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.


Le Soleil – « Critiquée, la ministre Isabelle Charest nuance sa position sur le hijab »

La ministre responsable de la Condition féminine, Isabelle Charest, nuance sa position : elle assume ses propos sur le hijab comme symbole d’oppression, mais si des femmes choisissent de porter le voile, elle respecte pleinement leur choix.

https://www.lesoleil.com/actualite/politique/critiquee-la-ministre-isabelle-charest-nuance-sa-position-sur-le-hijab-dc6c14f26f6641ad44c47b150c74d1f8

ICI Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean – « Quand immigration et entrepreneuriat riment avec régions »

Saguenay accueillera ce printemps le tout premier forum consacré aux nouveaux arrivants qui désirent démarrer des entreprises dans les régions du Québec. Pendant deux jours, le Forum Horizons Nord Québec veut réunir des centaines de personnes pour discuter de l’entrepreneuriat issu de l’immigration.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1151461/forum-nouveaux-arrivants-emploi-nord-quebec?depuisRecherche=true

La Presse.ca – « Montréal ne dénombrera pas ses employés portant des signes religieux »

La Ville de Montréal ne comptera pas le nombre d’employés portant des signes religieux. La mairesse Valérie Plante estime qu’un tel exercice serait discriminatoire alors que les vêtements arborés n’influencent en rien leur performance au travail.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/201902/06/01-5213743-montreal-ne-denombrera-pas-ses-employes-portant-des-signes-religieux.php?fbclid=IwAR14tEagOcGsNtqUQFrdKkdYKeADzRWOiHUQAik2Ka0RhxSnIZeeH4O4ivM

Global News – Man Nicknamed ‘Dr. No’ Because He Denied So Many Refugees, Rehired to Decide Asylum Claims

A former refugee judge who once wrote that most refugees are liars was recently rehired by Canada’s Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB) to decide asylum claims, Global News has learned. Lubomyr Luciuk — who once said he “had no choice but to become ‘Dr. No’” because he denied so many refugee claims — gained notoriety for his views on Canada’s asylum system, including when he said Canada had become a haven for “assorted terrorists, drug peddlers and war criminals.”

https://globalnews.ca/news/4903246/immigration-refugee-board-dr-no-rehired-asylum-claims/

CTV News – Former ISIS Sex Slaves Sheltered in Canada Threatened with Phone Calls, Texts

Five women and one 14-year-old girl have filed reports with York Regional Police. The victims are all Yazidis who survived an ISIS-led genocide in Iraq in 2014. They have handed over to police recordings of the phone calls and screen grabs of the texts, which reference the Islamic State and include pictures of beheadings and armed Jihadis. W5 has listened to the phone calls. York Regional Police have assembled a team to try to track where the calls are originating.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/former-isis-sex-slaves-sheltered-in-canada-threatened-with-phone-calls-texts-1.4282796

CBC News – Canada Pledges $53M to Help Venezuelan Refugees as Lima Group Allies Meet to Discuss ‘Dictator’ Maduro

“Canada is stepping up … to address the most pressing needs of Venezuelans on the ground, including the almost three million refugees,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said during his opening remarks at the summit. Canada has earmarked the new funds to help those Venezuelans who have fled to neighbouring countries in recent months due to an increasingly acute food shortage. The $53 million is in addition to the $2.2 million Canada has pledged already for similar efforts to help people grappling with the largest refugee crisis ever recorded in the Americas.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/lima-group-ottawa-meeting-venezuela-1.5004086