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.
Globe and Mail – colleges accuse Ottawa of creating ‘chaos’ for international students with new cap
The head of a group that represents Ontario’s publicly funded colleges says the federal government has created chaos for prospective international students by imposing what amounts to a moratorium on their applications for study permits.
Marketa Evans, the president of Colleges Ontario, an association of the province’s 24 public colleges, said the federal government’s new cap on the number of study permits, announced earlier this week, has already resulted in permit applications being returned to students abroad without explanation. This, she said, had left them unsure whether they will be able to study in Canada.
La Presse – Legault songe à limiter l’arrivée de travailleurs étrangers temporaires
Au moment où le Québec franchit le cap des neuf millions d’habitants, le premier ministre François Legault envisage de limiter l’arrivée de travailleurs étrangers temporaires, dont le nombre a fortement augmenté ces dernières années. Resserrer les critères d’admission pour la catégorie des travailleurs étrangers temporaires, la ministre de l’Immigration « Christine Fréchette est en train de regarder ça », a-t-il répondu lors d’une conférence de presse jeudi, au terme de la réunion de son caucus pour préparer la reprise des travaux de l’Assemblée nationale le 30 janvier.
Saskatoon StarPhoenix – Immigration-focused exhibit returns to Saskatchewan for final show
Human Capital, a travelling multi-artist exhibit focused on Canada’s immigration policies and history, opened at Regina’s MacKenzie Art Gallery at the end of 2020.
“‘Human Capital’ is actually from the official language of our current immigration policies,” said curator Tak Pham. “They look at ‘human capital’ to describe incoming immigrants — the ideal immigrants, who are expected to bring their knowledge and their labour to the country to help boost the Canadian economy.”
CTV News – Conservatives call on Canada to restore visa requirement for Mexican tourists
The federal Conservatives want the Trudeau government to restore a visa requirement for Mexican tourists as concerns mount about denied refugee claims.
Asylum claims from Mexico have shot up in recent years and the rate of Mexican applicants who actually get refugee status is well below that of other countries.
Yahoo – ‘Blaming immigrants for bad policies’: Canada’s international student cap met with criticism, frustration
Canadians are stepping up for international students after the federal government announced new measures limiting the intake over the next two years along with restrictions on work permits for incoming students and their spouses.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller announced Monday the Trudeau government will slash the number of undergraduate study permits to be issued in 2024 by 35% in comparison to 2023, resulting in approximately 360,000 visa approvals only.
CBC – Former immigration minister explains why the student permit cap is happening now
Former minister of immigration and current Minister of Housing Sean Fraser says he ‘started exploring the possibility of a cap’ when he was minister but he ‘wanted to give an opportunity to provinces and institutions to actually address the problems.’
