Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

An ill child and growing health-care costs led Rene Lopez to leave his family and home in Colima, Mexico and journey to Canada for work. The hidden injustices faced by migrant workers like Lopez are the framework of a Speaking Fruit mobile art exhibit, conceptualized by Toronto-based artist Farrah-Marie Miranda.

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/09/29/migrant-workers-use-art-to-protest-for-rights-recognition-permanent-status.html

Dans un avenir rapproché, les nouveaux citoyens canadiens porteront allégeance à la reine Élisabeth II ainsi qu’aux traités signés avec les Premières Nations. Le texte proposé se lirait comme suit : « Je jure (ou j’affirme solennellement) que je serai fidèle et porterai sincère allégeance à Sa Majesté la reine Élisabeth II, reine du Canada, à ses héritiers et à ses successeurs, que j’observerai fidèlement les lois du Canada, dont les traités avec les peuples autochtones, et que je remplirai loyalement mes obligations de citoyen canadien. »

http://www.rcinet.ca/fr/2017/09/29/un-serment-de-citoyennete-revise-demandera-aux-nouveaux-canadiens-dhonorer-les-ententes-avec-les-autochtones/

A revised oath of citizenship that will require new Canadians to faithfully observe the country’s treaties with Indigenous Peoples is nearly complete. The proposed new text was put to focus groups held by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in March, following months of consultation by departmental officials. The language comes from the 94th and final recommendation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which examined the legacy of Canada’s residential schools.

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/new-citizenship-oath-to-reference-treaties-with-indigenous-peoples/article36419046/

More than 32,000 asylum seekers have arrived in Canada so far this year, and roughly 80 staff from the immigration department have been reassigned to help with the influx of irregular border crossers in Quebec, a joint House of Commons committee heard Thursday. On average, $15,000 to $20,000 is spent by different levels of government on each asylum claimant, according to Michael MacDonald, director general of the operations sector of the citizenship and immigration department, though “it very much does vary.”

http://nationalpost.com/news/politics/more-than-32000-asylum-seekers-have-arrived-in-canada-so-far-in-2017

There were 32,000 asylum seekers who arrived in Canada since the beginning of 2017, according to figures provided to the House of Commons public safety committee on Thursday. That’s up from last year’s total of around 24,000. A total of 13,211 of those asylum seekers entered the country illegally, mostly through the Quebec border. Around 5,600 of the asylum seekers were awarded temporary health coverage and another 6,000 have received expedited work permits, according to Michael McDonald of the IRCC.

https://globalnews.ca/news/3775831/asylum-seekers-work-permits-deported/

The number of people being held for more than 90 days in immigration detention centres has declined by almost a third this year over last year, according to statistics from the Canada Border Services Agency. The figures show that the number of detainees being held for three months or longer dropped by 29.9 per cent in 2016-17 compared with 2015-16. They also show a decline since 2012-13 of 35.3 per cent. The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) told CBC News that it is using federal funding announced last year to expand the use of alternatives to detention.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cbsa-immigration-refugee-detention-1.4309743