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 Post — Seneca Polytechnic to temporarily close campus north of Toronto over international student cap
Seneca Polytechnic says it is temporarily closing one of its campuses north of Toronto because of the federal government’s recent cuts to the number of international student permits. The college says it expects the cuts to result in declining enrollment, requiring the closure of its Markham, Ont., campus. The temporary closure will begin at the end of the fall 2024 term. Programs that were scheduled for the campus will be shifted to the school’s Newnham and Seneca York facilities in Toronto by the winter 2025 term.
City News — First-year international students face barriers to accessing food banks
Concerns are being raised about a local food bank’s policy of not offering services to international students in their first year of post-secondary schooling. “The Greater Vancouver Food Bank says they are not providing food to international students in their first year, which is awful,” said Jaskaran Singh, an international student activist with Team We Care Canada. According to federal guidelines, international students applying for a study permit this year have to show they have access to just over $20,000 to qualify.
CBC News — Canada still an ‘open country’ despite immigration cuts, says minister
Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada is still “an open country” after the Liberal government announced plans to cut the projected number of newcomers. On Thursday, Miller and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the government is slashing the projected number of new permanent residents from 485,000 to 395,000 in 2025, with further cuts to 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027. In an interview with CBC’s The House, Miller said that people “still see a lot of hope in coming to Canada” but “not everyone can come here or can have the privilege of becoming a permanent resident and then a Canadian.”
CBC News — Alberta business groups say federal immigration plan could hurt employers
Alberta business groups say the federal government’s newly reduced immigration targets may make it harder for employers to find new workers. Ottawa announced a new strategy for immigration levels on Thursday in order to address rapid population growth and relieve pressures on the housing market. The federal government plans to cut the number of new permanent residents from 485,000 projected for this year to 395,000 in 2025, with further cuts down to 380,000 in 2026 and 365,000 in 2027. It’s a substantial change to Canada’s previous plan for immigration, published November 2023, when the country was expected to admit about 485,000 permanent residents this year and 500,000 in both 2025 and 2026.
Global News — Ford government planning ban on international students at Ontario medical schools
The Ford government plans to effectively ban international students at Ontario’s medical schools, instead allocating almost every place in the province to local applicants. The government announced the move in Oshawa on Friday morning, claiming it would keep more medical graduates in Ontario and help to close the gap for roughly 2.5 million people who don’t have a family doctor. The move will come via legislation that hasn’t been tabled yet and will require Ontario medical schools to give 95 per cent of their places to students from within the province. The remaining five per cent of places will be allocated to students from other parts of Canada.
CBC News — Immigration prevented a recession last year, but looming changes could stall growth: economists
Reducing the number of new admissions to the country could have negative consequences for the economy and pose challenges for commerce, according to business advocates and economists alike. Economic measures such as the gross domestic product (GDP) have been moving in a positive direction, economists say, in part because Canada’s population has continued to increase due to rising immigration levels. Statistics Canada reported in March that the country’s population grew in 2023 by about 1.3 million, and 97.6 per cent of that growth was the result of immigration.
