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.
The federal public safety minister is rejecting a call from MPs to spell out explicitly in law when and how border agents can search travellers’ smartphones and other electronic devices at the border. Under current policy, Canada Border Services Agency officers cannot routinely examine devices and there must be a number of indicators a search would turn up evidence of illegal activities before they proceed.
Le gouvernement de Justin Trudeau estime qu’il est discriminatoire de rejeter des immigrants potentiels au motif qu’eux ou un membre de leur famille sont affectés par un trouble de santé engendrant d’importants coûts pour le système canadien. Il modifie les règles pour faire en sorte que 75 % des personnes autrefois rejetées ne le soient plus, mais il n’indemnisera pas pour […].
Jennifer Reddy, who is looking to run for a seat on the school board under the OneCity banner, said all children should have the right to an education regardless of their immigration status. Reddy said some newcomers describe being afraid, or unable to register their children at different B.C. school districts based on registration requirements. In some cases, she said migrants fear deportation or separation from their children given their precarious status.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4148888/vancouver-sanctuary-schools/
After Canada’s Immigration Minister announced major reforms to Canada’s immigration policy on Monday, making it easier for persons with disabilities and their family members to immigrate to Canada, advocates, lawyers and those affected by the law are speaking out. Some have expressed caution – saying they’re worried about who will pay for the changes or that the changes don’t go far enough toward ensuring equality – while others say they’re overjoyed Canada has taken a principled stand on protecting the rights of all people, especially children with disabilities.
https://globalnews.ca/news/4150860/disability-immigration-law-a-blessing-says-father-autistic-child/
The UN refugee agency’s representative in Canada, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, said Monday he wants to dispel the “myths” about the record number of asylum seekers that entered Canada from the U.S. in 2017. Beuze said the goal of his press conference on Parliament Hill was “to dispel some fears within the population that those people who are arriving in large numbers in Canada pose any threat to the security of Canadians or are people who are not entitled—for whatever reason—to the protection of Canadian authorities.”
Last week, a Léger poll for the LCN television network showed Quebecers are split on immigration, with 44 per cent saying it should be curbed, while 38 per cent want to keep it at the current level and 15 per cent would like to increase it. Jack Jedwab, executive director of the Association for Canadian Studies, analyzed the results by region, language, political affiliation and education. They reveal sharp differences in attitudes toward immigration between Montreal and the rest of the province, and between francophones and non-francophones.