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.
Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada – Communiqué – La Loi sur la tolérance zéro face aux pratiques culturelles barbares reçoit la sanction royale
La loi qui renforce les lois visant à empêcher les pratiques culturelles barbares en sol canadien a reçu la sanction royale aujourd’hui. Présentée au Sénat le 5 novembre 2014 en tant que projet de loi S-7, la Loi sur la tolérance zéro face aux pratiques culturelles barbares (ci-après la Loi) offre une meilleure protection et un meilleur soutien aux personnes vulnérables — principalement les femmes et les jeunes filles immigrantes — notamment par les moyens suivants: en créant une nouvelle disposition dans la Loi sur l’immigration et la protection des réfugiés (LIPR), qui fait en sorte que les résidents permanents et les résidents temporaires seront interdits de territoire au Canada s’ils pratiquent la polygamie; en renforçant la Loi sur le mariage civil en codifiant à l’échelle nationale les exigences juridiques en vigueur concernant le « consentement libre et éclairé » et en fixant à 16 ans le nouvel âge minimum absolu pour le mariage au Canada; […].
Radio-Canada – Francophonie : l’immigration au coeur des discussions des ministres canadiens
L’immigration francophone a été au coeur de la 20e conférence ministérielle sur la francophonie canadienne, qui s’est terminée jeudi à Toronto. L’Ontario s’était fixé un objectif de 5 % d’immigrants francophones en 2015. Mais la province admet que leur recrutement est une lourde tâche pour toutes les provinces autres que le Québec. Il y a quelques mois, le commissaire aux services en français de l’Ontario François Boileau avait déploré un manque d’harmonie entre les politiques fédérales et provinciales en ce qui a trait à l’immigration francophone. Selon le Secrétaire parlementaire pour les langues officielles de Stephen Harper, cette conférence est un pas en avant en ce sens.
Waterloo Record – Immigrant Data Points to Challenges Getting Settled in Waterloo Region
Recent immigrants to Waterloo Region are twice as likely as Canadian-born residents to have a university degree, yet they’re also more likely to be unemployed and live in poverty. Newly released fact sheets on immigrants to this region reveal some of the challenges they face in getting settled and secure in their new home, including finding good jobs. “There’s an imbalance between the skill and education people bring with them and the opportunities they’re able to access when they come here,” said Tara Bedard, manager of Immigration Partnership. The fact sheets, given to a regional committee meeting earlier this week, were prepared by Region of Waterloo Public Health in collaboration with the Immigration Partnership, a group of more than 100 organizations and community members focused on supporting and integrating immigrants. New immigrants are twice as likely as Canadian-born residents to be unemployed, and when they do find work, it’s often lower paying. The median income for recent immigrants is about one-third lower than for all of Waterloo Region, and on average it takes more than 20 years of living in Canada for their income to reach the median.
Globe and Mail – Successful B.C. Immigrant-Entrepreneur Program in Limbo
A program that helps Asian immigrants start small and medium-sized businesses in British Columbia, creating hundreds of jobs and injecting tens of millions of dollars into the local economy, has wound to a close. The “Business Immigrant Integration Support” program was started in 2012 by one of B.C.’s largest immigrant settlement agencies, known as Success, which has more than 400 employees and is headquartered on Vancouver’s downtown eastside. It offered courses, mentorship opportunities and practical advice on how to set up, operate and improve various types of small businesses, such as restaurants and cafés. […]Between the time it started and the time it lost its funding in April, 2015, the business integration program helped immigrant entrepreneurs start 109 businesses and create or maintain 612 jobs, with a total of more than $60-million invested in the provincial economy, according to Success. […] In 2012, the federal government announced it would take back funding from B.C. and Manitoba – the two remaining provinces that ran their own settlement programs – and administer such programs itself. The Success program got its original funding back in 2012, and received an extension, but the money has now run out.
CBC – Daycare for New Canadians Could be Shuttered Because of No Funding
An Edmonton child-care centre created for newcomers to Canada may be forced to close its doors if it can’t find long-term funding. The Intercultural Child and Family Centre opened five years ago just north of downtown, at 9538 107th Ave. It’s now home to 44 children spread over three rooms in the former McCauley School. The non-profit centre’s focus is to support families from various cultures by hiring caregivers with the same cultural backgrounds as the children, and having visible objects from many cultures around the rooms. The centre’s director, Jasvinder Heran, said creating a home-like atmosphere makes it easier for families who are new to Canada. […] The centre hasn’t been able to secure enough funding to ensure it can stay open long-term. Though it offers affordable fees, from $867 to $982 per month for full-time care, in a location close to downtown, it is not at its capacity of 63 children. […] The centre’s board has sought funding through grants and from the provincial government, and will consider applying for a fundraising casino through the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission.
CBC – Canada’s “Paramilitaristic” Border Agency Locking Up More Foreigners: Report
Canada’s rising detention of non-criminal foreigners in maximum-security prisons amounts to arbitrary, cruel and inhumane treatment that violates international obligations, a disturbing new report concludes. The report by the University of Toronto’s International Human Rights Program finds that Canada Border Services Agency has become more heavy handed in dealing with migrants with little or no accountability. Renu Mandhane, a criminal lawyer and the program’s executive director, said the report reveals “shocking gaps” in the rule of law. “A CBSA officer essentially has the discretion to determine that somebody should be held in maximum-security jail conditions,” Mandhane said Wednesday in an interview. “It was really surprising to me…that decision was totally discretionary and also not subject to any rules.” The report, called “We Have No Rights”, concludes incarceration can have a catastrophic impact on migrants’ mental health. […] Figures show Canada detained more than 7,300 migrants at a cost of more than $50 million in 2013. About one third were incarcerated in jails, even though few might be considered criminals.
