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 – Temporary Foreign Workers Hired in Areas with EI Claimants
The minister responsible for the temporary foreign worker program was told last year that employers were hiring temporary foreign workers in the same jobs and same locations as Canadians who were collecting employment insurance, CBC News has learned. On May 29, 2012, the deputy minister for Human Resources and Skills Development Canada wrote a briefing note to the minister, Diane Finley, which cited four examples in which there was deemed to be a “disconnect” between the temporary foreign worker and employment insurance programs. The briefing note was obtained by CBC’s Power & Politics under the Access to Information Law.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada News Release – Minister Kenney Announces Appointment to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation
Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today the appointment of Ms. Jayashree Thatte Bhat, PhD, of Calgary, to the Canadian Race Relations Foundation’s Board of Directors. The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors consisting of a Chair and up to 11 other directors appointed by the Governor in Council.
Montreal Gazette – Most Immigrants to Quebec Feel Attachment to Canada: Poll
Most Quebec immigrants feel attached to Canada, regardless of which language they speak, according to a poll for the Association for Canadian Studies. Ninety-two per cent of francophone immigrants and 91 per cent of non-francophone newcomers say they are attached to Canada, reveals the Léger Marketing survey. That contrasts with attitudes among native-born francophone Quebecers, of whom only 62.9 per cent describe themselves as attached to Canada.
Huffington Post – Temporary Foreign Workers in Alberta
What was intended to be a tool aimed at preventing economic retreat and loss of revenue due to labour shortages, has become a go-to solution for companies to artificially keep labour costs down, according to a new report. The Temporary Foreign Workers Program has evolved into an effective tool used by corporations to increase their profit margins. Alberta opponents of the TFWP claim it does so on the backs of foreign and Canadian workers, and say the province is ground zero for the worst offences, abuses and misuses of the controversial program.
Hamilton Spectator – McMaster University Conference Aims to Educate Community on Issues Facing Migrant Workers
Today, the number of migrant workers in Hamilton (and Ontario, Canada) has exploded. According to a Workforce Planning Hamilton Report in 2011 there were more than 300,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada, with 2,220 in Hamilton alone. Twenty years after Eric navigated her way through Canada’s Live-In Care Program and her new country, she is helping other women to do the same. According to the Migrant Workers’ Conference at McMaster University Saturday afternoon, 90 per cent of those working in the Live-In Caregiver Program are Filipina women, like Eric. She was one of the speakers at the conference, aimed to educate the community on the issues facing workers and the resources available to them.
La Presse – Une peine réduite pour un proxénète derange
La Cour d’appel du Québec a récemment accepté de réduire d’une journée la peine de prison d’un proxénète étranger afin de lui donner une chance de demeurer au Canada. Ce type de décision est vivement critiqué par Jason Kenney, ministre fédéral de l’Immigration. Mohammed Abdulkadir Abdurazak, un résident permanent, avait été condamné en 2011 à deux ans de détention pour proxénétisme. L’infraction est passible d’un emprisonnement de dix ans et la peine imposée «est au bas de la fourchette en semblable matière», selon la Cour d’appel. Quelques mois après cette décision, Immigration Canada a entamé des procédures d’expulsion contre le détenu. Or, la loi prévoit une expulsion très rapide pour les étrangers qui ont été condamnés à au moins deux ans de prison pour un crime passible d’au moins dix ans de prison. Le gouvernement canadien parle alors de «grande criminalité».
