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 Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today announced changes to the Ministry. The new Ministry, adding to a strong core economic team, is ready to deliver on what matters most to Canadians: making life more affordable for the middle class, growing the economy, and building a strong future for people from coast to coast to coast.
https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/news-releases/2023/07/26/prime-minister-announces-changes-ministry
Andrea Horwath says the city saw some 200 arrive last week alone from other municipalities despite Hamilton not being a typical host community for refugees. “There’s no room left in Toronto for folks and so they’re coming to other communities,” Horwath said. “It’s important that we do our part, that we step up and provide support. But we can’t go it alone … we need the help of the federal government.”
https://globalnews.ca/news/9856960/hamilton-funding-house-refugees/
Montreal-area MP Marc Miller started working in the Indigenous affairs portfolio in 2018, as parliamentary secretary to then-minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, Carolyn Bennett. He entered cabinet as minister of Indigenous Services in 2019 and took the reins at Crown-Indigenous Relations in 2021. He was sworn in Wednesday as minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/marc-miller-shuffled-cirnac-1.6918395
Alberta’s minister of immigration and multiculturalism will be working on boosting the number of newcomers and handling anti-racism programs for the province. Muhammad Yaseen’s mandate letter, released Wednesday, outlines the specific tasks for those two pillars of his ministry. Foremost on his to-do list from Premier Danielle Smith is streamlining immigration for health care workers, with a particular emphasis on attracting people to rural communities plagued by doctor and nurse shortages.
The City of Toronto is increasing capacity at temporary shelter spaces as it works to relocate unhoused asylum seekers, including those caught in the middle of a funding battle between the city and the federal government over shelter resources. As of Tuesday, the city says it has referred more than two hundred asylum seekers to indoor shelter spaces, and will continue work to “review space options to reach council’s decision to make 250 shelter spaces temporarily available.”
Local agencies working with refugee claimants in Waterloo region say their clients are in urgent need of more assistance and call for all levels of government work together to co-ordinate and provide better supports. Last week, the federal government announced $212 million in funding to help Toronto, Ottawa and the Province of Quebec to help them fund an interim housing assistance program to help with an influx of asylum seekers. But it’s not just a big city problem, local groups say.