Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

Le premier ministre Philippe Couillard croit qu’il faut relever les quotas d’immigration pour assurer l’équilibre démographique de sa province. Mais recevoir plus d’immigrants est-il la solution? Vérification faite : non, recevoir plus d’immigrants ne résoudra pas le problème démographique de la province. Car encore faut-il arriver à retenir ces immigrants, ce qui n’est pas le cas au Québec à l’heure actuelle. Même si la capacité d’accueil existe, cela ne suffit pas. Depuis cinq ans, le Québec a reçu environ 52 000 immigrants par année, atteignant ainsi ses objectifs. De ce nombre, environ les deux tiers sont issus de l’immigration économique, c’est-à-dire les immigrants qui se destinent soit à occuper un emploi, soit à gérer une entreprise ou à investir. Mais tous ces nouveaux arrivants ne restent pas toujours. Plusieurs quittent la province au bout de quelques années. L’Institut de la statistique du Québec rapporte que la province perd chaque année de 15 000 à 20 000 immigrants, soit 30 % de son objectif, au profit d’autres provinces ou d’autres pays.

http://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/national/2015/06/15/001-immigration-quebec-retention-quotas.shtml

Australia’s prime minister, Tony Abbott, remains tight-lipped over claims Australian authorities paid off people smugglers, as pressure mounts from Indonesia to confirm or deny the allegations. Allegations emerged last week that the Australian government paid people smugglers who were taking 65 asylum seekers to New Zealand to turn the boat around and return to Indonesia in late May. Abbott on Sunday again refused to deny the allegations, citing the government’s long-held refusal to take about operational “on the water” issues. […] The prime minister added that the government was “prepared to do what is necessary” to ensure that boatloads of asylum seekers do not reach Australian shores. The UNHCR has reportedly confirmed the allegations, after speaking with passengers aboard the vessel. […] Abbott last week refused to deny the allegations, saying that “what we do is we stop the boats by hook or by crook.”

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jun/14/tony-abbott-sticks-to-stop-the-boats-in-face-of-claims-people-smugglers-paid

L’Association multiculturelle du Grand Moncton termine une année synonyme de défi, celui de permettre l’intégration de nouveaux arrivants plus nombreux avec des ressources limitées. «On nous demande de faire toujours plus avec moins de moyens», témoigne Georges Wybouw, ancien directeur du conseil d’administration. L’assemblée générale annuelle de l’Association multiculturelle du Grand Moncton (MAGMA) était l’occasion, mercredi soir, de revenir sur les réalisations de 2014-2015 et les défis actuels. L’association a subi une coupure de 20 % du budget accordé par le gouvernement provincial. Elle doit pourtant offrir ses services à une population immigrante en constante augmentation. […] Le nombre de nouveaux immigrants qui se sont établis dans le Grand Moncton s’est multiplié ces dernières années: il est passé d’environ 100 personnes par an dans les années 1990 à 700 individus actuellement. Pour 2015, 82 % du quota d’inscriptions à l’association a déjà été atteint. […] «L’immigration est la principale solution du Nouveau-Brunswick pour maintenir sa population.»

http://www.acadienouvelle.com/actualites/2015/06/14/immigration-faire-plus-avec-moins-a-moncton/?pgnc=1

You just might be inspired by what owners Yury Wu and Lynn Choi have created with their unique establishment overlooking the Bronte Pier in Oakville. The entrepreneurial women were among 24 men, women and students honoured on Wednesday as Halton Newcomer Heroes at a reception at the Halton Regional Centre auditorium. Their success story mirrored the accomplishments of the other ‘Heroes,’ who represented 19 different countries. “Their stories reflect what newcomers can achieve, from settlement to establishing their lives, in Halton,” Halton Newcomer Strategy (HNS) Chair Barb Krukowski said about the inaugural recognition event. “They are positive role models for current and future newcomers and for all of us.” […] Halton Chair Gary Carr described those recognized as “the leaders” of their community. “You are the ones, who show everyone what this community is all about,” Carr said. “You might not ever see the people you impact, but there will be people along the way who you’ve inspired by your leadership.”

http://www.insidehalton.com/news-story/5675087-halton-newcomers-recognized-as-community-role-models/

Dozens of Chinese newcomers packed into a Charlottetown conference room Friday morning to seek advice on how to successfully start or buy into a business on P.E.I. […] Most of the immigrants came to P.E.I. through the business impact category of the provincial nominee program, introduced in 2010. Through the program, immigrants can move to P.E.I. if they promise to start up a business or buy a major chunk of an existing one. And they have to make a $200,000 deposit to the province. If they fail to get the business going and meet all the requirements within two years, they will lose most of their deposit. The province says, so far, about 80 of the 500 newcomers who’ve come through the category have started businesses. Most are still on the hunt and trying to fulfill the requirements. […] Newcomers heard from government officials, lawyers and entrepreneurs about how to jump through the right hoops and make an Island business work.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/chinese-newcomers-get-advice-on-getting-into-business-in-p-e-i-1.3111763

After months of negotiations, the Canadian Red Cross still has no agreement on access to federal immigration detainees held in Ontario jails. Talks have been dragging on since October with no clear resolution, though both sides now say a deal is near. Ontario jails hold about 230 federal immigration detainees, mostly male inmates held at the Central East Correctional Centre in Lindsay, about two hours northeast of Toronto. […] In an interview in October of last year, Ontario corrections minister Yasir Naqvi told Global News that Ontario was “working on finalizing” an agreement with the Red Cross. The Red Cross, for its part, has been raising the issue of access to Ontario jails for the better part of a decade. The 2008-09 Red Cross report to the federal government on immigration detention describes access to the province’s jails as a “work in progress.” The 2013 report said the Red Cross “remains concerned that it cannot currently fulfill its mandate to monitor the detention conditions of all places where immigration detainees are being held in Canada.”

http://globalnews.ca/news/2051196/still-no-deal-on-red-cross-access-to-jailed-immigration-detainees-in-ontario/