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.
Vancouver Sun – Injured Migrants Fear Being Reported to CBSA by Hospitals
People without legal status in Canada are increasingly afraid to go to hospitals for fear of being reported to the Canada Border Services Agency, a community health group claims. Such people are staying away from emergency rooms because there have been several instances of the billing departments of hospitals passing on information to immigration authorities, said Byron Cruz of the group Sanctuary Health. […]Vancouver Coastal Health Authority spokeswoman Anna Marie D’Angelo said hospitals are primarily concerned with providing health care and do not involve themselves in non-care issues such as immigration. The only reason a health authority’s billing department would contact the CBSA would be to verify whether a patient not covered by B.C.’s Medical Services Plan is a resident or non-resident. […] In an email response to questions from The Sun, the CBSA said its officers “may enter, or seek the appropriate warrant to enter, any building, including hospitals, in which a person who has contravened the (Immigration and Refugee Protection Act) may be staying. … If someone was in hospital, they would have to be officially discharged before we would take them from the establishment.”
Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada – Communique – Promotion de la création d’emplois et de la croissance économique : Le gouvernement dévoile un programme pilote de capital de risque pour les investisseurs immigrants
Le ministre de la Citoyenneté et de l’Immigration, Chris Alexander, a annoncé aujourd’hui que le Canada dévoilera un programme pilote en janvier 2015 pour attirer des immigrants expérimentés du milieu des affaires, en mesure d’investir activement dans l’économie canadienne et de stimuler l’innovation, la croissance économique et la création d’emplois. Le nouveau Programme pilote de capital de risque pour les investisseurs immigrants est partie intégrante des changements transformationnels fondés sur l’engagement du gouvernement de bâtir un système d’immigration économique rapide et souple. En plus d’avoir à investir 2 M$ pour 15 ans et de posséder une valeur nette de 10 M$, les investisseurs immigrants devront répondre à certains critères d’admissibilité liés à la langue et à la scolarité et devront démontrer une expérience en matière de commerce ou d’investissement. Cela permettra de s’assurer que les investisseurs immigrants auront un grand impact dans l’économie canadienne, et que ceux qui sont admis comme résident permanent seront bien préparés pour s’intégrer dans le milieu des affaires et dans la société du Canada.
Bay Today – Multicultural Centre Gets Cash for Incubator
A downtown business incubator will open February 2nd, thanks to financial contributions from the Ontario Trillium Foundation and FedNor, among others. The incubator, to be named Enterprise Genesis, is the product of 18 months of work by the North Bay Newcomer Network’s (NNN) entrepreneurial sub-committee, chaired by Nipissing University School of Business Chair Dr. John Nadeau. NNN is the Local Immigration Partnership project for North Bay, funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It is operated by the North Bay and District Multicultural Centre. The Trillium Foundation grant is $116,500 over two years and the FedNor grant is $91,676 over two years.
Star Phoenix – Feds Increase Number of Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominees
The federal government has announced there will be an additional 51 nominations under the Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) in December. The increase brings this year’s SINP nomination cap to 4,818. The number of nominees in Saskatchewan has increased from 1,517 in 2007 to 4,793 (an increase of 216 per cent). “With Saskatchewan’s economy booming, it’s vital that newcomers to Canada know that opportunities abound on the prairies,” stated Federal Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Chris Alexander in a news release. “For those who come to Canada, who play by the rules and who are willing to work hard, Saskatchewan is one of the best places to be right now.” In 2015 the SINP nomination cap will be increased to 5,500 – a jump of 15 per cent over 2014.
CBC – Express Entry Could Sideswipe High-Skilled Foreign Workers
Some employers fear Americans working in Canada through the North American Free Trade Agreement, foreign nationals who have transferred to a Canadian branch and international youth working in Canada could be sideswiped by rules under the new express entry system that starts Jan. 1. New regulations suggest employers who want to offer permanent jobs to high-skilled temporary foreign workers who are already working here will not only have to ask them to apply for permanent residency under express entry, they will also have to prove they made every effort to hire a Canadian first. […] Under the new express entry points system revealed earlier this month, high-skilled immigrants who receive a permanent job offer backed by a positive LMIA will be among the first to receive an offer to apply for permanent residency.
CBC – Canada Seeks 50 Millionaire Immigrant Investors Under Pilot Program
The Canadian government will give permanent residency to approximately 50 millionaire immigrant investors and their families under a pilot program set to begin in the new year. Under the Immigrant Investor Venture Capital pilot program announced Tuesday, each investor will be required to make a non-guaranteed investment of $2 million over 15 years and have a net worth of $10 million. “Through the launch of this pilot program, we are attracting investors who can make a significant investment and who have the education and proven business or investment experience necessary to achieve success in Canada,” Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said in a news release Tuesday. […] This is the second pilot program announced by Alexander’s office this week. The government announced Monday it will be launching a one year pilot project to help the spouses of Canadians who have applied for permanent residency. […] The Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) pilot program comes after the government scrapped both the immigrant investor program and the entrepreneur program earlier this year.
