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 – New Obama Policy to Spare 80,000 from Deportation
U.S. President Barack Obama suddenly eased enforcement of his nation’s immigration laws Friday, an extraordinary step offering a chance for hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to stay in the country and work. […]Under the administration plan, illegal immigrants will be able to avoid deportation if they can prove they were brought to the United States before they turned 16 and are younger than 30, have been in the country for at least five continuous years, have no criminal history, graduated from a U.S. high school or earned a GED or served in the military. They also can apply for a work permit that will be good for two years with no limits on how many times it can be renewed.
Montreal Gazette – Protesters Target Harper’s Refugee Health Cuts
Medical associations across the country have planned a national day of action Monday to shine the spotlight on the Conservative government’s quiet cutting of refugee health-care coverage – a program that costs each Canadian about $3 per year. […] According to a news release from Citizenship and Immigration Canada, the reformed program will end the coverage of supplemental health-care benefits, such as dentistry, vision care, and “mobility assistive devices.”
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Globe and Mail – The Rise and Fall of the Ethnic Mall
When 2001 and 2006 census data showed a sharp rise in Chinese and South Asian populations in particular GTA communities, a seed was planted in the minds of developers: ethnic consumers would want megamalls tailored to their community. But a boom in planned development from 2005 to 2010 hasn’t materialized into much, suggesting the ethnic mall bubble of the aughts has essentially burst. Analysts, academics and even some behind these projects suggest that in a rush to cash in on what was seen as a burgeoning market and to mimic the megamalls of Hong Kong and Mumbai, developers failed to understand the shopping patterns of their target consumers and that the market may have already been saturated.
Citizenship and Immigration Canada – Minister Kenney Announces Citizenship Judge Reappointment
Robert Watt, LVO, has been reappointed as Citizenship Judge in Vancouver for a three-year term on a part-time basis, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney announced today. The appointment will be effective on September 14, 2012, consecutive to Judge Watt’s current term.
Toronto Star – Ottawa Loses Legal Battle Over Immigration Backlog
Ottawa has suffered a major setback in eliminating its immigration backlog after the federal court ruled the government is obliged to process all applications it accepted into the system. About 900 applicants under the federal skilled workers’ program sued Immigration Minister Jason Kenney for violating the pledge to assess and finalize decisions in a timely fashion. They asked the court to order the immigration department to process their applications within a reasonable time frame. In a decision released Thursday, Justice Donald Rennie rejected the minister’s argument that the delay is justified because he has the authority to make policies.
Wall Street Journal – Immigrant Children Lag Behind, Posing Risk
The education, health and socioeconomic lot of the children of immigrants, the fastest-growing population group in the U.S., has raised concerns about how those children will perform when they enter the workforce. […]”The baby-boom generation … will increasingly depend on children of immigrants to ensure the economy is productive,” said Donald Hernandez, a sociology professor at Hunter College who wrote a report on the children of immigrants.
