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.
Lethbridge Herald – Foreign Student Program Deemed “A Great Success”
Foreign students are getting a taste of Canada with the Holy Spirit Catholic School Division’s international education program. The division has hosted about 35 international students in Grades 7-12, who complete either one semester or a full year of studies. Students have come from countries including Spain, Brazil, China, and Vietnam. Home-stay families provide accommodation while they are here. “It’s about international education,” said superintendent Chris Smeaton of the program, now completing its second year. “It’s been a great success and it certainly meets the need of the minister order that talks about developing an ethical citizen that engages with many cultures, religions and languages, and values diversity and all people and adapts to any situation.” Smeaton said because every child is not afforded the ability to travel, “the international education really allows our students an opportunity to get to know different cultures and become better global citizens.” The division sets a competitive tuition price in line with provincial standards and consistent with neighbouring school boards.
Leader-Post – Federal Report Warns “Marriages of Convenience” a Threat to Immigration System
More than a third of the applications to bring new spouses to Canada from India may involve bogus marriages, according to internal government documents made public on Tuesday. “Marriages of convenience” in India “have become a threat to the integrity of Canada’s immigration program,” states the 2013 report from the Canada Border Services Agency’s enforcement and intelligence operations directorate. Applications involving Indian nationals engaged in phoney marriages “are constantly evolving and creatively testing the bounds of the Canadian immigration system.” The report, which cited statistics up to 2012, said it is “presumed” that there is a link between organized crime and the arrangement of phoney marriages. The broader problem of marriage fraud primarily involves applicants from 10 to 15 countries. […] But the report said the problem appears to be “most prevalent” in India and it makes an unsubstantiated assertion that “it has been estimated that as much as 36 per cent of the spousal caseload” involving that country “may be fraudulent.”
FCFA – Communiqué – Le ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration devant le Comité des langues officielles : rien de nouveau sous le soleil pour l’immigration francophone, dit la FCFA
Les propos du ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration devant le Comité permanent des langues officielles des Communes, la semaine dernière, ne changent absolument rien aux inquiétudes ni aux attentes de la Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne (FCFA) du Canada. La FCFA maintient qu’il faut un coup de barre immédiat du gouvernement en matière d’immigration francophone si on veut éviter un désastre démographique pour les communautés. « Nous avons écouté ce que le ministre Chris Alexander avait à dire au Comité mardi dernier, mais honnêtement, les propos du ministre ne nous ont rien appris. On se questionne toujours sur la vision du ministère et la volonté de mettre en place une stratégie spécifique aux communautés francophones et acadiennes. Selon les propos du ministre, il y a même matière à se demander si on reconnaît qu’un problème existe », a déclaré la présidente de la FCFA, Marie-France Kenny. Il y a deux semaines, la FCFA a dénoncé devant le Comité le fait que depuis plus de 20 ans, le Canada accueille moins de 2 % d’immigrants francophones à l’extérieur du Québec, comparativement à plus de 98 % d’immigrants d’expression anglaise. La présidente de la Fédération a commenté, à cette occasion, qu’on voudrait éliminer la francophonie par attrition qu’on ne s’y prendrait pas autrement.
Government of Ontario Newsroom – Helping Over 6,000 Skilled Immigrants Find Jobs
Ten new Ontario Bridge Training projects have launched to help more than 6,000 internationally trained people find jobs that match their skills and experience. […] The projects are part of more than 80 active Bridge Training projects across the province that support a wide range of professions such as engineering, health care, business and information technology. Maximizing Ontario’s immigration programs is part of the government’s economic plan for Ontario. The four-part plan is building Ontario up by investing in people’s talents and skills, building new public infrastructure like roads and transit, creating a dynamic, supportive environment where business thrives and building a secure savings plan so everyone can afford to retire. Ontario has invested $9.4 million in these 10 new projects, as part of a three-year investment of $64 million.
The Guardian (Charlottetown) – PNP: A Time for Regeneration
Let’s take a closer look at Canadian Immigration policy and how the P.E.I. PNP can find ways to welcome new working class immigrants. Migrant workers, once they arrive here should no longer be “migrant.” They should be granted an opportunity to apply for permanent residency. They deserve to enjoy social benefits, such as healthcare coverage and Employment Insurance. They deserve to live in dignity. What is happening now to migrant workers is a reflection of a two-fold attitude problem with Canadian and P.E.I. immigration policy: the preference for investors over workers, regardless of origin; and a preference for locals over foreigners. P.E.I. needs immigration to increase its population, but P.E.I. officials are accepting without protest that Canadian Immigration is closing its doors ever tighter. New requirements for acceptance as a permanent resident implies that only the well-heeled and well-educated are welcome. Since low income people have little access to education they are the ones, on two grounds, who face closed doors. […] We need to challenge both P.E.I. and Canadian Immigration to find openings for immigrant workers from low income backgrounds.
Peterborough Examiner – Support Grows for Group Bringing a Refugee Family from Syria or Iraq to Peterborough
The Peterborough Refugee Sponsor Committee is planning to bring a displaced family – most likely from Syria or Iraq – to Peterborough in a few months. Co-chairs Murray MacAdam and Suzanne McMillan say people have given about $15,000 toward a goal of $25,000 needed to help support the family financially while they get settled, learn English and look for work. MacAdam said people have also offered to help when the family gets here. Both a doctor and a dentist have offered their services, for example, and others will drive the family around to appointments upon arrival in the city. […] Meanwhile MacAdam said the local committee is working with AURA (Anglican United Refugee Alliance), a Toronto organization that helps with the sponsorship of refugees, to find a family who’d like to come to Peterborough. AURA is expected to have news for the local committee later this spring about the family, its country of origin and when they can be expected to arrive.
