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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.
Times Colonist – B.C. Immigration Plan Wildly Popular
The good news is the B.C. Liberals are updating a key immigration program to codify provincial policies into law. The bad news is the program is currently suspended. It’s so popular it’s oversubscribed well beyond the quota set by Ottawa and was shut down Sept. 1 to allow for some time to clear the backlog. The Provincial Nominee Program is the one immigration avenue over which provinces have some authority. It has always been in high demand in B.C. but intensified last year after the temporary foreign workers program was tightened up. Traffic was so brisk that the program was suspended last spring for a few months. It resumed for the summer, but was mostly suspended again last month, likely until early in the new year. Only some applications from health-care professionals and from people applying under a northeast B.C. pilot project involving specialized trades in the gas fields are still being processed. Under the program, B.C. is allowed to select foreign skilled workers, international graduates or entrepreneurs based on provincial needs. Ottawa allowed 5,500 spaces this year, but provincial officials got considerably more applications than it has nominations available.
The Tyee – Feds Using Old, Inaccurate Data to Set Temporary Foreign Worker Wages
The Conservative government is using inaccurate and outdated wage information to set pay rates under the Temporary Foreign Worker Program and could be driving down wages for Canadians, according to a Tyee analysis of data obtained by the Alberta Federation of Labour. Employers have to show they are prepared to pay the going rate for a job before they are allowed to bring in temporary workers from other countries. The rules are intended to ensure employers can only bring in foreign workers once they’ve shown efforts were made to hire Canadians at prevailing wages. But as recently as last year the government was using seven-year-old wage data to assess employers’ claims that they were prepared to pay the prevailing rate in some sectors. The government says it’s now gathering wage data from employers’ listings on its Job Bank website. But the labour federation says employers can easily manipulate the listings to keep wages low for temporary foreign workers. That in turn drives down pay for Canadian workers, the labour group says.
CBC – Refugee Health Clinic in Halifax Treats Patients Without Coverage
One of the doctors working at Halifax’s Refugee Health Clinic says it’s a credit to volunteer physicians and the provincial government that refugee claimants continue to have health-care services despite federal cuts. On Wednesday morning, the provincial ministers of health and immigration attended the official opening of the clinic on Mumford Road, which has been seeing patients since May. Dr. Tim Holland said about 10 per cent of the clinic’s patients are people waiting to hear about their refugee status who can’t see a family doctor or “get their basic health needs met.” Because physicians volunteer their time to treat those patients, Holland says they continue to receive care for free. “Thankfully, the province has really stepped up in helping fund this clinic, which helps subsidize and meet some of the cuts the federal government has done,” he said. “But it’s still a long way to go to make up for the cuts.” […] Partial coverage for children and pregnant women was restored after the Federal Court of Canada ruled that not providing the coverage is unconstitutional. That decision is being appealed by the federal government.
Radio-Canada – Emplois dans l’industrie pétrolière à T.-N.-L. :trop d’étrangers selon certains travailleurs
Avec la diminution des emplois dans l’industrie pétrolière, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, les pratiques d’embauche et le traitement des travailleurs des entreprises pétrolières sont de plus en plus scrutés à la loupe. L’Office Canada-Terre-Neuve des hydrocarbures extracôtiers confirme dans une déclaration écrite qu’il surveille de près l’industrie. « Nous nous attendons à ce que les exploitants assument leurs responsabilités et se conforment [aux règles] en tout temps », peut-on y lire.
Le Canada, la Chine et les États-Unis sont des pays «sécuritaires» qui sont en mesure d’accueillir des migrants et des réfugiés, a estimé mercredi le président de la Hongrie. János Áder a fait cette déclaration après une rencontre avec son homologue croate, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic. Il a rappelé que les États-Unis ont accueilli à ce jour 1500 réfugiés syriens. Le premier ministre hongrois Victor Orban et d’autres dirigeants ont eux aussi demandé à des pays non-européens de s’impliquer, en acceptant leur part de réfugiés dans le cadre d’un système mondial de répartition.
Radio-Canada – Immigration : l’attente réduite de moitié pour les immigrants qualifiés à T.-N.-L.
Le gouvernement de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador a lancé une nouvelle initiative pour attirer davantage d’immigrants qualifiés dans la province. La catégorie « Entrée express », dans la demande d’immigration, permettra de réduire de moitié le temps d’attente pour les immigrants qualifiés. Le premier ministre de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Paul Davis, espère ainsi accueillir davantage d’immigrants dans la province, notamment pour occuper les postes moins convoités par les travailleurs locaux.
