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.
The Canada immigration centre will close June 1, putting five people out of work and moving services to an as-yet undisclosed location. “Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is restructuring and will streamline by reducing the number of regional offices across the country. CIC will maintain at least one office in each province,” said Barrie MP Patrick Brown.
Winnipeg Free Press – Roma Advocate Says “Gypsy Fiction” Being Fanned by Kenney’s Refugee Bill
Some 4,423 Hungarians made refugee claims in Canada last year, up from 2,296 the previous year. It’s believed the vast majority are Roma, and Kenney took the extraordinary step of going to Hungary and having his department distribute flyers telling people they were not eligible for refugee status. “We need a fix,” Conservative MP Rick Dystra, Kenney’s parliamentary secretary, told the committee Thursday. “It’s clear there is an opportunity for people to take advantage here.” However Maureen Silcoff, a lawyer for the Roma Community Centre of Toronto, accused Kenney of pre-judging the Roma cases. “People who work with Roma refugees are at a loss to understand why this group is called ‘bogus,'” Silcoff told the Citizenship and Immigration committee.
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Globe and Mail – Changes to Immigration Policy Could Transform Society
Canada has welcomed newcomers in record numbers throughout the recession, even as unemployment rates spiked. But our policies are shifting, and with it the type of labour market and society we are creating. Today, the preferential nod is being given to a soaring number of temporary foreign workers, or “guest” workers. These are people who are brought here at the pleasure of employers, and stay at the pleasure of employers.
In their report, Sweetman and Picot, a research fellow at the Queen’s University School of Policy Studies and former director-general of Statistics Canada, examined the factors contributing to a significant decline in the earnings of immigrants and made recommendations for policy reforms to reverse the slide. Sweetman told the Ottawa audience that in 1980, the poverty rates of immigrants and Canadian-born citizens were almost identical, but since then the poverty rate for immigrants has been climbing while the rate for the Canadian-born has dropped.
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CBC – Saskatchewan Tightening Up Immigration Rules
Saskatchewan is tightening up its rules to fast-track immigrants here. The province’s immigrant “nominee” program allowed people who settled here from other countries to apply for unlimited family members to join them. But under changes going into effect immediately, applications for sponsored family members have to be made one at a time, with a waiting period between applications.
New York Times – A Change in Police Policy Has Immigrants Hoping for More
Advocacy groups have complained that the checkpoints unfairly targeted illegal immigrants, who cannot get driver’s licenses, ensnaring far more unlicensed drivers than drunken ones. And in March, the Los Angeles Police Department decided that it would no longer automatically impound the vehicles of drivers without licenses.
