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.
National Observer – Migrant Workers Call on Trudeau to Reform Temporary Foreign Worker Program
Migrant workers have been putting pressure on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau since October to reform the controversial Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), and last month, MaryAnn Mihychuk, the Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, told the Globe and Mail she would ask a parliamentary committee for proposals to fix it. No details have been provided on the timeline and scope of this review however, and migrant workers’ rights organizations are getting impatient.
Yahoo News – Five NATO Ships in Aegean Migrant Mission
NATO now has five ships taking part in an unprecedented naval mission in the Aegean Sea to tackle people smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, the alliance’s chief Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference in Brussels with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Stoltenberg said NATO was pushing ahead with the deployment since it was approved last month.
Herald News – N.S. is Being Punished on Immigration Numbers: Premier McNeil
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is calling on the federal government for fairer treatment when it comes to provincial immigration caps. “We’ve been punished in Atlantic Canada for well over a decade,” he told reporters after cabinet Thursday. McNeil said Nova Scotia in particular has been short-changed on the number of immigrants it can nominate for permanent residence under the economic stream of Canada’s immigration program. He said the Western provinces all have much higher caps — Alberta has a cap of 5,500, for example — while Nova Scotia had to negotiate to get its annual cap raised from 700 to 1,050.
CBC – More Financial Literacy Training Needed for Newcomers to Canada
Getachew Woldeyesus works with the Regina Open Door Society, an organization that provides some financial literacy training for newcomers who are enrolled in English classes. However, he admits it’s not enough. […] Woldeyesus said he’s seen a lot of newcomers taken advantage of by people out to make money off people’s inexperience.
La nouvelle politique d’immigration du Québec vise juste, pour l’essentiel. Il faudra plus que des voeux pieux pour intégrer pleinement les nouveaux arrivants au marché du travail et à leur société d’accueil. Il y a les intentions, et la réalité. La politique d’immigration emploie un langage mesuré et rassurant.
Le Devoir – Le Québec doit accueillir 10 000 immigrants de plus, tranche Philippe Couillard
Le Québec n’a d’autre choix que d’augmenter à 60 000 le nombre annuel d’immigrants qu’il accueille, soit 10 000 de plus qu’à l’heure actuelle, juge le premier ministre Philippe Couillard. « On a besoin de le faire », a affirmé Philippe Couillard dans une mêlée de presse mardi. L’idée du premier ministre est arrêtée avant même que n’aient eu lieu […].
