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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.
Nearly seven in 10 Canadians think employers regularly abuse the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, a government-sponsored survey shows. Despite that, more than half support the controversial program, according to the Harris/Decima survey of 1,984 Canadians, commissioned by Employment and Social Development Canada. The $95,000 survey, conducted last May, found that 57 per cent of Canadians strongly or somewhat support the temporary foreign workers program. Just 32 per cent say they are opposed. Asked if some employers abuse the program by not doing enough to recruit Canadians, 68 per cent said yes and just 19 per cent said no. Moreover, 54 per cent of those who said yes believe employers abuse the program all the time or frequently. Just six per cent think it rarely occurs. Despite the program’s high profile in the past couple of years, only four in 10 Canadians said they were somewhat or very familiar with it. […] Asked if the program should be reformed or abolished, 58 per cent said it should be reformed while about one in three favoured abolition. The survey is considered accurate to within 2.2 percentage points, 19 times out of 20.
A family of four Syrian refugees had a warm reception in Charlottetown Sunday afternoon. The Sabra family arrived in Charlottetown three weeks ago. They were sponsored by the Charlottetown Diocese Refugee Committee. The family fled Syria over a year ago, and have been living in Jordan as refugees for more than a year. […] Dan Doran, with the Charlottetown Diocese Refugee Committee, worked to bring the Sabra family to Prince Edward Island. “It’s always a pleasure, this is the reward at the end of the day for the work that we all do. It’s very satisfying, to say the least — not only to see the family here, but the happiness for the family members, to have their family reunited,” he said. Doran says two more Syrian families are awaiting approval to come to P.E.I. He’s hopeful Canada will welcome greater numbers of refugees in the days to come, but admits it’s unlikely the federal government will meet its commitment to bring 1,300 Syrian refugees to Canada by the end of 2014. Statistics tabled in the House of Commons last week show 457 refugees had arrived, as of mid-November.
Toronto Star – Simcoe Clinic in a Grocery Store Breaks Barriers for Migrant Farm Workers
Migrant farm workers have been lining up at Simcoe Town Centre every Thursday or Friday evening since May for a free shuttle bus to the Real Canadian Superstore three kilometres away. Their focus isn’t groceries so much as a unique health office, Clinicas De Salud Para Trabajadores Agricolas Migratorios, or Agricultural Seasonal Worker Clinic, housed in the food chain’s extra space. The clinic was created to serve the more than 4,000 migrant farm workers toiling at farms and greenhouses in the region south of Brantford. Designed to eliminate some of the systemic barriers migrant workers face in getting basic health care, the pilot project has been a resounding success — reducing visits by such workers to the Norfolk General Hospital. “These folks work long hours and have no transportation. Some don’t speak the language,” said Peter Szota, executive director of the Grand River Community Health Centre, which runs the clinic. “This is a great example of breaking down the barriers for access.”
CBC – Foreign Workers: Microsoft gets Green Light from Ottawa for Foreign Trainees
The federal government has granted an exemption to Microsoft Canada that will allow the company to bring in an unspecified number of temporary foreign workers to British Columbia as trainees without first looking for Canadians to fill the jobs. A notice posted on the Citizenship and Immigration Canada website says foreign workers will receive specialized training in a new human resources development centre in the province. The tech giant will not have to perform a labour market impact assessment (LMIA) — a rigorous process that would include a search for Canadians who could fill the positions. The exemption was granted under a provincial-federal agreement that gives a pass to companies that gain provincial approval. The Canadian government argues the arrangement is the result of a significant investment by Microsoft that will create jobs for Canadians as well at a new 400-person training centre. Nevertheless, some legal observers say the decision appears at odds with the government’s promise to crack down on abuse in the system in order to protect Canadian jobs.
Le Soleil – Un rapport recommande de faire payer davantage les étudiants étrangers
Les étudiants universitaires étrangers devraient payer davantage pour venir étudier au Québec, recommande un rapport sur le financement des universités. Ce rapport, signé par Hélène P. Tremblay et Pierre Roy, vient clore l’un des chantiers créés à la suite du Sommet sur l’enseignement supérieur. Ses auteurs recommandent notamment au gouvernement de hausser la facture des étudiants non québécois et de moduler leurs droits de scolarité en fonction de la discipline et du niveau d’études. Ainsi, pour un étudiant étranger inscrit au baccalauréat, les droits de scolarité minimum obligatoires seraient d’environ 14690 $ en moyenne, sans compter les sommes additionnelles réclamées selon le domaine d’étude. Selon le scénario proposé, les économies pour le gouvernement pourraient atteindre 95 millions $ en 2019-2020, soit à la fin de la période de transition. De leur côté, les universités récolteraient 5,8 millions $ additionnels d’ici cinq ans, sans compter les revenus additionnels provenant du déplafonnement des droits de scolarité pour les étudiants étrangers.
Le Devoir – Ottawa veut n’inviter que les minorités
Le gouvernement conservateur se défend de prendre du temps à accueillir des réfugiés syriens parce que ceux-ci sont musulmans. Mais le fédéral admet du même coup qu’il accordera la priorité aux réfugiés issus de minorités ethniques ou religieuses. Le Conseil canado-syrien s’est inquiété la semaine dernière du fait qu’Ottawa tarde à ouvrir ses portes aux réfugiés du pays parce qu’ils sont de confession musulmane. Archifaux, avaitrétorqué le gouvernement. Or, vendredi, le réseau CBC rapportait que le fédéral envisage de s’engager à accueillir davantage de réfugiés syriens, mais seulement ceux issus de minorités religieuses. « Les Canadiens ont entendu les histoires crève-coeur de minorités qui sont persécutées en Irak et en Syrie. Elles sont persécutées parce qu’elles représentent des minorités ethniques et religieuses. Suggérer que nous allons nous concentrer seulement sur un seul groupe de personnes est catégoriquement faux, a affirmé Costas Menegakis, le secrétaire parlementaire du ministre de l’Immigration […]. » La Syrie compte 17,95 millions d’habitants, dont 87 % sont de confession musulmane — 74 % sont sunnites et 13 % sont chiites, ismaïlis ou alaouites, selon la CIA. La minorité kurde (9 %) est à majorité sunnite. Par ailleurs, 10 % de la population syrienne est chrétienne — soit environ 1,795 million de personnes.
