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.
Globe and Mail – Changes to Temporary Foreign Worker Program Generate Labour Shortage
Even as the national unemployment rate hovers around 7 per cent, farmers, meat packers and other agri-food businesses say they cannot find enough Canadians to hire. The work is often unpleasant (butchering livestock) or seasonal (planting and harvesting). So they rely on a handful of federal programs that allow them to bring in temporary foreign workers, seasonal agricultural workers and students and young farmers. “Very few Canadians are willing to take on this kind of work when the duration is so short. Two months in the spring and two months in the fall. And it’s long hours. Often you are miles away from home,” said Blair Rutter, executive director of Saskatoon-based Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association. […] After published reports showed that the fast-food industry was using temporary foreign workers to replace Canadians, the federal government last year limited employers’ access to the system. “The temporary foreign worker program is intended to be a last and limited resort when employers are facing short-term skills and labour shortages, and only when qualified Canadians are not available. In June, 2014, the government overhauled the program to ensure that it continues to meet this objective,” a government spokesperson said in an e-mail.
CBC – Bridgetown Prepares to Welcome Iraqi Refugee Family
Members of two Baptist churches in the Bridgetown area of Nova Scotia are preparing to welcome an Iraqi family of six now living in a refugee camp. Their group, called Paradise Refugee Support, is raising the $16,500 it needs to match Ottawa’s re-settlement money to sponsor a family for their first year in Canada. Through local donations, the group has managed to find and completely furnish a two-storey home in Bridgetown for the 34-year-old single mother and her five daughters from 10 to 18-years-old. “From Iraq, they went to Syria,” said Pastor Mark Reece of the Paradise Baptist Church. “They were displaced after having lived in Syria for about eight years and now in Turkey, for the last 18 to 20 months in a refugee camp, they are looking for a fresh start.” […] Canada has committed to settling 3,000 Iraqi refugees by the end of this year and 10,000 Syrian families over three years. […] Over the next three years, the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches has committed to sponsoring 50 refugee families through churches in Atlantic Canada — half the total of Canadian Baptist churches.
Radio Canada International – International Students Increasing in Canada
International students are beginning to arrive on campuses large and small across Canada these days. Some returning for the next year of study, some for the beginning of a stay in Canada that may be transformative, and could be the beginning of a life here. Students have been coming to Canada since just after the second world war. But now their numbers are increasing dramatically and Canadian colleges and universities are welcoming them warmly. Jennifer Humphries, VP of Membership, Public Policy and Communications at the Canadian Bureau for International Education, says there’s been an ”explosion” of international student mobility. She says in 2001 there were 2.1 million students studying abroad, in 2014 there were 4.5 million, and in 2025 there will be 7.5 million studying outside their home-countries. Canada hosts about 5 per cent of these students. In 2014 the Canadian government announced plans to double the number of international students and researchers in Canada by 2022 to 450,000. The government estimated the increase would generate some 86,000 new jobs and add an additional $10 billion to the domestic economy each year.
Our Windsor – Only 1 in 10 Candidates Invited to Immigrate Under Ottawa’s New Express Entry System
More than 112,700 people applied for permanent residency in Canada under a highly touted new system Ottawa introduced in January — but only one in 10 succeeded in getting an actual invitation to come. Despite a promise that Express Entry would allow expeditious processing within six months, only 844 permanent resident visas were issued, including both the principal applicant and family members, and 411 people had arrived in Canada as of July 6, according to the program’s six-month review. More than 85 per cent of the 12,017 candidates selected from the pool were already in Canada on temporary permits at the time of the application. The top five source countries included India, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, Ireland and China. “It is remarkable that only 844 visas have been issued for a program which has invited over 12,000 people to apply. Within the 844, only 411 have actually used their visas and been admitted to Canada as permanent residents,” said Toronto immigration lawyer Shoshana Green.
Globe and Mail – Hundreds of Migrants Saved from Wreck Off Libya, 25 Bodies Recovered
A fishing boat crowded with migrants overturned Wednesday in the Mediterranean off Libya as rescuers approached, and the Italian coast guard and Irish navy said at least 367 people were saved, although 25 bodies also were found in the latest human smuggling tragedy. Coast guard Cmdr. Filippo Marini said the rescue operation, involving seven ships, was still underway several hours after the capsizing. Survivors indicated that between 400 and 600 people were aboard the smugglers’ boat, he added. The exact number of those aboard might never be known, but authorities hoped to have a better idea after survivors are interviewed. […] Non-governmental organizations or cargo ships in the vicinity frequently help rescue migrants, with operations co-ordinated by Italy’s coast guard and under the umbrella of a European Union task force known as Triton. On Tuesday, the International Organization for Migration said nearly 2,000 migrants are believed to have died at sea since the start of this year, but the exact toll isn’t known.
Yahoo News – Canada Avoids Blame in High-Profile Defections
Four of its rowers and half of its 16-member field hockey team at the Pan Ams reportedly took the opportunity to make a dash to the U.S. border. Even before the games opened July 10, two members of Cuba’s baseball team had already left during a warm-up tournament in North Carolina. And four soccer players jumped ship during the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football’s Gold Cup tournament hosted in various U.S. venues, also in July. […] But as embarrassing as the most recent incidents might be for the island nation, immigration and Cuban-Canadian relations experts say Canada bears no special responsibility towards Cuba to monitor its athletes’ movements or prevent them from seeking asylum, other than to uphold Canada’s own laws and obligations towards keeping any Pan Am competitor safe. […] Canada’s citizenship and immigration department says it applies its refugee policies consistently regardless of special events. All international athletes coming to the Pan Am Games were screened for the likelihood that they would honour the terms of their visas and leave Canada at the end of their authorized stay, the department said.
