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.
CBC – French-Speaking Truckers Get Fast Tracked to Saskatchewan
For years, drivers have been in short supply, for Saskatchewan’s trucking industry. Transport companies often face waits of over a year, to bring immigrant drivers to the prairies. […] If a driver coming to Saskatchewan as a temporary foreign worker is bilingual, there’s no need to apply to Ottawa for a Labour Market Opinion (LMO). Federal processing times for those applications now average 47 days, for companies based in Saskatchewan, the longest wait for any province in Canada. Successful applicants then have to wait longer, as their recruits apply for work visas in their home countries.
CBC – Citizenship Oath to the Queen Constitutional, Court Rules
Forcing would-be Canadians to take an oath to the Queen as a condition of citizenship is constitutional, even if it does violate free-speech rights, an Ontario court ruled Friday. In his ruling, Ontario Superior Court Justice Edward Morgan dismissed an application by three permanent residents, who argued the requirement was discriminatory and unjust. […] The Citizenship Act requires applicants for citizenship to swear or affirm they will be “faithful and bear true allegiance to Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, her heirs and successors.”
Metro – Media Has Role in “Dehumanizing” Immigrants: Western Prof
Negative attitudes towards immigrants and refugees can be partly blamed on the media, a Western expert has said. Dr. Victoria Esses has been leading research into mass media portrayal of people who have just arrived in Canada. She talks of a “crisis mentality” in reporting in which such groups are shown as “enemies at the gate” attempting to invade Western nations. “I would say that attitudes (toward immigrants in Canada) are overall relatively positive and more positive than in other countries,” she said of the general population. “But it’s still the case that some immigrants are looked down on more than others.”
Toronto Star – Immigration Detainees in Lindsay Jail Stage Protest and Hunger Strike
GTA immigration detainees recently transferred to a jail in Lindsay, Ont., held a protest and staged a hunger strike this week over what they describe as unfair treatment. About 200 inmates being held in Greater Toronto have been relocated to the Central East Correctional Centre since August because of a coming closure of the Toronto West Detention Centre, a move critics say isolates the detainees and keeps them from receiving help and support. The detainees, deemed a flight risk while awaiting deportation, have complained about not being able to make phone calls to lawyers and families, frequent lockdowns due to short staff, and disregard of their dietary needs. “We have had a hard time communicating with our clients,” said Toronto immigration lawyer Guidy Mamann, who has had about two dozen clients transferred to Lindsay.
Times-Colonist – B.C.’s Liquefied Natural Gas Plant Boosts Immigrant Workers
While Premier Christy Clark repeated her pledge Friday that British Columbians will be “first in line” for high-paying jobs in the liquefied natural gas industry, her government is also quietly researching how to fill vacant positions with immigrant workers. The Ministry of Natural Gas Development is forming a project team and “action plan” to help foreign workers get their qualifications recognized in B.C. and be encouraged to work in the LNG industry, according to a bid document posted on a government website. Foreign workers are essential to filling B.C.’s looming labour shortage, the document says. There’s a gap between the 608,000 students set to pass through the province’s education system by 2020, and the more than one million job openings during that period, the government said.
La Presse – De l’aide pour reconnaître les compétences des immigrants
Le Fonds d’emprunt Québec vient de lancer son projet d’aide financière et d’accompagnement dans la reconnaissance des compétences des immigrants dans la région de Québec. Le projet pilote d’abord lancé dans la région de Montréal par le Fonds communautaire d’emprunt ACEM bénéficie d’un fonds de capitalisation de 1,5 million $ de la part du gouvernement fédéral et d’un partenariat avec Desjardins pour accorder des prêts de microcrédit pour des montants de 500 $ à 10 000 $ d’une durée de quatre ans avec un taux d’intérêt de 4 %. Le programme s’étend maintenant aux régions de la Capitale-Nationale et des Laurentides de manière à élargir le bassin d’aide. À Québec, il portera le nom d’Immigr’Action, souligne Linda Maziade, directrice générale du Fonds d’emprunt Québec et de la mutuelle de microfinance.
