’s decision Wednesday, telling assembled lawmakers that no scientific evidence exists to show that teachers wearing religious symbols would indoctrinate or traumatize students.
