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.
Winnipeg Free Press – Temporary Foreign Workers Distort Market: Study
Canada’s temporary foreign worker program was under renewed scrutiny Tuesday as a new report suggested the increasingly controversial system “could be distorting” the natural supply and demand of the country’s labour market. The study from the University of Calgary’s school of public policy suggests Canada isn’t facing a wide-scale labour shortage but rather is experiencing a “serious mismatch” between the skills of its residents and the demands of the labour market.
Montreal Gazette – Citizenship Increasingly Out of Reach for Newcomers, National Survey Shows
According to the National Household Survey released Wednesday by Statistics Canada, just 37 per cent of newly eligible permanent residents had obtained Canadian citizenship in 2011. The survey replaces the long-form census which, in 2006, revealed 48 per cent of newly eligible immigrants were able to obtain citizenship. That said, of the entire six million immigrants eligible for citizenship in 2011 when the survey was conducted, 86 per cent said they received it, making Canada still one of the top immigrant-receiving countries when it comes to granting citizenship.
CBC – Canada’s Foreign-Born Population Soars to 6.8 Million
The debut of Canada’s controversial census replacement survey shows there are more foreign-born people in the country than ever before, at a proportion not seen in almost a century. They’re young, they’re suburban, and they’re mainly from Asia, although Africans are arriving in growing numbers. […] The new survey of almost three million people shows that Canada is home to 6.8 million foreign-born residents, or 20.6 per cent of the population, compared with 19.8 per cent in 2006, and the highest in the G8 group of rich countries.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Improving Passport Services for Canadians
Plans to expand passport services and make them more convenient and efficient were announced today by Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney and Human Resources and Skills Development Minister Diane Finley. Effective July 2, primary responsibility for Passport Canada will move from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade to Citizenship and Immigration Canada. This sensible move is in line with the duties CIC already performs, such as determining Canadian citizenship.
The Star Phoenix – Muslim Population Fastest Growing in Canada: Survey
Across Canada, the Muslim population is growing at a rate exceeding other religions, according to Statistics Canada. It is even growing faster than the number of Canadians who identify themselves as having no religion, though just barely, according to the National Household Survey released Wednesday. The Muslim population exceeded the one-million mark in 2011, according to the survey, almost doubling its population for the second-consecutive decade. Muslims now represent 3.2 per cent of the country’s total population, up from the two per cent recorded in 2001.
CBC – Philippines Now Saskatchewan’s Top Source of Immigrants
Saskatchewan’s immigrant surge is being reflected in the latest data from the federal census — with a big wave of people from the Philippines accounting for much of it. According to the latest set of 2011 data released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday, there are 68,780 Saskatchewan residents who were born in other countries, compared to 48,160 in 2006 when the previous survey was taken. In other words, more than 39 per cent of Saskatchewan’s immigrants arrived between 2006 to 2011.
