Media Roundup

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.


2nd Afghan Canadian sues feds, claiming fleeing Ukrainians treated better

The federal government is asking a judge to combine two separate lawsuits, after another Afghan Canadian alleged Canada discriminated against Afghan refugees by treating them differently than they did Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion.

A former Canadian language and culture adviser who served NATO in Afghanistan filed a lawsuit at the end of July alleging the government has not allowed his family in Afghanistan to seek refuge in Canada.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9935623/2nd-afghan-canadian-refugees-lawsuit-ukraine/

Nova Scotia becomes first province to stop holding immigration detainees

Nova Scotia has become the first province to stop holding immigration detainees in its jails on behalf of the federal government.

Canada Border Services Agency spokeswoman Rebecca Purdy says the province ended the practice Aug. 8.

Other provinces, including British Columbia and Alberta, have said they too would stop holding immigration detainees. However, both of those provinces have agreed to temporarily continue housing high-risk detainees in jails, but are not accepting new inmates.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9934231/nova-scotia-stop-immigration-detainees/

Hundreds of asylum seekers, refugees forced to leave Toronto church for other shelter

A Toronto church that opened its doors to hundreds of refugees and asylum seekers who were unable to access the city’s shelter system is calling for more help from all levels of government with the space that was used for newcomers now needed for other programs with school just around the corner.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/asylum-seekers-refugees-toronto-church-shelter-1.6931538

Radio-Canada – Statistique Canada sous-estime le nombre de résidents non permanents, selon un rapport

Statistique Canada aurait sous-estimé le nombre de résidents non permanents au pays ces dernières années, croit l’économiste en chef adjoint de Marchés mondiaux CIBC, Benjamin Tal. Il tire la sonnette d’alarme dans un rapport paru cette semaine, au moment où abondent les questionnements sur l’immigration et le logement. Benjamin Tal croit que le nombre de résidents non permanents pourrait être deux fois plus élevé que ce qu’indiquent les données du gouvernement fédéral. 

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2007428/immigration-statistique-canada-resident-permanent

Fish plant fined $30K for failing to protect temporary foreign workers from abuse

A lobster processing plant at Grande-Anse in northeastern New Brunswick has been fined for failing to provide a workplace free of abuse and reprisal against temporary foreign workers.

Lebreton Fisheries is now barred from hiring any more foreign workers until it pays the $30,000 fine, according to a June decision.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/new-brunswick-tfw-protection-open-work-permit-1.6951608

Federal government banning former Iranian minister from gaining temporary residency

Social media posts circulated earlier this month allegedly showed Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi in Montreal

The federal government will deny former Iranian health minister Seyed Hassan Ghazizadeh Hashemi temporary residency following reports that he was spotted in Montreal earlier this summer.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2006937/federal-government-banning-former-iranian-minister-from-gaining-temporary-residency