Voies vers la prospérité: Canada

In Ottawa, the foreign affairs department’s contribution of $50 million to Syrian humanitarian relief is not relatively ungenerous. But while the number of Syrians applying for temporary-resident visa applications (visitors, students, work permits) has skyrocketed since the Baathist massacres began, the number of Syrians that Canada has allowed in has actually fallen. While Canada is arguably the most refugee-friendly country on Earth, another even more unseemly data set shows that Canada has now effectively closed its borders to Syrian refugees. […] Now, everyone is resigned to hoping that Kenney might yet be convinced to approve, among some other paltry things, an emergency refugee sponsorship program funded wholly by the Syrian émigré community.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2013/05/23/terry-glavin-canada-drags-its-feet-in-offering-aid-to-syrian-refugees/

Issues concerning Roma immigrants in Canada have been resolved thanks to steadfast dialogue, thereby bypassing any reintroduction of visas for Hungarian visitors, a foreign ministry official said on Thursday. In February, Canada’s immigration ministry reported that the number of Hungarian asylum-seekers had dropped to close on zero after the country introduced a more stringent evaluation system for immigrants. Zsolt Nemeth, foreign state secretary, on a three-day visit to Canada, told MTI by phone that he had voiced support for plans to sign a free-trade deal between the European Union, the United States and Canada in talks with Jason Kenney, the minister for immigration, Morris Rosenberg, the deputy foreign minister and parliamentary officials.

http://www.politics.hu/20130524/hungary-canada-resolve-roma-migrant-problem-without-imposing-visa-regime/

Un tout premier candidat issu de l’immigration brigue les suffrages à Granby. Rodolfo Patino, président de l’Association latino-américaine unie de la Haute-Yamaska (ALAUHY), se lance dans la course au siège du quartier 7. Il devient du même coup le tout premier candidat de l’«Équipe Bonin». La réflexion de Rodolfo Patino pour se lancer en politique municipale s’est activée à la suite de la publication du dossier «À quand un premier immigrant élu?», publié en décembre dernier par GranbyExpress.com. […] D’après les données de Solidarité ethnique régionale de la Yamaska, la communauté immigrante représenterait de 7% à 8% de la population granbyenne. En nombre absolu, ils seraient environ 5 000 individus en provenance de 118 pays.

http://www.granbyexpress.com/Actualites/2013-05-22/article-3253883/Rodolfo-Patino-se-lance-dans-l%26rsquoarene-politique/1

Soupçonnés d’avoir fraudé près de 400 ressortissants chinois en les faisant payer pour de prétendus services en immigration, deux Montréalais comparaîtront jeudi sous neuf chefs d’accusation. Jean-Michel Labelle, 58 ans, et sa présumée complice, Ekatarina Mdivani, 48 ans, font notamment face à des accusations de fraude, de faux et d’emploi de documents contrefaits. Selon la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, les deux suspects auraient commis une fraude qui s’élève à 600 000 $. L’enquête, menée par les policiers de la Section Immigration et passeports de la GRC, a permis d’établir que Labelle et Mdivani auraient floué leurs victimes par l’intermédiaire d’un représentant envoyé en Chine.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2013/05/22/ils-fraudent-pres-de-400-chinois

As living standards rise across China and South Asia it appears fewer workers from those countries are seeking immigration to Canada. Instead, new sources such as the Philippines are emerging as feeder countries to Canada’s fast-growing population of foreign-born residents, according to a new study released Wednesday by TD Economics. Based on data collected in the 2011 federal National Household Survey, first-generation Canadians or those born outside the country number 6.8 million, or 21 per cent of the population – the highest share among G8 nations, the TD report said. However, the total share of those coming from China and India – two historically dominant sources of inflows of immigrants to Canada – slipped to 56.9 per cent from 60 per cent in the last census in 2006.

http://globalnews.ca/news/582587/chinese-indian-immigration-to-canada-slowing-td-says/

Two unions may have lost a Federal Court battle disputing a mining company’s plan to bring 201 temporary foreign workers in from China, but they’re celebrating the spotlight they’ve shone on problems associated with the employment program. HD Mining International Ltd had come under increased scrutiny after arguing there were no Canadians qualified to do specialized work at a planned underground coal mine in northeast British Columbia. In its successful application for temporary foreign workers it had said the ability to speak Mandarin was an essential requirement of the job. […] But Federal Court Justice Russel Zinn dismissed on Tuesday the application by the unions, which argued the federal official was fettered by supervisors who wanted a favourable ruling and concluded hiring the workers would not hurt the job prospects of Canadians.
http://www.vancouversun.com/Federal+Court+dismisses+union+challenge+foreign+workers/8417634/story.html