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.
Times Colonist – Ottawa Denies Claims from Quebec it Will Modify Temporary Foreign Worker Program
The federal government quickly closed the door on Monday to claims from Quebec it was open to modifying the Temporary Foreign Worker Program to address the province’s concerns. Quebec Labour Minister Sam Hamad said Monday his federal counterpart agreed to talks aimed at easing frustration from some businesses that the program was excessively burdensome. The program has been a source of tension between Quebec and Ottawa since the federal government changed the rules in 2014 to make it harder to hire foreign workers after reports businesses were abusing the system. Hamad said federal Employment Minister Pierre Poilievre was “very open” to changing the rules. He added Quebec’s immigration minister is to meet Tuesday with Poilievre to “discuss and to understand … to take into account the particularities of Quebec.” But Poilievre, who was also in Quebec City on Monday, denied the federal government had any intention of changing the program.
Globe and Mail – Immigration Policy Should Foster New Canadians, Not Temporary Foreign Workers
There was an outpouring of criticism a few weeks back when Disney, that most iconic of American companies, moved to replace a number of its homegrown techies with low-cost temporary foreign workers. The company was forced to beat a hasty retreat following an outpouring of criticism. Around the same time, amid all the commentary about where America is headed, blogger and finance professor Noah Smith turned his eyes north and gave Canada a mighty shout-out in a column for Bloomberg titled “Canada, Tomorrow’s Superpower.” Prof. Smith rightly pointed out that immigration policy is one of the fundamental Canadian strengths that bode well for our future. But in his haste to explain what’s right about our policies, he skipped over the part of the story where we’ve begun to ape something that’s wrong about the American way: a growing reliance by business on temporary “guest” workers. Canada’s immigration reforms have pivoted from family reunification to economic immigration, with a focus on new permanent residents who have high educational skills and/or high net worth.
Toronto Star – Some Dual Citizens Worry New Rules Stigmatize Certain Ethnic Groups
A new law allowing the government to revoke the Canadian citizenship of dual citizens convicted of certain serious crimes is prompting fears among some ethnic communities that they’ll be unfairly stigmatized. Those from countries that don’t allow dual citizenship told government focus groups last year they had no issue with the law stripping of Canadian citizenship from dual citizens convicted of terrorism, treason or spying offences. But other participants said while they agreed people convicted of such offences should be punished, they were alarmed by the potential longer-term implications of the measures. “For participants from places where dual citizenship is permitted, such as India or the Philippines, there were clear concerns that dual citizens as a whole were being stigmatized and singled out,” says a newly published report on the Citizenship and Immigration department sessions. […] The ability to revoke a dual national’s Canadian citizenship was contained in a law passed last year that overhauled many elements of the Canadian citizenship program. The revocation provisions only came into effect last month.
Ottawa Citizen – The Struggle to Connect New Canadians to Parks and Nature
[For] those who run Canada’s parks and organizations such as the Canadian Wildlife Federation, whose mission it is to ensure that Canadians continue to value and protect this country’s natural areas […] success increasingly depends on their ability to attract the immigrants and visible minorities who now make up 20 per cent of the population and two-thirds of the country’s population growth. By 2030, one in three Canadian workers will have been born in another country. While definitive statistics are lacking, there’s plenty of evidence that many immigrants to Canada aren’t taking advantage of our provincial and national parks. An Ontario Parks campground survey in 2011, for example, found that people born in India made up fewer than half of one per cent of campers even though 2.6 per cent of Ontario residents were born there. People born in China and Hong Kong constitute more than three per cent of the province’s population but fewer than one per cent of park camp users. The story is similar in the national parks. According to Parks Canada, socio-demographic research shows that new Canadians from different cultural backgrounds are under-represented among visitors to national parks.
Chicago Tribune – Trump and the Myth of Immigrant Crime
Donald Trump sees himself as a martyr to the truth. All he did was point out that among the foreigners who have come to this country are some who do not scrupulously abide by all our criminal laws — only to be pilloried for his honesty. “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best,” he said when he announced his presidential campaign. “They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists.” For this unvarnished assessment, he has paid a price: Univision and NBC severed their ties with him. Macy’s said it is dropping his line of clothing. Mattress-maker Serta won’t sell Trump Home products anymore. […]In the first place, these newcomers are generally less prone to break the law than native-born Americans are. Most Mexicans who undertake the risks and sacrifices required to come here want to work at honest jobs and provide for their families, not rape and kill. […] In the first place, these newcomers are generally less prone to break the law than native-born Americans are. Most Mexicans who undertake the risks and sacrifices required to come here want to work at honest jobs and provide for their families, not rape and kill.
The controversial Temporary Foreign Worker program has seen a massive cut in the number of Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIAs) granted to workers from abroad to come to Canada, The Tyee has learned. Despite the figures, critics of the program say the numbers only reflect the government’s spreading out of TFWs to different streams to hide how many foreign workers are being granted work permits. Documents obtained through an access to information and privacy request and provided to The Tyee show in 2014 the government granted just 40,000 LMIA’s nation-wide, compared to more than 200,000 in 2012. Numbers for 2013 were not available on the Employment and Skills Development website. LMIA applications must be approved by the federal government for an employer to be able to hire a foreign worker. Figures also show 11,200 LMIA’s were denied in 2014, meaning applications in general were down significantly. Kael Campbell of Victoria’s Red Seal Recruiting Solutions said the applications are down because the government started charging non-refundable fees for LMIAs to employers, whereas it was free prior to mid-2013002E
