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 Globe and Mail – TPP Deal Contains Some Exemptions on Temporary Foreign Workers
The Globe and Mail has confirmed that the deal, like Canada’s existing trade pacts, contains provisions that would make it easier for companies from TPP countries to bring temporary foreign workers to their operations in Canada. Employers from some of those countries would also be exempt from a wage floor Ottawa established in 2014 to ensure foreign workers on intracompany transfers are paid the prevailing wage for their occupation.
CBC – Immigration Fades as Election Issue Despite Alan Kurdi Tragedy
Despite the viral photograph of Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian refugee who drowned in September, immigration is not sticking as a key issue in the Canadian election, according to candidates in the riding where his family lives.
Toronto Star – The Canadian at the Forefront of Europe’s Refugee Crisis [Interview]
Federico Soda came to Canada with his family from Italy in 1981 at age 9. The former Toronto labour lawyer joined the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Sarajevo in 2001. He is now director of its Coordination Office for the Mediterranean, based in Rome, responsible for the arrival of migrants by sea. He oversees work on unaccompanied minors, protection of victims of trafficking and improvement of services and conditions in migrant reception centres.
The Guardian (UK) – Canadian Election: Vote Hinges on Immigrants at Center of Rights Debate
A Canadian election campaign that began amid widespread concern over a faltering economy has turned into a national referendum on the rights of immigrants, with the Conservative government of Stephen Harper, the prime minister, gaining support for its hardline stance against Muslim women who veil their faces in public.
CBC – Mike Savage Co-Chairs Syrian Refugee Committee for Cities
Halifax’s mayor will co-chair a national committee tasked with creating a united municipal response to the Syrian refugee crisis. Mike Savage says the Federation of Canadian Municipalities initiative wants to keep cities an active partner as Canada takes in refugees. The federal government handles immigration, but Savage says it naturally falls to municipalities to provide the practical support.
Radio-Canada – Des réfugiés syriens fêtent l’Action de grâces à Toronto
Une cinquantaine de réfugiés syriens et arméniens de Toronto se sont réunis, lundi, afin de célébrer l’Action de grâces, pour la toute première fois dans la plupart des cas. Pour la famille de Betty Poladian, c’était véritablement l’occasion d’être « reconnaissante ». Son mari, ses trois enfants et elle sont arrivés au pays il y a un mois. Elle ne veut pas repenser à la Syrie qu’elle a quittée. Les souvenirs sont trop douloureux pour en parler, dit-elle. Ce qu’elle veut maintenant, c’est penser au futur.
