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.
Citizenship and Immigration – Minister Kenney Applauds Alberta for Toughening Rules to Protect Foreign Workers
I applaud Alberta’s decision to bring in tougher rules to regulate employment agencies. This is an important and positive step towards protecting foreign workers from unscrupulous labour recruiters. Temporary foreign workers can fall victim to dishonest agencies, which might mislead them in any number of ways – including exaggerated promises of employment opportunities or of their chances of becoming Canadian citizens.
Ottawa Citizen – Dispute Over Gatineau’s Immigration Guide Headed for Mediation
A dispute between a Moroccan immigrant and the City of Gatineau over a controversial guide for newcomers to the area is headed for mediation at the Quebec Human Rights Commission. Kamal Maghri, who has been living in Gatineau for more than a decade, complained to the commission in December as part of an ongoing dispute over the guide the city published in late November as a means of helping immigrants adapt to life in Quebec.
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The Guardian – Nicolas Sarkozy Can’t Blame Illegal Immigration on the EU
Sarkozy also oversimplifies and misrepresents the EU’s policies on border control and immigration. Despite the dramatic images of boats in the Mediterranean and camps at Calais suggesting that borders are repeatedly breached by cunning illegal immigrants, the reality is that governments have not entirely lost control in the way that they suggest, but instead reorganised and repositioned their controls.
Immigration Minister Jason Kenney says it’s time to put a premium on selecting skilled immigrants who can quickly fill gaps in the country’s labour market. It’s a strategy that makes a great deal of sense. “The time has come for fundamental change to our rigid, slow-moving immigration process and this government will deliver that change,” Kenney told the Economic Club of Canada last week.
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The Globe and Mail – Quebec’s Controversy Over Halal Meat is Another Manifestation of Politics of Exclusion
Allowing Canada’s Muslim and Jewish communities to slaughter livestock according to centuries-old dietary rules is a reasonable accommodation of religious minorities. The practice harms no one. And those who object can buy non-halal or non-kosher poultry and beef. The controversy over halal meat in Quebec has less to do with legitimate concerns about animal cruelty, then, and more to do with intolerance toward Muslims and Jews.
Toronto Star – Canadian Citizenship Rejections Have More Than Doubled Since 2006
The refusal rate of new citizens has more than doubled from 2006 to 2010, when Ottawa raised the pass mark of the citizenship test According to federal statistics obtained by the Star, the rejection rate went up from 1.4 per cent to 3.5 per cent in the five-year period. In 2006, 3,872 people — or 1.4 per cent of those applying for citizenship — were denied. In March 2010, the federal government launched a new test and raised the passing mark from 60 per cent to 75 per cent. Subsequently, 5,351 — or 3.5 per cent of the applicants — were turned down.
