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 – B.C. Freezes Worker-Immigration Program as Backlog Grows
The B.C. government has abruptly shut the door on most of its provincial immigration program for the next three months, saying new federal limits on temporary foreign workers have triggered an unmanageable flood of applicants seeking entry to Canada through British Columbia. Jobs Minister Shirley Bond said Tuesday that no new applications will be accepted until July 2, giving her staff time to process a growing backlog while her ministry looks at what qualifications it will seek from those hoping to come to B.C. through the provincial nominee program (PNP). Some exceptions will be made in high-need categories such as health-care workers. Under the program, Ottawa allows the provinces limited control over immigration. This year, B.C. will grant permanent resident status to 5,500 immigrants to fill labour-market needs. Applications to the provincial program surged after the federal government introduced immigration changes, in particular tighter controls on its temporary foreign worker program. A year ago, B.C. could process a PNP application in 12 weeks; now the wait list is 13 months, and there are already more people in the queue than B.C. can admit this year.
Nanaimo Bulletin – Refugee Sponsorship Focus of Multicultural Society Public Forum
The Canadian government is asking private sponsorship groups to sponsor thousands of Syrian refugees over the next three years. The request is part of the United Nations’ response to the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, which will see 100,000 refugees taken in by various countries. Of those, 10,000 people will find new homes in Canada with 6,000 of those taken in under the wings of private sponsorship groups. People can learn what the financial and legal responsibilities of sponsoring someone into Canada are at an upcoming refugee sponsorship forum hosted by the the Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society and the Bethlehem Retreat Centre. “To have speakers in the know provide accurate information about what’s involved in sponsoring,” said Nannette Leather, multicultural society executive director. The forum will feature special presentations by representatives from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the Refugee Sponsorship Training Program, the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. Resettlement Assistance Program. Those attending will also learn how to form private sponsorship groups.
CBC – “A Lot” of TFWs Must Leave Canada on April 1 as Visas Expire, But How Many?
The exodus begins April 1. That’s the message from immigration lawyers and labour market analysts who say that Canada — and in particular Alberta — is due to lose thousands, maybe tens of thousands, of temporary foreign workers in the coming weeks and months. […] That is all possibly true, but the problem is that Citizenship and Immigration Canada won’t share the number of temporary foreign workers about to lose their work visas, and everyone else is depending on anecdotes, extrapolation and educated guesses. […]Not all people are willing to take all jobs, says Farahnaz Bandali, a senior policy analyst with the Canada West Foundation. “So a high-skilled oil worker may not be willing, even if they are recently unemployed, to take a low-skilled job previously held by a temporary worker.” […]Many people will think we owe temporary workers nothing — the jobs were temporary after all. But Bandali says that workers might have been temporary, but the jobs are permanent, and that the program created to fill temporary jobs has changed over the years.
Radio-Canada – Un avenir meilleur pour des immigrants francophones à Humboldt en Saskatchewan
Des immigrants francophones en provenance de l’île Maurice, de la Tunisie et de la France, installés dans le village de Humboldt en Saskatchewan à la recherche d’une vie meilleure, réussissent à s’intégrer à la communauté même si celle-ci est majoritairement anglophone. C’est le cas de la famille Dévaux qui est partie de l’île Maurice il y a un peu moins de trois ans dans l’espoir de mieux gagner sa vie. À son arrivée, le père, Gilbert Dévaux, a obtenu un emploi de soudeur en raison de ses compétences mais aussi grâce à son bilinguisme. La famille a dû s’adapter à l’hiver mais a rapidement organisé sa vie autour du travail, de l’Église et de l’école même s’il s’agit d’environnements majoritairement anglophones. La famille affirme qu’elle savait que Humboldt n’était pas une communauté francophone et qu’ils devraient parler en anglais.
Jose Hollanda has lived in NL for two years and is enrolled in the MBA program at Memorial. Since moving to the province, his receivement has been fairly luke-warm. “Everyone is very welcoming to short term newcomers and tourists, but I am not 100% sure the same is true for people who actually move here from other provinces or countries.” Hollanda also cited Newfoundland’s restrictive labour market as a reason for leaving. “At this point for me the biggest difficulty is to actually find a job. The job market in NL is pretty difficult to navigate without connections.” […] Catering to the needs of international students is important to ensuring they enjoy their time here in Newfoundland and could encourage them to remain. Memorial’s low tuition fees are an important attractant to these students, yet the return on investment for the university is very low if these students do not stay. Helping them adapt to new customs and allowing them to preserve their own is vital to ensuring their well-being while studying at MUN and increasing the chances that they choose to stay here after.
CBC – Influx of Refugees to Saint John Leads to Call for Volunteers
A large numbers of refugee families have arrived in Saint John and the YMCA’s Newcomer Connections program is looking for volunteers to help. According to William Tarr, community volunteer liaison with the program, 39 families from six different countries have landed since Jan. 1. They need help with the basics, like opening a bank account and shopping for groceries. “Normally our quota from the government, through Citizenship and Immigration Canada is 65 a year,” he said. “It’s above the mid-point of our quota already.” People have arrived from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Syria and Iraq. They all come to Canada via refugee camps and have been certified by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The influx means Tarr’s organization needs help. The Newcomer Connection program administers the federal government’s resettlement assistance program.
