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.
Digital Journal – Legion Supports Granting Citizenship to “Lost Canadians”
The Royal Canadian Legion Dominion President, Gordon Moore, is encouraged by Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander’s statement that changes to the Citizenship Act are forthcoming. In particular, complicated circumstances that have barred War Brides and children of War Brides from obtaining Canadian citizenship will be fixed under new legislation. […] The Second World War saw many immigrants living in Canada, who had not yet obtained Canadian citizenship, fighting on behalf of our country. When they returned to Canada they were not granted citizenship as they had not qualified under existing rules.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada News Release – Providing More Options for Citizenship Applicants From Ontario
As of January 30, 2014, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) will accept certificates from individuals who complete Ontario’s provincial language training program as proof of language ability for the purpose of applying for citizenship, Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander announced today. The acceptance of this language training program will facilitate access to citizenship for Ontario applicants. Applicants for citizenship must provide evidence of language ability from CIC’s list of acceptable evidence, which includes results from third party tests, academic certificates, and certificates from government-funded language training programs.
CBC – Skilled Immigrants to be Matched with Jobs in 2015
The federal government is looking to match skilled immigrants with unfilled jobs, in what it’s calling a new “fast and flexible system of economic immigration” it intends to have in place in January 2015. […] Alexander is currently working to build an “expression of interest” system to manage applications for immigration to Canada.” […] By next year, Canada will no longer be obligated to process all applications in the order they were received. […] Under the proposed system, employers would play a key role in searching the pool for prospective candidates, conducting interviews and identifying candidates. Only once a match has been identified would the skilled immigrant be invited to apply for permanent residence.
La Presse – Les républicains envisagent leur réforme de l’immigration
Les républicains de la Chambre des représentants américaine, longtemps réticents sur le sujet de l’immigration, ouvriront jeudi un débat interne sur les principes d’une réforme qui pourrait conduire à des régularisations massives, a annoncé le président de la Chambre mardi. Les républicains de la Chambre des représentants américaine, longtemps réticents sur le sujet de l’immigration, ouvriront jeudi un débat interne sur les principes d’une réforme qui pourrait conduire à des régularisations massives, a annoncé le président de la Chambre mardi.
Radio Canada – Les services frontaliers peu loquaces sur la mort en détention d’une femme
L’Agence des services frontaliers du Canada (ASFC) donne peu de détails sur la mort en détention d’une femme de 42 ans, le mois dernier. L’ASFC confirme qu’une femme détenue pour une courte durée a été transférée dans un centre de détention de l’immigration le 19 décembre dernier, à l’aéroport international de Vancouver. Le lendemain matin, des premiers répondants sont intervenus au centre après avoir appris que la quarantenaire était en détresse. Elle a été hospitalisée et est morte huit jours plus tard.
South China Morning Post – “Immigration Prison” Sentence for Would-Be Canadians is About to Get Longer
There’s a common term in the Chinese immigrant community for the period of residency required before applying for Canadian citizenship. “Yiminjian”, or “immigration prison” conveys both sentiment and meaning that might surprise non-Chinese Canadians who tend to see residency here as a privilege coveted by those unlucky enough to have been born anywhere other than the Great White North. Instead, for many Chinese immigrants, the mandatory three years of yiminjian is not something to be enjoyed as the start of a new life in Canada. It’s something to be endured. […] Canada’s conservative government said on Monday it plans to introduce a new Citizenship Act in the current session of parliament, which began this week. Details have not been unveiled, but Immigration Minister Chris Alexander said he wanted to extend the current residency requirement, that immigrants must have lived in Canada for three out of the four years prior to an application for citizenship.
