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 – Le Canada salue l’introduction de visas à long terme pour entrées multiples à l’intention des voyageurs canadiens en Chine
Le ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration du Canada, Chris Alexander, au nom de l’honorable Rob Nicholson, C.P., c.r., député fédéral de Niagara Falls et ministre des Affaires étrangères, s’est réjoui aujourd’hui du nouveau visa à long terme pour entrées multiples offert par la Chine aux Canadiens. Le nouveau visa pour entrées multiples, valide pour un maximum de 10 ans, facilitera les déplacements, réduira les coûts et les retards et diminuera le temps requis pour préparer un voyage en Chine. Cette nouvelle mesure profitera directement aux gens du milieu canadien des affaires qui se rendent fréquemment en Chine pour stimuler les exportations, aux touristes ainsi qu’aux Canadiens qui s’y rendent visiter des parents, renforçant ainsi les liens interpersonnels entre les deux pays. À compter d’aujourd’hui, les Canadiens peuvent présenter leur demande d’un visa pour entrées multiples auprès des consulats et des autorités de la Chine.
Le Devoir – Les immigrantes veulent se faire entendre
Les femmes immigrantes ne l’ont jamais eu facile et leur situation ne s’améliore pas. Elles maîtrisent moins le français, sont moins présentes sur le marché du travail, occupent des emplois au bas de l’échelle et sont moins bien rémunérées. « On a l’impression que l’égalité entre les hommes et les femmes prônée au Québec ne s’applique pas quand il s’agit de personnes immigrantes », déplore Yasmina Chouakri, vice-présidente par intérim et ancienne présidente du Réseau d’action pour l’égalité des femmes immigrées et racisées du Québec (RAFIQ). En février, l’organisme a publié une longue lettre ouverte où il réclame une meilleure prise en compte des besoins des femmes dans les politiques et les programmes d’immigration et d’intégration, de même qu’un financement adéquat pour lutter contre les inégalités dont elles souffrent. Signée par plus d’une vingtaine de groupes de défense des droits des femmes, la lettre se veut un moyen de se faire entendre par le gouvernement québécois, qui tient actuellement des consultations publiques pour son projet de nouvelle politique en matière d’immigration, de diversité et d’inclusion.
New Scientist – Migrants and Asylum Seekers are not a Zero-Sum Game
More people live outside their country of birth than at any other time in history – 232 million in 2013 – and this number is expected to carry on rising. The swell in migration is the result of many global trends, including growing inequalities between nations, demand for labour in countries with a falling birth rate and a rise in the number of refugees and asylum seekers. Opposition to immigration is widespread in many Western nations. Anti-immigration activists, the media and political elites have created a crisis mentality in which immigrants are portrayed as “enemies at the gate”. Immigrants – particularly non-whites – are blamed for all of society’s woes. Such depictions encourage support for more extreme political platforms. […] As a rule, members of socially dominant groups tend to believe that their group is superior and hence entitled to resources and privileges. To maintain their dominance, they must fend off “invading” groups who are seen as competing with them for finite resources including jobs, political power and cultural and religious influence. This can occur irrespective of whether there are indeed limited resources and actual competition over them.
Guelph Mercury – Halt Mass Exodus of Canada’s Migrant Workers
Migrant workers will be forced to leave Canada and go back to their countries of origin starting on April 1, because of the new “four in and four out rule” that the Canadian government has passed. […] This government policy kicks out migrant workers at the four-year mark, even though they have worked to sustain important industries in our communities and have developed ties and a life here as well. […] This federal policy will merely kick out people who have already worked to settle into our communities, just to bring in a new group of workers who themselves will be kicked out after four years. This policy does not get to the core of the issues surrounding temporary foreign worker programs — it merely treats these individuals as disposable. […] The Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a coalition of more than 35 migrant and immigrant justice and service organizations, expects this federal policy to create a large pool of undocumented individuals, as those facing deportation lose their temporary work status in Canada while feeling the pressure to stay to continue working.
CBC – Refugees Pay More Income Tax Than Millionaire Investor Immigrants
Refugees who have come to Canada over the past 30 years have paid more income tax in this country than immigrant investors admitted under the now defunct immigrant investor program, critics say. Ian Young, a South China Morning Post journalist based in Vancouver, crunched the numbers with data from Citizenship and Immigration Canada. […] “After five years, only 39 per cent of investor immigrants declared any income. Not only that, those who did, their average incomes were very low,” he said in an interview with CBC Radio’s The Current on Friday. They may have been millionaires, but they were earning very little money here in Canada. Immigrant investors declared about $18,000 to $25,000 of income annually, he said. […] By contrast, refugees to Canada start out earning about $17,500 a year, and by the end of their first 10 years, 66 per cent of them are declaring an earned income.
The Carillon – Newcomers Getting Help in Drive for Independence
Many newcomers are eager to get their licence and improve their job prospects, but have few opportunities to practise, said instructor Seid Ahmed with IRCOM’s newcomer driver-education program. The new program Manitoba Public Insurance supports has put out a call for volunteers with vehicles who are willing to help. Practice driving sessions are “crucial” to prepare for the challenge of the road test, says MPI. It provides the IRCOM program with a salvaged, safetied training vehicle for the four hours of hands-on training and practice behind the wheel. They’ve tweaked MPI’s high school driver’s-ed program for the 16 hours of classroom instruction for the newcomers. Helping immigrants and refugees get on their feet by helping them learn to drive was in the provincial government’s 2013 throne speech and falls within the Crown corporation’s mandate, said MPI spokesman Brian Smiley.
