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.
London Free Press – World-Class Education, Low-Class Marketing
International cross-border education is a booming business. But a report by Bernard Simon of the Munk School of Global Affairs says Canada is being left behind, while the Harper government’s international education strategy has set unrealistic and underfunded targets. Several years ago the Ontario government announced a $37-million program aimed at attracting foreign students to the province’s colleges and universities. Then Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak opposed the initiative, saying, “The funding would be better spent helping more Ontario students to get post-secondary education.” This attitude reflects a widespread misunderstanding of the benefits that foreign students bring. It’s one of the reasons why Canada is behind the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Australia, Russia, Germany and Japan (in that order) when it comes to share of the international student market. But even our eighth-place standing means the 95,000 foreign students in Canada in 2010 contributed about $8 billion to our economy. […] Our record is particularly disappointing when it comes to attracting students from China, by far the largest source of international students. They represented about 20% of all post-secondary students in 2012. Nearly a third of them went to the U.S. Only 3.8% came to Canada.
Toronto Star – Couples in Limbo Demand Audit of Spousal Sponsorship Program
Canadians caught up in Ottawa’s backlog in processing in-country spousal sponsorships are calling for an audit of the troubled program. Processing times have tripled recently. Thousands of Canadians are now having to wait more than two years to acquire permanent resident status for their foreign spouses already living in Canada. That means living in limbo for the foreign partner, including not being allowed to take a job or access health care coverage. A national online group called Canada Inland Spousal Sponsorship Petitioners says Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) must immediately establish “service delivery standards,” as recommended by the Office of the Auditor General in a scathing report in 2010. […] Canadians have the option to sponsor a foreign wife or husband either from abroad or within Canada; many prefer to do it here, so they don’t have to be apart during the processing. A spousal sponsorship is a two-stage process: the sponsor has to be assessed and approved before the foreign spouse can be screened for medical clearance, background checks and other verification. Currently, inland applicants must wait 17 months — up from six months in 2013 — for stage one, and eight months longer for stage two.
Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada – Communiqué – Le ministre Alexander termine son voyage en Inde au Vibrant Gujarat
Le ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration du Canada, Chris Alexander, a terminé un voyage en Inde bien rempli et couronné de succès, au cours duquel d’importants progrès ont été réalisés dans les relations entre les deux pays. Le ministre Alexander a dirigé la plus grande délégation canadienne jamais vue au Sommet Vibrant Gujurat, où il a pu promouvoir les nombreuses possibilités d’investissement dans les secteurs du transport, des ressources naturelles et de l’énergie, de même que la force des établissements d’enseignement postsecondaires canadiens et les avantages du nouveau système canadien Entrée express. Dans une série de rencontres et de discours, le ministre Alexander a fait valoir que l’innovation et les occasions constituent les pierres angulaires de l’expansion des liens entre le Canada et l’Inde. Lors d’une rencontre, le ministre Alexander et le premier ministre Narendra Modi ont convenu d’explorer de nouvelles façons de collaborer à la promotion de la sécurité et à la lutte contre le terrorisme.
South Asian Observer – Immigration Minister Chris Alexander Meets PM Modi
The Citizenship and Immigration Minister was heading a delegation to the Vibrant Gujarat Conference, a biennial summit hosted by the Government of Gujarat in India, where the Government of Canada highlighted the strong ties between Canada and India. More Indians will be encouraged to look to Canada for trade, investment and business opportunities. […] More than 1.1 million people living in Canada can trace their heritage back to India and in 2013, more than 33,000 Indian citizens became permanent residents in Canada. […] “The Government of Canada is proud to participate in the seventh Vibrant Gujarat Summit. This summit allows us to further strengthen ties between Canada and India by highlighting business opportunities, sharing experiences and trading ideas,” said Alexander. “Our government’s top priority remains the economy. I am proud to be part of this delegation that allows us to highlight the strong trade relationship that exists between Canada and India, which helps promote job creation and economic growth,” he added.
CBC – ISANS Doubts Ottawa’s Promise to Resettle More Syrian Refugees
A Nova Scotian group trying to help Syrian refugees settle in Canada is skeptical about the federal government’s latest promise to bring more people in. Last month, Immigration Minister Chris Alexander promised to resettle more than 10,000 refugees from Syria over the next three years. Gerry Mills, director of operations for the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia, says the government’s promise doesn’t go far enough. “What we are disappointed at is that it looks like those 10,000 Syrian refugees [are] not above the typical commitment that Canada makes to their resettlement program each year,” she said. “For instance, each year from overseas, Canada takes roundabout 5,000 government-assisted refugees and roundabout 5,000 privately sponsored refugees. So that 10,000 he committed to in Syrians, about 3,300 a year, those 3,300 we commit to every year. […] Of the 10,000 Syrian refugees, Alexander said that approximately 60 per cent would be sponsored by private groups and 40 per cent would be sponsored by the government.
CTV News – Local Ironworkers Protesting U.S. Workers Brought in for the Downtown Arena
Dozens of protestors took to the streets in Edmonton’s downtown Thursday, to protest workers from the United States being brought in to work on the downtown arena. The Alberta Federation of Labour says local workers were overlooked by ALCO, based in the United States. […] Rick Daviss, the Executive Director of the Downtown Arena Project for the City of Edmonton confirmed there are temporary foreign workers on the site. The contractor would not provide comment to CTV News, but Daviss did, and he said temporary foreign workers make up about 5 percent of the project’s total work force – the rest is from the area, and he said it’s estimated more than 3,000 Edmonton workers will have worked on the arena by the time it’s finished. […] Service Canada responded to a request for comment on the ironworkers allegations with a statement, saying it’s “aware, and monitoring the situation closely”.
